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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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What percentage of the entire world's freshwater supply is stored or contained in the Great Lakes?
from Adam in Westminster, Colorado
The Great Lakes contain 20% of the world's freshwater supply -- the largest freshwater system in the world! Collectively, the lakes contain over six quadrillion gallons of water.
The Great Lakes hold a number of other records as well:
- Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, and the third largest by volume
- The world's largest concentration of lighthouses is in the Great Lakes
- The Great Lakes region is the only place in the world where "lake-effect" snow occurs
- Some of the most ancient bedrock on the planet is found in the Great Lakes region --approaching 3 billion years in age
- The longest stretch of freshwater dunes in the world is found along Lake Michigan
Thank you for your question!
Answered on February 1, 2001