Livelihoods and economies in the Great Lakes region always centered on water. From the manoomin, or wild rice, grown and revered by the Ojibwe people to the whitefish catch in Lake Michigan, to the ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication ...

Alaska has the largest total water area, while Michigan leads in Great Lakes water area. Michigan's large percentage of water area is significantly influenced by its portion of the Great Lakes.

Nicholas Sard, Ph.D., is associate professor of Great Lakes Biology at SUNY Oswego. At a time when a strong economy is paramount, the U.S. government risks undermining one of its most valuable ...