Illinois boasts 63 miles of coastline along Lake Michigan’s southwestern shore, nearly all of which is fortified by metal ...

Fire is a historically important tool for land management, used by Indigenous people for millennia. Lakeshore State Park, on the shores of Lake Michigan near the Summerfest grounds, was set ablaze ...

Lake Michigan: 10.7%. Lake Huron ... sucking up moisture that is released when the air mass hits land. Shoreline erosion and infrastructure: Ice tempers waves during winter storms.

Native Americans used fire for millennia to help manage the land, but when European settlers ... so the smoke blows out toward Lake Michigan, Nelson said. The lower the humidity the hotter the ...

primarily at the park's entrance off U.S. 31 and on land south of Mitchell Creek. The second phase of the project will close the modern campground July 7 through the 2026 camping season. The Lake ...

It prevents erosion, and it gives the seed an ideal seed-to-soil contact ... it really is going to impact what’s going into our rivers and streams, and obviously Lake Michigan, which is the source of ...

Federal cuts might hamper environmental enforcement for the Great Lakes, so state and local governments and volunteers are ...

Despite the foreboding clouds on the horizon, the vessel headed toward Muskegon, setting its sails as it slipped into the heart of Lake Michigan. During its course, the ship disappeared and no ...