Great Lakes Videos: November 9, 2012 For links to these videos and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/video/ Beaches in good shape ------------------------------------------------- Walkers covered 7 miles of Presque Isle shoreline near Erie, Penn, during an annual fall survey. Experts say the park escaped serious damage from Hurricane Sandy. Source: WICU-TV - Erie, Penn. (11/8) Surf's up in the U.P. ------------------------------------------------- You don't have to be on the beaches of southern California or in Hawaii to experience the thrill of riding a wave. The surf's up right here on Lake Superior. Source: Upper Peninsula's Second Wave (11/7) Fate uncertain for Great Lakes' last coal steamer ------------------------------------------------- The SS Badger, the last working coal-fired passenger steamer on the Great Lakes, faces decommission as the EPA exemption allowing it to dump coal ash into Lake Michigan expires in December. Source: The Wall Street Journal (11/6) Lake Erie heavily eroded by Sandy ------------------------------------------------- Superstorm Sandy did some super damage to Lake Erie's shoreline. The wind and waves were so ferocious, they toppled breakwalls and washed away parts of the shore. Source: WKYC-TV - Cleveland, Oh. (11/5) Minn. DNR restoring sturgeon on St. Louis River ------------------------------------------------- After 30 years of work, there is evidence that the once-absent lake sturgeon are naturally reproducing in the St. Louis River, in large part due to the efforts of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Source: KARE-TV - Minneapolis, Minn. (11/1)