As mussel numbers explode and fish vanish from Lake Michigan, the last in a long line of Milwaukee commercial fishermen sets course for Alaska.

As mussel numbers explode and fish vanish from Lake Michigan, the last in a long line of Milwaukee commercial fishermen sets course for Alaska.

This summer, a group of scientists are studying five large rivers in the Midwest… including the St. Joseph, the Muskegon and the Manistee rivers in Michigan. It’s part of a three year study of how large rivers process fertilizers – and how things like farming and wastewater affect the rivers....

This summer, a group of scientists are studying five large rivers in the Midwest… including the St. Joseph, the Muskegon and the Manistee rivers in Michigan. It’s part of a three year study of how large rivers process fertilizers – and how things like farming and wastewater affect the rivers....

Public and private interests gathered Monday at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for an announcement of nearly $1 million in federal grants aimed at protecting the Great Lakes.

Public and private interests gathered Monday at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for an announcement of nearly $1 million in federal grants aimed at protecting the Great Lakes.

If you think Asian carp might wreak havoc on the Great Lakes, meet the northern snakehead fish.  Along with Asian carp, the torpedo-shaped fish is considered one of the 10 invasive species at high risk of invading the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River Basin.  The fish raises fear because...

If you think Asian carp might wreak havoc on the Great Lakes, meet the northern snakehead fish.  Along with Asian carp, the torpedo-shaped fish is considered one of the 10 invasive species at high risk of invading the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River Basin.  The fish raises fear because...