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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 canal is between Lake Erie and the Hudson River?
from Cassidy in Jackson, MS, Age 10
Linking Lake Erie and the Hudson River is the Erie Canal, which runs through the Appalachian Mountains. It makes up just a part of the New York system of canals that connect Canadian canals, Lake Champlain, and the St. Lawrence River.
When it opened in 1825 after many failed attempts and technical challenges, the Erie Canal was an engineering marvel. It cost US$7 million at the time to build a new canal that was 363 miles long, 40 feet wide, and four feet deep. The success of the Erie Canal lied in the way it facilitated the westward movement of settlers and traders while allowing entrepreneurs to save money by sending goods by sea instead of over land. In just nine short years, the tolls levied on canal travel allowed the builders to recover their initial investment!
The Erie Canal's success was just part of a canal-building boom in New York in the 1820s. Between 1823 and 1828, several lateral canals opened including the Champlain, the Oswego and the Cayuga-Seneca. With growing competition from railroads and highways, however, and the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, commercial traffic on the New York State Canal System declined dramatically in the latter part of the 20th century.
Related references:
TEACH: Great Lakes Ports and Shipping
TEACH: Where are all of the locks located in the Great Lakes?
National Canal Museum: Erie Canal
NY: The Erie Canal -- A Brief History
Thank you for your question!
Answered on September 25, 2001