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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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6 | Lake Erie and its tributaries
Maumee River: Although the river originates in Ft. Wayne, Ind., most of the Maumee lies in northern Ohio. Agricultural runoff and dumps lining the river have contributed to its contamination.
Black River: The Black River AOC encompasses the entire watershed in Ohio, and non-point source pollution is currently the greatest factor contributing to its degradation.
River Raisin: The AOC is the lower portion (2.6 miles) of the River Raisin, and the pollution has been caused by historical discharges of oils and grease, heavy metals, and PCBs to the river from industrial facilities in the area.
Cuyahoga River: The 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga helped prompt the beginnings of water conservation: the Clean Water Act, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the Environmental Protection Agency. Eutrophication and heavy metal contamination are among the several environmental problems affecting the river.
Wheatley Harbour: While wastewater treatment plant pollution has been improved, PCBs and leaking septic systems still remain a concern for this AOC.
Ashtabula River: Located in northeastern Ohio, three decades of unregulated discharges and mismanagement of hazardous waste has created a serious contaminated sediment problem for the river.
Presque Isle Bay: With its watershed being 80% urbanized, the bay, located in northwestern Pennsylvania, suffers from point and nonpoint source pollution.
Buffalo River: Regarded an "impact" area, heavy industrial development and urbanization have contributed to the river's contaminated sediments.
