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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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Are there any Islands in the Great Lakes that are not owned by either Canada or the United States?
from Noelle in Somers Point, NJ, Age 10
According to Karen Vigmostad, an expert on Great Lakes islands, it turns out that all of the islands in the Great Lakes do indeed fall under the jurisdiction of either the United States or Canada. Because each of the five Great Lakes are wholly contained within the territory of the U.S. and Canada, all the land (above and underwater) also falls within that range.
The actual owner of an island, however, can be anyone in the world, no matter their nationality. So an American can own a Canadian island, a Canadian can own an American island, an African can be the owner of many islands, a German can own a Canadian island that's next to an American island owned by an Australian, and so on.
Related references:
GLIN: Islands in the Great Lakes Region
Islands of the Great Lakes
Island Information
Thank you for your question!
Answered on August 6, 2001