COMMENTARY: Let's take care of Presqu'ile Bay

Unfortunately Presqu’ile Bay, Ont., is succumbing to nutrient enrichment and has not been properly cared for or even routinely assessed for environmental health. Yearly assessments of and remediation of the underlying problems are required.

EDITORIAL: Simple explanation to low water levels

We have suffered through some rather dry spells, especially this summer, where much of Ontario and nearby U.S. states experienced drought-like conditions. We need some years of above-average precipitation to replenish our lakes. It will happen, just as the...

At long last: Indiana Harbor, Ship Canal work expected to begin

Long-delayed dredging of a polluted industrial waterway which runs through the heart of East Chicago is scheduled to begin this week. More than a century old, the man-made channel has accumulated so many toxic and cancer-causing substances as to be considered the most...

EDITORIAL: Lake level problem demands urgency

The water level in Lake Michigan (and by extension Lake Huron) is nearly 2 feet lower today than it was a decade ago. Two major factors are said to account for that — weather and dredging operations in the St. Clair River, the primary outflow of the two great...

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