A 20-year effort to re-establish the sturgeon in Lake Ontario led to the release of 1,000 young fish into the Genesee River today; one group out of 4,000 being released along the lake this week. DEC and US Fish and Wildlife Service officials say the sturgeon were nearly wiped out in the Great Lakes […]
Legislation adopted by Congress includes authorization for a new Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study that supporters say will look at protecting lakefront properties from flooding. United States Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say they pushed to get the language in the bill after the flooding that hit the Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts the Great Lakes will hold their higher-than-average levels through the summer and into the early fall. The latest monthly prediction says the above average rain and very wet conditions in April and May pushed all the lakes higher than originally forecast. The six month water level forecast has […]