The Great Lakes use a color-coded beach flag system to inform the public of current water conditions. These flags are updated ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Summer is here, school is already out for lots of kids, and daytime temps are forecast to reach into the 80s in parts of Michigan on Tuesday. Sounds like a great beach day - but it ...

It has been nearly five years since Lake Michigan and Lake Huron hit record levels, causing aggressive erosion and damaging ...

Seasonal fluctuations to the climate are the dominant influence globally in shaping the changes to the size of lake surfaces, ...

Lake Michigan, the only one of the five Great Lakes entirely within the United States, spans the western coast of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, providing state residents with fantastic beaches to ...

Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located fully in the U.S. The freshwater lake features more than 100 lighthouses. A national lakeshore offers sand dunes and 35 miles of shoreline. Lake ...

Lake Michigan is the westernmost Great Lake and the only one located fully in the U.S. The freshwater lake features more than 100 lighthouses. A national lakeshore offers sand dunes and 35 miles ...

2. The famed, historic Lake Michigan auto and passenger ferry that also is the last steamship operating on the Great Lakes will be in Sturgeon Bay for about two weeks starting April 30.

Ocean Infinity’s Armada 8, flanked by Michigan Tech’s RV Soliton and ... modern, high-density bathymetric data produces maps that can show the natural features of the lake bed in great detail, and ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Alewives from a 2023 survey on Lake Michigan. Kristy Phillips/USGS Share While prospects for smelt are not good, Ralph Tingley III, the biologist for the USGS ...

Research shows a land bridge, now buried under the depths of Lake Huron, once connected Michigan and Canada and was even home to some Paleoindians. A bathymetric map showing the depth of Lake Huron.