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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Researchers are set to launch a pair of robot submarines to check the health of Lake Ontario.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to create a rapid response team to quickly strike at invasive species nationwide, including those found in the Great Lakes, the Finger Lakes and in the Adirondacks

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  President Barack Obama's proposed 2014 budget calls for keeping a wide-ranging Great Lakes cleanup program

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A massive research project finds Lake Ontario is the most threatened of the five Great Lakes, followed by Lake Erie

Monday, December 31, 2012  A new report says Lake Erie is one of the most threatened of the five Great Lakes.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012  A landmark lighthouse along the Lake Ontario shore in central New York is a step closer to being renovated.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  For more than 75 years, the Oswego Lighthouse has helped guide ships in and out of Oswego Harbor.

Monday, June 04, 2012  A new guidebook published by an upstate New York-based tourism promotion organization details some of the stories about pirates, sailors, daredevils, battles, shipwrecks, lighthouses and other attractions to be found along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says emergency action is needed to stop an invasive water weed from spreading throughout the state and into the Great Lakes.

Wednesday, May 02, 2012  The Great Lakes Seaway Trail is promoting a series of walks along waterways in western Pennsylvania and upstate New York as the nation commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  There's a new online source available for boaters interested in doing some recreational port hopping along the Great Lakes Seaway Trail National Scenic Byway.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  Anxious farmers across fruit-growing regions in the Great Lakes and Northeast are keeping misters, smudge pots and even helicopters in their arsenals as a cold front approaches from Canada.

Monday, March 26, 2012  A 178-year-old lighthouse in northern New York is ready to guide maritime traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway now that the shipping season has started.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  New York's environmental chief is calling for stronger national standards for ship ballast water blamed for spreading invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters.

Friday, February 03, 2012  Plastic pollution in the Great Lakes will be the focus of a study this summer.