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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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How are all of the Great Lakes interdependent?
from Mandi in Toronto, Ontario, Age 14
All of the bodies of water within the Great Lakes basin are connected together and are therefore part of a single (yet very large!) system of waterways, sometimes called an ecosystem. This means that what affects one part of the water, even in a remote location, eventually affects all of the lakes. This includes all of the rivers, streams, groundwater, and rainfall that flow into and out of each lake.
Phenomena such as pollution, eutrophication, acid rain, and invasions of non-native species in one of the Great Lakes affects them all. This is because the health of the ecosystem is dependent on physical, chemical, and biological factors that are all interrelated and constantly changing.
Related reference:
The Great Lakes Atlas, ch. 5: Joint Management of the Great Lakes
Thank you for your question!
Answered on June 26, 2001