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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 is the sixth Great Lake?
from Margaret in West Palm Beach, FL, Age 50
There are actually two candidates for the title of the "Sixth" Great Lake: Lake Champlain and Georgian Bay in Lake Huron.
Lake Champlain certainly has the most legitimate hold on the status as a Great Lake. On March 6, 1998, Former President Bill Clinton signed Senate Bill 927 into Public Law 105-160, which signified Lake Champlain as the new sixth Great Lake. This occurred among much controversy regarding funding for the national Sea Grant program and spurred heated discussion around the topic of "What makes a Great Lake great?"
It was well-established by many authorities, however, that Lake Champlain lies outside of the Great Lakes Basin. This means that the waters that flow into and out of Lake Champlain are completely separate from the waters that flow into and out of all of the five traditional Great Lakes, which all share the same water.
Georgian Bay, usually recognized as being part of Lake Huron, is one of the two largest bays in the Great Lakes (the other is Saginaw Bay). The writer and historian James Barry even wrote the book about the body of water titled Georgian Bay: The Sixth Great Lake. It is also sometimes thought of as a separate Great Lake because it is nearly separated from the rest of Lake Huron by Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula.
Related references:
About: Geography -- Lake Champlain, the Sixth Great Lake?
GLC: Policy Position -- Designation of Lake Champlain as a Great Lake
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Answered on September 25, 2001