Detroit River News

An elevated view of the Detroit River near the foot of Griswold Street in Detroit, dated 1928. The view shows three […]

A person standing on the Detroit River shoreline 50 years ago would hesitate to touch the water, according to the

The EPA is providing $6.5 million and Michigan is adding $3.5 million to clean up contaminated sediment and restore habitat

Skyler Leslie, a Detroit River advocate and environmental justice graduate, is working to preserve the waterway’s layered history — from

The Sierra Club holds a community meeting in River Rouge on the outcome of the EPA’s Clean Air Act lawsuit

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi is working with conservation partners to restore wild rice in Detroit River wetlands,

Early ideas for the island included a city garbage dump with a promise of the operations being “smokeless and odorless,”

Southeast Michigan is one of the nation’s most promising regions for catalyzing growth in the United States’ maritime sector, according

With a cityscape shrouded in mist behind it, the Belle Isle bridge looks golden in the morning sunlight, its reflection

Nestled in the middle of the Detroit River, Belle Isle represents the best of what parks can provide. And don’t

The Belle Isle Commons concept would create a centralized hub near the island’s most popular destinations, the side-by-side aquarium and

When Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Centennial Park opens this October, the centerpiece won’t be a monument or a sculpture—it will

Celeron and Sugar Islands, uninhabited islands on the Detroit River publicly owned and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

More than a decade after the state took over management of Belle Isle, residents are being asked to help shape

Numerous Tall Ships are coming to the Detroit riverfront for multiple days this summer. The Alliance, Empire Sandy, Pride of

One of the beauties of living in Michigan is being surrounded by so. much. water. No matter where you live,

State survey raises concerns about Wyandotte’s ability to protect water customers from BASF pollution and other contaminants, water expert says.

Livelihoods and economies in the Great Lakes region always centered on water. From the manoomin, or wild rice, grown and

State environmental regulators are demanding that BASF, an international chemical manufacturing company and major employer in Wyandotte, stop the flow

The road that leads to the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit to Canada, is notoriously difficult to navigate, even for

NOAA and partners in the Great Lakes are transforming the Detroit River into an icon of hope for habitat.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District is completing its plans for what to do with very old human

Who would ever guess that right outside Detroit a native forest has stood undisturbed for centuries—but now, the 300 year-old

Protesters on both sides of the Detroit River are coming together to rally against the Trump administration. Organizers of Saturday’s

Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been

The creation of an urban national park on an unprepossessing parcel of land in the automaking hub of Windsor, Ontario,

It’s not open yet, but the Gordie Howe International Bridge has just become an official border crossing, connecting Michigan and