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“This year really drives home the point that we need to collect more data,” said Trista Vick-Majors, an assistant biology professor who studies aquatic ecosystems at Michigan Tech.

“This year really drives home the point that we need to collect more data,” said Trista Vick-Majors, an assistant biology professor who studies aquatic ecosystems at Michigan Tech.

RACINE, Wis. — Michigan Tech University biologists have been observing a remote Lake Superior islands fragile wolf population every winter since 1958, but they had to cut this seasons planned

This warm winter, so far, has meant near record-low ice levels on the Great Lakes.

The Soo Locks play a vital role in the Great Lakes region, and the national economy as well.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it will take at least ten years for a new heavy icebreaker to make it onto the Great Lakes. Shipping industry leaders are outraged by the timeline and say the region will lose more jobs because of it.

The U.S. Coast Guard says it will take at least ten years for a new heavy icebreaker to make it onto the Great Lakes. Shipping industry leaders are outraged by the timeline and say the region will lose more jobs because of it.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin helped spearhead the bipartisan Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act through Congress that will provide a boost to the Great Lakes shipping industry in the winter.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin helped spearhead the bipartisan Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act through Congress that will provide a boost to the Great Lakes shipping industry in the winter.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin helped spearhead the bipartisan Great Lakes Winter Commerce Act through Congress that will provide a boost to the Great Lakes shipping industry in the winter.