Jamie Racklyeft, the executive director of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said the reason Lake Michigan has the most drownings among the Great Lakes is a combination of wind direction and tourism.
dunes
Shifting sands: dune lovers address challenges of moving landscape
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A dune summit in Lansing looks at the economic impact of the state’s popular landscape feature and the conservation and management changes ahead.
Great Lakes
Would lifeguards make the Great Lakes safer?
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Most city and state Lake Michigan beaches, have not staffed lifeguards for years, and in some cases decades.
CIGLR
Road trippers search for dune disrupter’s roots
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They are studying the DNA of baby’s breath to understand why it thrives in unforgiving ecosystems around the Great Lakes and across the continent.
Nearshore
Dogs keep gulls from polluting Great Lakes beaches
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A new study shows that border collies effectively reduced gull populations on beaches.
Catch of the Day
Warm weather means less ice, more erosion at Lake Erie’s Presque Isle State Park
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About $3 million will be spent on annual beach replenishment this year.
contamination
Ontario fuel spill could threaten Lake Erie
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Environmentalists worry that a recent fuel spill in south-central Ontario will reverse their efforts to restore the local environment and that it threatens Lake Erie.
Nearshore
Living with algal blooms: How one Michigan town manages its water
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Like many coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin, Monroe, Michigan, relies on water drawn directly from one of the five Great Lakes: Erie.
Homepage Featured
Farmers, Great Lakes benefit from cover crops
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Cover crops reduce erosion and help prevent nutrient runoff from farms, particularly phosphorus, from making its way to the Great Lakes and creating conditions for algal blooms.
Homepage Featured
Small streams have large impact on big lake
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The 2,800 tributaries emptying into the world’s largest lake may affect its biochemistry and ecology more than people think.
Climate change
U.S., Canadian coast guards break ice on shared waters
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The economic value of the cargo they helped move last winter is estimated at $875 million.