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Cleveland and the Great Lakes

Great Lakes Now's coverage of The North Coast.

Great Lakes Now Featured Articles About Cleveland

Points North: Doe, A Deer, A (Sterilized) Female Deer
- by Interlochen Public Radio

Deer culling is common across the Midwest. Cities often hire sharpshooters or allow hunters to kill a certain number of deer.

Cleveland’s Icebreaker Wind project on hold due to rising costs, pushback
- by Ideastream Public Media

Cleveland’s off-shore wind turbine project has been halted after the project’s private development partner pulled financial support.

Building a Smart Lake Erie Watershed
- by Michigan Public

Water quality sensors in Lake Erie are being networked to make more data accessible to researchers and government agencies, as well as the public.

‘Circular economy’ programs aim to reduce waste and build jobs
- by Institute for Nonprofit News

Programs find new life for items including rejected carrots, NFL banners, and discarded clothing.

Fishermen plead not guilty to charges in tournament scandal
- by The Associated Press

Two men accused of stuffing walleye with lead weights and fish fillets during a tournament pleaded not guilty to cheating.

Mapping the Great Lakes: Where do you live?
- by Alex Hill

Thirty million people live within the Great Lakes Watershed, which make up roughly 10% of the US population and 30% of the Canadian population.

Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet
- by The Associated Press

Experts and activists agree many waterways are healthier now.

The Catch: New freighter in town
- by GLN Editor

The ship is the first American made bulk cargo carrier constructed on the Great Lakes in nearly 40 years.

Authorities probing report of scandal at fishing tournament
- by The Associated Press

The county prosecutor’s office in Cleveland has opened an investigation into an apparent cheating scandal during a walleye fishing tournament.

Cleveland water organization looking to support business innovation beyond Lake Erie
- by Sandra Svoboda

Formed in a year known for two water crises, the Cleveland Water Alliance leader is working to prevent the next one.

First in decades, a new Great Lakes freighter joins fleet
- by James Proffitt, Great Lakes Now

The Mark W. Barker is more innovative and versatile than the larger Lakers.