The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative came under threat during the first Trump administration when the annual funding would have been slashed from $300 million to $30 million in a proposed 2017 budget. President Donald Trump said he was looking to cut 65% of the EPA budget, which includes the salaries of 15,130 employees in the fiscal year 2024.

Zanatta says that even if workforce cuts are temporary or end up being reversed, the decisions risk damaging the bedrock of Great Lakes research. “We are in danger of losing a season’s worth of work to, kind of, forward our better understanding and restoration of the Great Lakes — and that is troubling,” he said.

The Great Lakes reached their highest percentage of ice coverage in three years on Feb. 21, federal officials said, but have seen seen the ice shrink dramatically. The Great Lakes were at 52.23% ice coverage on Feb. 22. The last time the Great Lakes ice coverage reached 50% was February 2022 when it hit 56%, the NOAA said.

Northern Ohio is set to experience a significant windstorm midweek, following a brief calm period, according to NWS Cleveland.

Scientists in an Ann Arbor research office were among hundreds fired nationally as the Trump administration slashes staff within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Deep cuts could slow long-term weather and climate monitoring, leave less time to prepare for natural disasters and put biodiversity at risk.

Permits for hundreds of energy projects may be fast-tracked by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Trump administration, including plans for a pipeline project in the Great Lakes and a fossil fuel plant in Superior.

A total of 314.4 inches has fallen in Montague County, New York. It’s the highest seasonal snowfall total in the National Weather Service database for the eastern United States.

Xuanyu Harry Pang has admitted in federal court that he’d helped plot an attack on the Naval Station Great Lakes as payback for the 2020 death of Qassem Soleimani, a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps killed in a U.

As "The Fish Thief" details, the invasive creature sometimes referred to as a "vampire fish" once wreaked havoc on lake trout and other native species in Midwestern waters.

Great Lakes Dock & Dredge faces challenges with revenue growth and profitability. Find out why GLDD stock is a hold amid concerns over future spending cuts.

Just a week ago, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission faced a more dire staffing situation, as the USFWS informed directors they’d also be unable to hire seasonal workers to spread lampricide come April. Within a few days, that hiring freeze was reversed, said McClinchey.