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Drinking Water Week
American Water Works Association (5/6)
Drinking Water Week, May 4-10, is a unique opportunity for water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives.
American Wetlands Month
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (5/2)
This May will mark the 18th anniversary of American Wetlands Month, a time when EPA and its partners celebrate the vital importance of wetlands to the Nation's ecological, economic, and social health. It is also a great opportunity to discover and teach others about the important role that wetlands play in our environment and the significant benefits they provide.
Great Lakes Regional Research Information Network (GLRRIN)
GLIN's May 2008 Site of the Month (5/1)
Established in 2006 by NOAA Sea Grant, GLIN and regional partners, GLRRIN provides a powerful means to foster collaboration, acquire funding, highlight research needs and issues, and increase the overall impact of Great Lakes research. GLRRIN is a free service and offers research-related news and upcoming events, and profiles of Great Lakes researchers and their current projects.
Mother Earth Water Walk
(4/28)
Two Anishinawbe Grandmothers, and a group of Anishinawbe Women and Men have taken action regarding the water issue by walking the perimeter of the Great Lakes. The 2008 Lake Michigan walk kicked off April 26.
Shipwrecks and Maritime Tales of the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail
Ohio Sea Grant (4/24)
The shipwrecks within this website are a mere sampling of the hundreds of shipwreck sites located in the depths of Lake Erie. The goal is to make the visitor aware of the rich maritime history which lies beneath the surface of Ohio's Lake Erie.
Michigan Wildlife Conservancy
(4/21)
The Michigan Wildlife Conservancy provides the technical and financial assistance that landowners and managers need to restore and maintain wildlife habitat on their own land.
What's going on in your neighborhood this month? Meet other people and learn together at recreational and educational events! Our new dynamic calendar is updated daily with current educational events.
4 | Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
The modern environmental movement was boosted, if not launched, by the publication of the 1962 best-seller, Silent Spring. The book's author was Rachel Carson from Springdale, Pa. In 1900, her family bought some hillside property on the Allegheny River a few miles outside of Pittsburgh. The five-room clapboard house had no central heating or indoor plumbing. It was here that the young Carson, guided by a mother inte rested in nature study, began to construct her world view. She spent a great deal of time outside, deciding to learn as much about the environment as possible. Her studies took her to Johns Hopkins University for graduate work in marine biology. She worked for the federal government as a natural history writer while she cared for her parents and siblings, leaving little time for a personal life. Several books, including The Sea Around Us, brought her fame, but her biggest literary accomplishment was Silent Spring. This book, linking indiscriminate pesticide use with bird population declines, took on the chemical industry. Her tremendous courage in the face of an orchestrated disinformation campaign and personal attacks by her detractors, while suffering from cancer, is her legacy to us all.
Graphic: Rachel Carson's childhood home in Springdale, Pa. (with later addition).