Lake Michigan. Image: Bobak Ha'Eri via Wikimedia Commons
Do you have a favorite waterway? Photograph it, submit the picture, and then vote for it as the best waterway in America.
Three of 18 candidates provided by Environment America, a federation of state based citizen funded environmental advocacy organization, are Great Lakes- related.
The poll includes Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and the Great lakes as a whole.
“People from Chicago would identify with Lake Michigan more than the others, while those from Ohio would identify with Lake Erie,” said Piper Crowell, clean water advocate at Environment America, “ A Texan would identify with the Great Lakes as a whole.”
True. But wouldn’t people from Buffalo identify with Lake Ontario? As the largest of the Great Lakes, wouldn’t Lake Superior be the favorite for some of us? And why leave out Lake Huron?
The organization included some of the most popular spots around the country in the list, said Crowell. If you want to vote for another waterway, that’s what the “other” category is for.
The organization will give your pictures and stories to the Obama administration to show why clean waterways are important to individuals.
Submit your own supportive comments here.
“Clean waters are important, especially in summer when people go out,” said Crowell.
And if you feel like Lakes Superior, Huron, Ontario or any other waterways are unfairly left out, you can let us know below.