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Permitting delays have tacked on another year-and-a-half to the planned Line 5 tunnel project under the Straits of Mackinac Assuming the project gets needed permits, construction won’t begin until 2026 at earliestThe tunnel was supposed to be completed in 2024
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A new lock for big freighters at the crucial Soo Locks in Michigan was supposed to cost about $1.3 billion. The cost could balloon to twice that, or more.
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Federal, state and local officials are looking at ways to respond to ongoing high water levels in the Great Lakes this year.Jeff Yoakam is with the U.S.…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has saigned off on a $778 million plan intended to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.The money would be used…
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In yet another sign that invasive Asian carp could be inching closer to Lake Michigan, researchers with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have found…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a public meeting in Muskegon last night on its $275.4 million plan to keep invasive fish species out of the Great…
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A necropsy (basically an autopsy for a fish) of the eight-pound Asian carp found just nine miles from the Great Lakes is finished. It shows that the fish…
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a long-anticipated study on ways to prevent Asian carp from spreading from the Mississippi River system to…
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Great Lakes charter boat companies are pleading with Congress to approve bills aimed at keeping Asian carp out of Lake Michigan, by permanently separating…
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The Soo Locks opened for the 2016 season Friday.The locks, which allow ships to move between Lakes Superior and Huron, close in the winter for repairs.…