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Lake Erie businesses are gearing up for The Biggest Week in American Birding, scheduled for May 3-12. What fascinates me is how quickly the issue of birding has gelled and what that could mean for the future of energy production and the environment by getting more people engaged with our natural resources.
Nearshore health is a reflection of positive land use.
The Dust Bowl poses important questions and National Parks provide important answers for the Great Lakes region.
Earthworms help soil retain moisture.
And their tunnels helps the roots of cover crops penetrate more deeply into soil.
That kind of action reduces the amount of water running off the land and carrying the nutrients that can nourish explosive algae growth in the Great Lakes.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s proposal on Great Lakes water withdrawal comes after his veto last year of a plan with controversial withdrawal rates. The new debate may focus on what water falls under the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Compact.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has proposed a compromise to a controversial law, and the new bill highlights the complexities around the region’s water compact.
The technique renewed controversy over the adequacy of government attempts to keep the voracious invaders out of the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes region saw it’s share of diverse environmental challenges in 2010. But they are bound by an attack on a common target – a regional identity that defines a sense of home and that may be the greatest of environmental threats.
Chalk it up to Robert Redford, cancer clusters, love of writing, questioning authority.
And then there is an eclectic fascination with environmental crimes, Richard Nixon, great beauty, a living laboratory and resiliency.
And of course there are the passionate crusaders.
And heaven’s baseball team.