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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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Does the Welland Ship Canal connect two of the lakes?
from Jennie in Emporia, Kansas
The Welland Canal connects Lakes Ontario and Erie. The canal was necessary
because the Niagara River, the natural connection between the lakes, has
impassable falls and rapids (Niagara Falls, to name one). Therefore, the
canal forms an important link for the shipping industry in the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system.
Welland canal was built (1914-32) to replace a canal opened in 1829, and was
modernized and enlarged in 1972. The canal is 27 miles long with a minimum
depth of 30 feet, and it contains eight locks, guiding ships up and down the
326 foot difference in elevation between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
For a detailed history of the Welland Canal, go to:
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway web page.
Thank you for your question!
Answered on January 5, 2001