As a senator, JD Vance supported funding for the restoration of the lakes. Advocates are hoping the vice president will as ...

In the case of the Great Lakes in the 1940s and 50s, this same narrative unfolded. The lake trout population was nearly wiped out, and all fingers pointed at commercial fishermen. The problem?

Water levels of the upper Great Lakes are expected to drop to near or significantly below their historical summer averages ...

This website brings together detailed demographic data on the angler population across the five US states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) that border the Upper Great Lakes ...

Our mission is to improve the understanding of the Great Lakes ecosystem, including the physical, biological, and chemical processes that shape it, as well as the social and political forces that ...

Zebra and quagga mussels, originally found in Eastern Europe and Russia, arrived in the Great Lakes in the late 80s via ballast discharge from transoceanic ships. The Rochester embayment was ...

The result? Today, the invasive species' population has been reduced by about 90 percent and the Great Lakes commercial fishery, valued at $7 billion, supports more than 70,000 jobs. TFM brought ...