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Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin.
Guess where the area is located, based on the description of the site.
The city rests on the island of Montreal, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. Major roads and industrial areas appear bright white, while residential and commercial parts of the city glow yellow-gold. The photo was taken while the space station passed over the Pennsylvania/New York border. Photo and information courtesy of NASA.
Project: Ice looks at the impact of ice on the region’s commerce, recreation, culture, geography. It encompasses subjects as diverse as ice breaking and ice fishing.
And it looks at how all those things may be affected by a warming climate.
Climate change affects the economy in a variety of ways.
It’s tough on winter festivals.
But operating on thin ice is good for at least one business.
On the first of January, I turned over a new, er, leaf. I left behind my days of buffalo chicken wraps and bacon-covered bacon for a life of vegetarianism. And I stumbled upon the Vegetarian Calculator — this handy tool that calculates the actual, tangible impact that I’ve made by going meat-free, using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Maybe it’s only been a few weeks, but I’ve supposedly already saved the lives of 16 adorable animals and prevented the release of 126 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. Everyone’s been asking me why I made the switch.
It turns out that 2012 was a great year for the birds. Until hunting season came around. Then it became a good time to be a hunter. Hunters dubbed the 2012 Minnesota waterfowl season a success on the opening day of the season according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The season benefited from fewer waterfowl hunting regulations and an earlier opening season date. It even seemed that the hunting season had some assistance from Mother Nature herself.
Many teachers may not think twice about dumping the contents of the class aquarium into a stream when the school year is through. Now, while living on an island in Lake Erie, they can learn why that’s a bad idea. The Great Lakes Education Workshop, which incorporates Great Lakes environmental issues into teachers’ curriculums, is offered for the first time in three years, thanks to a recent Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant. It is an interdisciplinary course where teachers can take part in field work and hands-on labs, said Rosanne Fortner, who heads the Ohio State University-based program. Held at Stone Laboratory at Lake Erie, teachers meet researchers and gain access to EPA equipment while living on the islands of Lake Erie.
Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin.
Guess where the area is located. And check out the answer to last week’s feature.
Jeff Kart reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM.
This audio report supplied by MrGreatLakes.com
Text version available here.