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U-M divers retrieve 8,900-year-old piece of wood from Lake Huron
Annarbor.com (12/12)
University of Michigan researchers announced they have found a 5 1/2 foot long, pole-shaped piece of wood that is 8,900 years old in Lake Huron.
RIVERKEEPERS: Tending the waterways
Niagara Gazette (2/6)
The goal of the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper is two-fold: protecting the water quantity and the quality, as well as connecting people to the waterfront.
Internationally renowned ‘Ocean Doctor’ to speak in Grand Rapids
MLive.com (2/3)
Known as the “Ocean Doctor,” David Guggenheim will speak in Grand Rapids, Mich., about the many similarities between the threats to the oceans and to our Great Lakes.
SUNY Fredonia to lead Great Lakes pollution study
Wall Street Journal (2/3)
Plastic pollution in the Great Lakes will be the focus of a study this summer. Led by the State University of New York at Fredonia, researchers will try to quantify the amount of plastic polluting the fresh water Great Lakes.
SSC students taking part in marine science bowl
Arenac County Independent (1/31)
Teams of Michigan high school students will be heading to Ann Arbor this weekend to take part in the annual Great Lakes Bowl, a quiz event that focuses on questions about marine and freshwater systems and biology.
No aquarium for Windsor
CBC News (1/31)
Aquariums in Cleveland, Toledo, and Chicago prove to be too much competition for Windsor.
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References
The Saga of the Great Lakes (1980), Coles Publishing Co. Limited; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reprinted from History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1; originally published by J.H. Beers & Co., 1899.
The American Lake Series (1944); Lake Huron by Fred Landon, Lake Superior by Grace Lee Nute, Lake Michigan by Milo M. Quaife, Lake Erie (1945) by Harlan Hatcher; The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, Indianapolis & New York.
Great Lakes: Great Maps -- A Traveling Exhibit (1988-91), University of Wisconsin Sea Grant. The exhibit was created as a cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, Wisconsin Humanities Committee and American Geographical Society Collection of the UW-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library.