Stretching for 15 miles along the Lake Michigan shoreline from Waukegan to Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Chiwaukie Prairie-Illinois Beach Lake Plain is a dune and swale ecosystem unique in the Great Lakes ...

Blue Marsh Lake has many functions. The reservoir provides recreational opportunities. It supports the water supply needs for the region. It helps reduce the risk of local streams and creeks flooding.

The University of Wisconsin lies between two lakes in a chain of four, making it an important center for studying the health of freshwater lakes. On March 5, UW postdoctoral fellow Raymond Allen ...

The 14th Annual VIP Day Lake Erie Experience, a boating-fishing event scheduled for this week, was canceled due to high winds across Lake Erie. The event typically starts at 6:30 a.m. with a meet and ...

For local residents, Lake Michigan may be taken for granted when they head to the beach for swimming, boating or other recreational activities. However, for people seeing its majestic nature for the ...

Lowell Wildlife Management Area on the south side of CSAH 11 between Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point has, as a part of the area, a shallow lake called Rice Lake. Shallow lake, deep lake. What's the ...

As the upcoming Memorial Day weekend arrives — one that many consider to be the unofficial start to summer — the Utah Lake Authority in partnership with a local organization is spreading awareness ...

As we continue to reflect on the 50-year anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s tragic sinking on Lake Superior, we delve into its deep cultural resonance. For Indigenous people in northern Minnesota, ...

Lakes have long been viewed as sources of carbon dioxide emissions, but new research suggests they may actually act as carbon sinks. A study led by Uppsala University reveals that lake shorelines ...

There was something mysterious about this year’s Best of the Bluffs, which took place on June 2 at Lake Erie Bluffs in Perry Township. To be precise, the formal title of the 2024 event was “Best of ...