Can you walk along the shore of Lake Erie in Ohio without owning a piece of it?

Not if the Ohio Supreme Court rules in favor of the property owners who sued the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 2004.

Lake Zurich is now supplied by an aquifer pumped faster than it can recharge.

And the water requires expensive treatment.

At the same time, the village’s sewer capacity is strained.

Bike sharing is increasingly popular throughout the Great Lakes region. Minnesota has a statewide system; Lansing, Mich. recently began exploring the idea; and B-cycle, of Waterloo, Wisc.,  recently was  named the fifth most innovative transportation company by Fast Company Magazine. B-cycle also has locations in Chicago and Madison.
Perhaps such systems could help recruit riders to fight climate change.
Clif Bar, an organic food company conceived during a bike ride, has launched a campaign to avoid 100,000 car trips.
The “2 Mile Challenge” encourages participants to swap their cars for their two-wheelers for …

New Yorkers will need state approval to newly tap Great Lakes waters. Wisconsin is to hold hearings on similar provisions.

Great Lakes states are implementing water use provisions established by a regional water agreement.

Michigan leads the country by a landslide in juice company Odwalla’s Plant a Tree campaign.

This is the third year of the program that asks people to vote for a state. With each vote, Odwalla donates $1 to plant a tree in one of that state’s parks.
For the past two years, Michigan has come out first.

While Michigan only represents 14 percent of the land in the Great Lakes region, it has a whopping 60 percent of votes, with 13,036 as of Wednesday. Coming in second in the eight-state region is Pennsylvania …

Two new research vessels built in Cleveland will aid U.S. Geological Survey researchers who study fish in Lakes Erie and Ontario.

Environmental agencies and organizations are enlisting the public’s help to protect native species and get rid of invasive ones.

Brian Johns is a farmer and an educator at his own Happy Family Farm.

He teaches students to grow vegetables using traditional and cutting-edge technologies such as hydroponics and aquaponics.

They learn “seed to sale” – from growing to entrepreneurship. (Video)

Do you have a favorite waterway? Photograph it, submit the picture, and then vote for it as the best waterway in America.
Three of 18 candidates provided by Environment America, a federation of state based citizen funded environmental advocacy organization, are Great Lakes- related.
The poll includes Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and the Great lakes as a whole.
“People from Chicago would identify with Lake Michigan more than the others, while those from Ohio would identify with Lake Erie,” said Piper Crowell, clean water advocate at Environment America, “ A Texan would identify …