By Mark Calzavara Council of Canadians November 22nd, 2012 The video is stunning.  Hundreds of large fish leap out of the water, high enough to strike boaters in the head as they motor through waters that have been taken over by Asian carp. These fish leap out of the water when startled (by the sound...

By Kate Harries AWARE News Network November 14 2012Severn Sound is no longer a rich musky spawning ground.In 1981, researchers from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources surveyed 100 wetland sites at the southeastern end of Georgian Bay and identified 20 of them as productive musky nurseries....

By DOUGLAS GLYNN Midland Free Press November 8, 2012Huronia’s four mayors are asking other shoreline municipalities to join them in seeking provincial and federal aid to deal with the economic impact of low water levels in Georgian Bay....

Project seeks researchersBy Beth Leblanc Port Huron Times Herald Oct 22, 2012 An international research project will examine the factors affecting the Great Lakes Basin during the past 50 years — and make predictions about the next 50....

BY TENILLE BONOGUORE GLOBE AND MAIL OCTOBER 15 2012 The Beverly Swamp does not look like a system in drought. The spongy ground, rich and moist and black, is littered with fallen leaves damp with fall drizzle as the Spencer Creek trickles quietly by.But below the surface, this marsh outside of Cambri...

Western news release October 16, 2012A new initiative led by Western scientist Irena Creed unites Canadian and American researchers and educators invested in bettering the future of water in the Great Lakes Basin....

By Emily Innes, Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin October 9 2012 South Georgian Bay politicians are making low water levels a high priority issue.Simcoe-Grey MP Kellie Leitch invited local mayors to Ottawa, Wednesday, to meet with Minister of Environment Peter Kent and Parliamentary Secretary to the Mi...

Michigan wades in to catch ‘blue economy’ wave By Rod Kackley Crain’s Detroit Business October 8 2012  Michigan’s more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline — combined with all of its rivers, streams and inland lakes — hold the potential to wash the rust off the stat...

By Catherine Porter Toronto Star September 19, 2012The maples on Georgian Bay are already changing. It’s almost time to say goodbye for another year.Since my parents bought a scrap of land on a big island when I was a baby, I’ve squeezed every possible summer moment into Georgian Bay. To me, it is a ...

By Richard J. Brennan Toronto Star September 18, 2012Low water levels across the Great Lakes are playing havoc with boaters and forcing commercial ships to lighten their loads. Pleasure boaters on Lake Erie are “playing Russian roulette” when they venture out onto the most shallow lake among the five...