Habitat Destruction

Original Intent

Using the Clean Water Act as their compass, Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) are navigating murky political waters to deliver legislation that would return the brawn and intent to the original Act signed by President Nixon in 1972.

More than one-third of America’s waterways are subject to “No Fishing and No Swimming” signs because polluters continue to evade the rules set by the Clean Water Act. After years of poisonous industrial waste invading U.S. waterways, the Clean Water Act was passed by Congress in 1972. It was Read More » »

PROPOSED TECHNICAL FRAMEWORK FOR GREAT LAKES HABITAT/SPECIES CONSERVATION

As Great Lakes Tribal peoples continue to remind us, the health of Great Lakes health is dependent on the health of these systems as well; they provide services we for pollinators and biocontrol agents. Healthy systems are the natural capital of the habitats and species is dependent on sustaining the processes and functioning of the depend on for our very existence. The Lakes, for example, provide us with drinking Great Lakes.following systems: open/nearshore waters; coastal wetlands; coastal shore; streams, water; wetlands help control floodwaters; forests reduce erosion and sedimentation;tributaries, connecting channels; inland lakes and wetlands; and uplands. Human coastal habitats Read More » »