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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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What are the effects of water pollution in the Great Lakes?
from Ben in Plymouth, MI, Age 14
Unfortunately, there are many effects of water pollution in the Great Lakes. Many people and companies have dumped trash and waste products into the Great Lakes either accidentally and intentionally. These pollutants are often carried away by the current, but they do not disappear.
Some effects of water pollution include the following:
- Deformities of fish, birds, and other wildlife, sometimes leading to fish consumption advisories and even to complete loss of fish and wildlife habitat
- Taste and color differences in lake water, which can lead to restrictions placed on drinking water and swimming (beach closings)
- Raised and new added costs to agriculture and industry for clean-ups and other extra efforts
- Death of beneficial microscopic organisms and the over-production of undesirable algae as well as degradation of the lake bottom, which serves as a home for many types of organisms
Related references:
TEACH: Areas of Concern
Thank you for your question!
Answered on May 17, 2001