Lake Superior

States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion dollar fishing industry. But some people are not on board with that. Today’s episode is all about that conflict, and about how our scientific understanding of the role of beavers may be changing.

States in the Great Lakes kill beavers and remove dams on select rivers and streams. They’re doing it, in part, for anglers and the multi-billion dollar fishing industry. But some people are not on board with that. Today’s episode is all about that conflict, and about how our scientific understanding of the role of beavers may be changing.

Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blame climate change for the caribou's decline. But the species has persisted through an ice age, and through warming temperatures. It’s survived climate change before. So why is it in trouble now?

Lake Superior’s northern shore has been home to woodland caribou for thousands of years. But now, the species is facing local extinction. Some blame climate change for the caribou's decline. But the species has persisted through an ice age, and through warming temperatures. It’s survived climate change before. So why is it in trouble now?

The 2021 Great Lakes shipping season started Wednesday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Poe Lock in Sault Ste. Marie at Noon. That’s 12 hours…

All five of the Great Lakes closed out 2020 at lower levels than they were a year ago. But according to new projections from the U.S. Army Corps of…

The pandemic, high water levels, and warm temperatures could mean more drownings on the Great Lakes. There have been 58 reported drownings so far this…

Water levels on the Great Lakes might finally start going down.With the exception of Lake Superior, each of the Great Lakes have likely reached their peak…

If you took a dip in Lake Michigan in early July you might have noticed the water felt pretty nice.At 75 degrees, the lake was warm — nearly 10 degrees…

Water levels in the Great Lakes are really high right now. Lakes Michigan, Huron and Erie are all breaking records and creating all sorts of problems for…