Great Lakes Videos: December 21, 2012 For links to these videos and more, visit http://www.great-lakes.net/news/video/ Stocking herring in Lake Ontario ------------------------------------------------- Scientists gathered at Irondequoit Bay Thursday morning to stock the lake with 10,000 lake herring. Source: WXXI Public Radio (12/20) Deep trouble: the wrong-way river ------------------------------------------------- More than a century after Chicago blasted a hole in the continental divide separating the Great Lakes and Mississippi basins, regional leaders say it's time to plug a waterway that provides a pathway for Great Lakes invasions. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (12/15) Higgins urges fully funding Great Lakes preservation efforts ------------------------------------------------- Congressman Higgins expresses support for the future funding of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Source: Congressman Higgins' Official YouTube (12/20) Lake Erie bluffs expansion ------------------------------------------------- Purchase of three connected parcels will feature nearly two miles of unbroken and undeveloped Lake Erie shoreline, parks officials say. Source: The News-Herald (12/19) How can we improve water quality in the Great Lakes? ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jon Bartholic, director of the Institute of Water Research at Michigan State University in East Lansing, answers the following question: "How can we improve water quality in the Great Lakes?". Source: Great Lakes Echo (12/17) Mysteries of The Great Lakes ------------------------------------------------- The recent discovery of the shipwrecked wooden steamer "New York" has stirred up memories for a Traverse City woman who lost her father when his ship went down 53 years ago this month. Source: WBPN TV - Traverse City, MI (12/14)