- Winter road salt is threatening Lake Simcoe and Ontario watersheds year-round
Salt used to remove ice from roadways is collecting in Simcoe's watershed — a source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.
- Great Lakes water levels decline from record highs: What the forecast says
Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
- Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin
The Great Lakes are seeing a "golden age" of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.