Great Lakes Videos: March 18, 2011 For links to these videos and more, visit http://www.glin.net/news/video First laker to leave tomorrow WDIO Duluth (3/16) Local maritime traffic through the Port of Duluth-Superior is set to commence March 17 with the scheduled afternoon departure of the season's first laker, the James R. Barker. Patty Birkholz: Guarding our Great Lakes MLive.com (3/12) Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Office of the Great Lakes Director Patty Birkholz talks about issues impacting our Great Lakes.