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This is part of our “Jeopardy in July for Lake Lovers” feature, where we will post Great Lakes trivia throughout the month. Check back for the answers – and new questions. online polls
The answer to the previous question: Surface water temperatures in Lake Superior have risen by 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1979 – much more than average air temperatures in this region.
Detroit’s new RTA, road funding at the top of Michigan’s transportation issues by Great Lakes Echo
There is no shortage of transportation issues to discuss here in Michigan. After 40 years and 23 attempts, metro Detroit finally has a Regional Transportation Authority. At the top of Governor Snyder’s agenda is a new road funding bill, but will the legislature provide the funds he says he needs to make the necessary improvements? Tim Fischer is the deputy policy director at the Michigan Environmental Council and specializes in transportation infrastructure. He helps us sort out some of Michigan’s most pressing transportation issues.
The Great Lakes could benefit from Obama’s plan for renewable energy investments, mitigation efforts and job creation.
A Supreme Court decision involving a Texas/Oklahoma water conflict could affect the Great Lakes.
This is part of our “Jeopardy in July for Lake Lovers” feature, where we will post Great Lakes trivia throughout the month. Check back for the answers – and new questions. surveys & polls
To celebrate over four years of Echo’s (and our readers’) continued quest for knowledge and many years of all of our collective devotion to these lakes, we are very pleased to announce a very special month-long feature coming up here at Echo: Jeopardy in July for Lake Lovers! Throughout each week in July, we will post trivia questions dedicated to a specific lake to see how well you know our Great Lakes. Each question that follows will also contain the answer to the previous question and a breakdown of the polls to show how well you, the readers, did and explain the answers. The schedule is as follows:
Week One: Lake Superior
Week Two: Lake Huron
Week Three: Lake Michigan
Week Four: Lake Erie
Week Five: Lake Ontario
We hope you enjoy playing – and be sure to check back all throughout July so you don’t miss your chance to show us how much you know!
Mr. Great Lakes (Jeff Kart) reports from Bay City, Michigan’s Delta College Q-90.1 FM. This week Kart discusses Barack Obama’s climate plan for the Great Lakes and beach closures throughout Michigan.
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.
Echo commentator Gary Wilson points out that Michigan’s water assessment tool is no substitute for people measuring and monitoring water flows.
The Detroit to Cleveland corridor has one of the region’s most densely populated shorelines.
All those people and the area’s myriad of water, habitat, farm and beach issues make it home to some of the nation’s greatest energy debates.