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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 is sand formed around Lake Michigan? Is it the same as the sand in beaches(ocean)? Could it be manmade?
from Roberto of Colegio San Jorge in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Age 12
Sand consists of rocks, crystals, and sea shells that are worn down by time, and each beach can have its own kind of sand. The tan-colored beaches around the Great Lakes area are made up mostly of grains of quartz, the black sand beaches of Hawaii are made up of rocks that have eroded from volcanoes, and the white sand on tropical beaches includes finely ground sea shells.
Sand is deposited on beaches when the waves from the ocean or lake move it up to the shoreline. However, sand can be brought in from elsewhere to create a larger beach or a barrier. So although the sand itself is not artificial, the means of getting it to the beach could be!
Thank you for your question!
Answered on August 1, 2000