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HEALTHY TIDBITS Refreshing Sailing Experience
What fun, sailing out of Knife River into Lake Superior. It was two hours of relaxation, and it was cool. This is a thirty four foot steel sailboat. We learned a lot about sailing. You know teachers t...
Posted on 7/29/12 at 12:18 PM
STAFF BLOG TWIN PORTS BUSINESS Ice jam in lower Great Lakes could delay shipping season
The Detriot Free Press is reporting a ice-clogged St. Clair River that could delay the start of the Great Lakes shipping season: By AMBER HUNT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Slow-moving chunks of ice in the ...
Posted on 2/23/10 at 9:02 AM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Swanson: Stop the carp
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is joining Michigan in an effort to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes. She filed a legal brief supporting a Michigan lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme...
Posted on 12/28/09 at 8:48 AM
EPA sets final ballast regulations for ships 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday issued its final version of regulations for ships that carry ballast water, hoping to prevent them from also carrying invasive species into U.S. waters.
By John Myers , March 29, 2013
St. Lawrence Seaway gets new US boss
The agency overseeing U.S. interests in the St. Lawrence Seaway, the man-made system of locks, channels and canals that links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, has a new boss.
By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , May 11, 2012
Great Lakes lamprey to be baked in a dish fit for a queen
Sea lamprey may be one of the most hated species in the Great Lakes, but it’s a key ingredient in a traditional English pie that will be given to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II for her Diamond Jubilee in June.
By Tina Lam , April 28, 2012
Great Lakes ore, limestone shipments up over 2010
Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 6.4 million tons in September, a decrease of 2.3 percent from August, but an increase of 19.5 percent compared to a year ago.
By Steve Kuchera , October 18, 2011
NRRI gets grant to study Great Lakes food chain
The $2 million grant, from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will help researchers track the number and makeup of the tiny phytoplankton that fish eat.
By John Myers , September 29, 2011
Iron ore shipments rebound nicely in 2010
After a dismal 2009, when shipping tonnage sunk to its lowest level since 1938, the first three quarters of 2010 show that the amount of ore leaving ports is double what it was at this time last year and on par with the five-year average.
By Mike Creger , October 12, 2010
Coast Guard rescues passenger from Paul R. Tregurtha
83-year-old man suffering from heart pains transported by helicopter
October 05, 2010
Great Lakes nuke shipment plan stirs fear
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Environmentalists and some local government officials are protesting a Canadian power company’s proposal to haul 16 scrapped generators with radioactive components across three of the Great Lakes on their way to a recycling plant in Sweden.
September 18, 2010
One new, one long-absent vessel headed for Twin Ports
The Chinese-built Miedwie is coming for the first time, while the Coast Guard Cutter Alder is returning after a journey to the Far North.
By Superior Telegram staff , September 10, 2010
Biologist says carp DNA test could be misleading
Gentile Ficetola of the University of Milan testified today by video in Chicago federal court during a hearing in a five-state lawsuit regarding the invasive species.
By Associated Press , September 08, 2010
Indiana activist to head anti-carp campaign
John Goss, executive director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Indiana affiliate, was named the Obama administration’s Asian carp director today.
By John Flesher , September 08, 2010
Experts to testify in 5-state carp lawsuit
In two days of hearings starting today, scientists will discuss environmental DNA testing that found genetic material from carp in Illinois waterways near Lake Michigan.
By Associated Press , September 07, 2010
Lake Superior up a bit in August
The lake sits 13 inches below its long-term average and nine inches below the Sept. 1 level one year ago.
By News Tribune staff , September 03, 2010
St. Louis River projects get grants
Three Twin Ports environmental restoration efforts will get grants from the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition to help match federal money as part of the $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
By News Tribune staff , September 01, 2010
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