Lake Erie

If you hit the grocery stores in the Toledo area a couple weeks ago, hoping to pick up some bottled water, you were out of luck.Several stores completely…

A new partnership has a plan to keep Lake Erie clean. The MI CLEAR group is made up of farmers, conservationists, environmental leaders, and more. Those…

If you’ve been on social media the past 24 hours, you might have noticed photos trending of what looks like the Chicago River on St. Patrick’s Day.But…

Blooms of algae in Lake Erie have given rise to a toxin that got so bad three years ago, Toledo had to shut down its water system.Fertilizer that runs off…

There are concerns that Lake Erie will experience the same kind of toxic cyanobacteria blooms this summer that caused Toledo’s water supply to be shut off…

Researchers are working on creating an early warning system that can spot when algae begins showing up on hundreds of lakes across the U.S.The project…

A robotic underwater laboratory has been deployed in Lake Erie to detect toxins produced by harmful algae that threaten city water supplies.The project is…

Western Lake Erie may see the third largest cyanobacterial bloom in the past 15 years this summer.The Lake Erie forecast was released Thursday by the…

The state of Michigan just put out an early plan for improving Lake Erie's water quality. And already, it's getting a lot of criticism for lacking…

Michigan has a draft plan ready for public comment on how it will help keep phosphorus out of Lake Erie.All Great Lakes states will come up with their own…