Echo reader Jodie Opie, a fan of the Photo Friday feature, answered our call for photo submissions. This photograph was taken on May 24 in Kenosha, Wis. and captured a full moon rising over a dusky Lake Michigan.
Recently Great Lakes Echo reported that Outside Magazine snubbed the Great Lakes region when nominating the most livable, active cities in the U.S. for their “Best Towns 2013” feature. We asked you to nominate the best towns of the Great Lake region. Now you can vote on them, write-in another place or justify your choices below. online polls
Birders, boaters, hikers, fishermen, beach lovers, and swimmers all have something in common: They draw attention to Great Lakes ecology through their activities at or near the shoreline. Now they have zombies helping them out. In what might be one of the wackiest and most unorthodox ways of getting people to reconnect with nature, early (cheaper) registration for an event billed as the Lake Eerie (not a typo, folks) Zombie Mud Run ends June 30. The race is Sept. 14 at East Sandusky Bay Erie Metropark in Sandusky, Ohio.
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
This week Kart discusses research on asian carp, algae and nutrients in the Saginaw Bay and LEED certification for Delta College. Text at Mr Great Lakes