Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/category/nearshore/page/4/)
The nearshore encompasses beaches and wetlands. It extends from uplands through the coasts and into the water near the shore.
This year water levels were the highest on record since previous record highs in 1986, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which has tracked them since 1918.
A dune summit in Lansing looks at the economic impact of the state’s popular landscape feature and the conservation and management changes ahead.
Most city and state Lake Michigan beaches, have not staffed lifeguards for years, and in some cases decades.
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.
A new study shows that border collies effectively reduced gull populations on beaches.
About $3 million will be spent on annual beach replenishment this year.
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.
Like many coastal communities in the Great Lakes Basin, Monroe, Michigan, relies on water drawn directly from one of the five Great Lakes: Erie.
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.
The 2,800 tributaries emptying into the world’s largest lake may affect its biochemistry and ecology more than people think.