Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has halted a key project meant to defend the Great Lakes from invasive carp, citing federal funding ...

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Natalie Phelps Finnie on Monday wrote in a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of ...

Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages ...

To that end, the nonprofit Great Lakes Observing System, or GLOS, is asking ice fishing anglers and others who go out on the ...

Officials: Flu outbreak ‘should not have a significant impact’ on 4 million eared grebes that migrate through the region ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials from Chicago have been aiding a poor, predominantly white Ohio village upended ...

Google Maps users in the U.S. will now see “Gulf of America” displayed over the body of water that was once labeled the “Gulf ...

I’m really looking forward to it. Absolutely! It’s been 11 years since I’ve been to the Detroit area,” said Jones, of San ...

Anticipating a lack of federal funding under the new presidential administration, Illinois has postponed construction in a ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Mistrust between leaders and the Great Lakes region’s militaristic past make security cooperation between affected countries difficult – but essential.