Restoring the natural channel of a northern Michigan creek stopped the flow of mercury from underground mines into nearby Deer Lake and Lake Superior.

Curbing storm water runoff and reducing erosion in a ravine near Chicago will keep hundreds of tons of sediment from washing into Lake Michigan.

A project that tracked bird movements in the Great Lakes could reduce the number of birds and bats killed by new wind turbines planned for the basin.

The Buffalo River is being transformed from an industrial wasteland into a greenway that beautifies the community and creates habitat.

A wetland in Michigan that was drained for agricultural purposes was restored into habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.

A former industrial wasteland in the Duluth-Superior harbor is now a restored wetland and one of the region’s best birding areas.

Restoring the channel of an Ohio stream that was dammed for decades has cleared the way for the possible reintroduction of native Ohio brook trout.

The Allegheny National Fish Hatchery re-opened in 2012, seven years after a deadly fish virus and infrastructure problems forced the facility to shut down.