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Kayak Detroit: Paddling Through East Side Canals
By: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Model D

A blue heron rises gracefully into the air. A fish jumps, the splash rising just over my shoulder. A muskrat sleekly dives. My kayak cuts noiselessly through the water. All this, on Detroit's East Side.

A couple weeks ago, Detroit Eastside Community Collaborative and Creekside Community Development Corp. teamed with Wyandotte's Riverside Kayak Connection and Michigan Sea Grant to offer a kayak tour of the Detroit River and Creekside's canals...

Michigan Sea Grant is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Mary Bohling is its extension educator for Southeast Michigan. "We work with communities on a whole host of Great Lakes issues, from coastal tourism and interacting with water trails to invasive species management, soft shore engineering, habitat projects...anything to do with education and outreach on Great Lakes issues," she says.

As we paddle, she points out invasive plant species that grow in abundance and prime fish spawning areas. To her, kayaking -- which she has anecdotally noted increasing in popularity -- is one more way to raise awareness of issues near and dear to her heart. "Throughout Michigan in general, we take (the Great Lakes) for granted," she says. "It's a 'don't know what you've got until it's gone' kind of thing."

See complete story published by Model D:
http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/kayakdetroit91509.aspx
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Photograph by Marvin Shaouni
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