Great Lakes Echo (https://greatlakesecho.org/page/2/?s=monday+mashup&x=0&y=0)
A group of Michigan natives have created an innovative way to help empower people with knowledge about where their local food comes from. Realtimefarms.com provides a way for individuals to find locally sourced food items using a variety of maps.
Each fall hundreds of thousands of monarch butterflies migrate south for the winter. They’re found all over the country but are often spotted in Great Lakes states.
And you can help record their progress.
There are 75 places where you could buy local honey in Michigan, 26 places to get local goat cheese and milk in Wisconsin, and 22 places to buy Grassfed Beef in Ohio, according to a mashup on Localharvest.org.
Some things are simply easier to do when it comes to living more environmentally conscious. Eating seasonally and locally may be harder for residents of the Great Lake states than others, according to the Seasonal Ingredient Map.
An interactive map from the Indiana Geological Survey shows a string of scenic beaches and natural areas along Indiana’s Great Lakes shoreline.
If you unraveled the shoreline of the Great Lakes, it would just fall short of stretching half way around the Earth. The region has more than 10,000 miles of coast, and a good portion is open to the public for recreation.
Many states have interactive maps that display water trails – water routes for boaters and paddlers – and provide information about beach access and amenities.
If you’re a Michigander or a Michigan transplant like me, you have probably done this. Someone asks you where you live, you lift your hand lift, revealing…the mitten.
A map made in Superior, Wisconsin in 1889 may be one of the first Great Lakes mashups.
The creator, A.F. McKay, combined a U.S. map with a drawing of a human body in an attempt to promote Superior’s potential as a transportation hub.
The U.S. Geological Survey combined maps of geologic features (like rock types) and natural landscape features (like mountains) to make this tapestry map.
Curious what land is protected in your state?
Then meet CARL – a Conservation And Recreation Lands map.