One common factor has likely played a role in water levels plunging in the Detroit River and Lake Erie this fall, along with the running aground of two freighters in Detroit in November: wind. U.S.

Lake Erie's water levels have dropped significantly since reaching a record high in April 2020. The decline is attributed to lower precipitation, increased evaporation and natural seasonal cycles. The ...

Therese Langer Woelfel is the author of "Our Guiding Light: Wisdom from the Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter," about her ...

The big cold front moving into the Great Lakes region, leading to heavy snow in some areas, high winds and gale warnings on the Great Lakes, is also expected to cause a storm surge on Lake Erie − a ...

OHIO, USA — While Lake Erie continues to face historic challenges regarding algae and runoff, researchers are reporting statistical improvements in water quality and a booming fishery, according to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Lake Erie’s huge schools of walleye are gorging themselves on gizzard shad right now, including toothy females fattening up for the spring spawning season arriving in March and April ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — People walking, running or launching boats along Lake Erie’s shorelines may have noticed more exposed beach and rock than in recent years — a subtle sign the lake has dipped below ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission highlighted several projects underway in Erie and anglers are encouraged to report ...

A Great Lakes dinosaur is once again swimming in an Upstate New York creek, thanks to recent stocking efforts by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. DEC, in partnership with the Seneca ...

MONROE COUNTY, Ind. — Three boats were destroyed and a fourth was damaged in a fire at a marina on Lake Monroe Wednesday morning. According to the Monroe Fire Protection District, firefighters were ...

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Two centuries after New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton opened the Erie Canal with a triumphant boat trip from Buffalo to New York City, a brightly painted replica of the vessel is ...