Biinaagami — meaning pure, clean water in the Anishinaabe language — makes it its mission to inspire the kind of collective action Doreen advocated. To that end, it also attended the water gathering ...

GLOS estimates the cost of mapping all five Great Lakes in high density to be $200 million. That's quite the modest investment relative to the value the lakes provide. The Great Lakes basin supports ...

Now, 40 years later, Boehme wants to launch another treasure hunt. As executive director of the Great Lakes Observing System, she's leading a campaign to map every meter of the lakes' bottom.

Porter County residents look at maps during a 2016 public meeting about the proposed Great Lakes Basin Transportation railroad at the Aberdeen Manor ballroom in Valparaiso. Jonathan Miano, The Times ...

About 40.8 billion gallons of water a day were withdrawn from the Great Lakes basin last year, a 3% decrease compared to the previous year, a study found.

Great Lakes Basin averages 39.5% ice cover. Currently it sits at a record low of 6.9%. The precious record is from 2012, with 7.9%. Lake Superior has 5.5% ice cover, which is nearing the low from ...