Lake Erie

Have you ever looked out across Lake Erie or Lake Ontario and wondered what’s going on in that water? The Great Lakes have changed drastically over the last few centuries and there is increasing scientific interest to figure out why.

Lake Ontario is hovering at its long-term average and 2' below where it was at this time last year, but it's not the same elsewhere in the Great Lakes. Some of the lakes are two or more feet above their long-term averages, presenting a risk of flooding in Lake Ontario next spring. And with a La Nina weather pattern this winter that could lead to an increase in precipitation, the international body that helps regulate water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River has decided it needs to take precautionary measures.

A new group along Lake Erie wants to combine big data and smart phones to get the wider community interested in protecting the lake and its tributaries.

There is no plan for wind generators off-shore from southern Erie County, but opponents are organizing just in case. A firm called Diamond Wind is expected to file for at least 50 generators in the lake next month, when as a window for wind farm applications opens.

More than a century of sitting on the edge of Lake Erie in Buffalo Harbor has worn down the South Breakwater to the point it is getting a year-long $6 million rehab.

Wet spring weather has pushed Lake Erie's water level to its highest point ever recorded.

It is looking like a great fishing year on Lake Erie and a large group of anglers turned out Wednesday evening at the Woodlawn Beach State Park Lodge to hear how it is going.

State and local officials welcomed news that the New York Department of Transportation and US Army Corps of Engineers have reached an agreement to construct a new breakwall along the Lake Erie shoreline near Route 5 in Athol Springs. Work could begin as early as this fall, officials suggested Thursday morning.

Two of Lockport’s original Erie Canal locks are getting a $1.2 million facelift.

The New York Power Authority started the final phase of the Lake Erie-Niagara River ice boom installation Thursday.

Thursday's celebration of 11 years of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the Buffalo History Museum was more than a political statement. It was also a celebration of indigenous arts and crafts.

Many are heading to the beach to escape the hot temperatures this summer, only to find the water is closed. Now, a group of researchers is trying out a new method that could deliver water testing results faster.

Algae blooms have started in western Lake Erie, and researchers say the unusually warm weather may make things worse.

President Donald Trump has overridden an Obama executive order meant to protect the oceans and Great Lakes. It was written in response to the 2010 BP oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico.

Not only is there no mention of the spill in the new policy, but it references the importance of oil drilling as well as commercial fishing, shipping, and other industries.