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Building an underground tunnel for an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that stretches across a Great Lakes channel could destroy wetlands and harm bat habitats but would eliminate the chances of a boat ...
Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a last-ditch effort to ...
The violation notice issued Tuesday by the Water Resources Division of the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy ... in its George W. Kuhn Drainage District into the Red Run.
The violation notice issued Tuesday by the Water Resources Division of the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy ... in its George W. Kuhn Drainage District into the Red Run.
The Great Lakes water levels have started their seasonal rise as the snow has melted and spring rains begin. The typical Great Lakes water cycle has water levels going down through fall and winter ...
At least that’s what scientists have long believed about the formation of the Great Lakes. But a recent study suggests that the timeline actually stretches further back — beyond the evolution ...
During construction of the Furnas hydroelectric power dam in the upper rio Paraná basin in the early 1960s, the rio Piumhi drainage outflow was diverted ... fauna of the rio Piumhi and associated ...
Much of North America’s food is produced on land in the Midwest and within the Great Lakes basin that, without drainage, would be too wet to be productive. “Without drainage, agriculture cannot happen ...
Lake Ontario is the smallest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of 18 960 square kilometres, but it has the highest ratio of watershed area to lake surface area. Map: The Lake Ontario Drainage ...
The lake’s northern portion is in the colder, less developed upper Great Lakes region, while its more temperate southern basin contains the Milwaukee and Chicago metro areas. The drainage basin ...