Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives - Urge Congress to Protect the Great Lakes » Your Lake & You http://www.healthylakes.org Great Lakes Restoration Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:43:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Challenge Hopes to Stop US Army Corps Practice of “Open Lake Dumping” http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/challenge-hopes-to-stop-us-army-corps-practice-of-%e2%80%9copen-lake-dumping%e2%80%9d http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/challenge-hopes-to-stop-us-army-corps-practice-of-%e2%80%9copen-lake-dumping%e2%80%9d#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:12:39 +0000 Tiffany Danitz Pache http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=4143 Poor Lake Erie, as if it didn’t have enough challenges to deal with – sewage overflows, invasive species and habitat destruction. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has gotten the green light to dump massive amounts of sediment –…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/threats/challenge-hopes-to-stop-us-army-corps-practice-of-%e2%80%9copen-lake-dumping%e2%80%9d/feed 1 Great Lakes Aquarium a Source of Restoration Education http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/great-lakes-aquarium-a-source-of-restoration-education http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/great-lakes-aquarium-a-source-of-restoration-education#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:31:54 +0000 Tiffany Danitz Pache http://www.healthylakes.org/?p=3310 There is a very clever exhibit at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minn. that every lawmaker in Washington should see. One hundred silver metal buckets displayed in the shape of a pyramid represent all the…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/great-lakes-aquarium-a-source-of-restoration-education/feed 0 Congress Says No To “Bad Polluter” Sludge http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/congress-says-no-to-%e2%80%9cbad-polluter%e2%80%9d-sludge http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/congress-says-no-to-%e2%80%9cbad-polluter%e2%80%9d-sludge#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:38:20 +0000 Tiffany Danitz Pache http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/2007/07/24/congress-says-no-to-%e2%80%9cbad-polluter%e2%80%9d-sludge Just because British Petroleum’s moniker is green and they spent millions in ads trying to convince themselves and others that they are environmentally conscious doesn’t make it so. Perhaps they think BP stands for Bullet Proof – well, then, they…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/congress-says-no-to-%e2%80%9cbad-polluter%e2%80%9d-sludge/feed 0 A First Salmon, A Spectacular Sunrise, and A Tradition Continues http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/a-first-salmon-a-spectacular-sunrise-and-a-tradition-continues http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/a-first-salmon-a-spectacular-sunrise-and-a-tradition-continues#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:49:50 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/activities/fishing-hunting/2007/07/17/a-first-salmon-a-spectacular-sunrise-and-a-tradition-continues robwinge2007-07-17story-fishing-adultmondaysunrisewebresolution.JPGThis story comes to use from Rob in Maple Grove, Minn. He writes:

Our family was in Algoma, Wisconsin in August of 2005 visiting my wife’s parents. While we were there we like to fish for salmon on Lake Michigan.…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/a-first-salmon-a-spectacular-sunrise-and-a-tradition-continues/feed 0 Rare bald eagle born in Southeast Wisconsin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/rare-bald-eagle-born-in-southeast-wisconsin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/rare-bald-eagle-born-in-southeast-wisconsin#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 19:49:42 +0000 Hugh McMullen http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/2007/05/08/rare-bald-eagle-born-in-southeast-wisconsin At least one baby eagle was born near the shore of Lake Michigan in Southeast Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources confirmed the first baby bald eagle born in the…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/rare-bald-eagle-born-in-southeast-wisconsin/feed 0 Photos of Ontario http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/photos-of-ontario http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/photos-of-ontario#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 19:53:02 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/2007/05/01/photos-of-ontario/index.aspx Lake Ontario is the most polluted Great Lake, suffering from industrial pollution and waste disposal that comes from having one of the most populous watersheds along the Great Lakes. You wouldn’t know it, though, by looking at some of the…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/photos-of-ontario/feed 0 Erie: A Popular and Endangered Jewel http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/erie-a-popular-and-endangered-jewel http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/erie-a-popular-and-endangered-jewel#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 19:52:50 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/2007/05/01/erie-a-popular-and-endangered-jewel/index.aspx Erie is one of the most bountiful of the Great Lakes—it provides more fish for human consumption that any Great Lake, and 11 million people rely on it for drinking water.

Unfortunately, Erie is also one of the most polluted…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/erie-a-popular-and-endangered-jewel/feed 2 Huron: The Great Lakes’ Best Kept Secret http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-huron/huron-the-great-lakes%e2%80%99-best-kept-secret http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-huron/huron-the-great-lakes%e2%80%99-best-kept-secret#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 19:52:41 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-huron/2007/05/01/huron-the-great-lakes%e2%80%99-best-kept-secret/index.aspx The watershed of Lake Huron isn’t as densely populated as Michigan’s, Erie’s, or Ontario’s, but it is among the largest in the system—larger even than the Lake itself—and contains some of the most beautiful scenery in the region. Its northern…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-huron/huron-the-great-lakes%e2%80%99-best-kept-secret/feed 0 Michigan: America’s Diverse Lake Shore http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/michigan-america%e2%80%99s-diverse-lake-shore http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/michigan-america%e2%80%99s-diverse-lake-shore#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 19:52:32 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/2007/05/01/michigan-america%e2%80%99s-diverse-lake-shore/index.aspx Lake Michigan, the only Great Lake entirely in the United States, boasts a wide range of geographies and populations. The diverse scenery found along its waters include the Chicago skyline, the forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and the Dunes of…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/michigan-america%e2%80%99s-diverse-lake-shore/feed 1 Ontario: The Lakes’ Link to the Atlantic http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/ontario-the-lakes%e2%80%99-link-to-the-atlantic http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/ontario-the-lakes%e2%80%99-link-to-the-atlantic#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 19:52:15 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/2007/05/01/ontario-the-lakes%e2%80%99-link-to-the-atlantic/index.aspx Although Lake Ontario is the smallest in size of the Great Lakes, it plays an important role—its watershed is the Great Lakes system’s only connection to the Atlantic Ocean.

The watershed includes some of the most impressive and important bodies…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-ontario/ontario-the-lakes%e2%80%99-link-to-the-atlantic/feed 1 Superior: The Largest Lake in The World http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/superior-the-largest-lake-in-the-world http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/superior-the-largest-lake-in-the-world#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 19:41:58 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/2007/05/01/superior-the-largest-lake-in-the-world/index.aspx Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world—larger than the entire state of South Carolina. It is so large in volume, it could contain all the other Great Lakes plus five Lake Eries. Superior is the largest, deepest,…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/superior-the-largest-lake-in-the-world/feed 0 Rain Gardens to Ease Flooding in Toledo http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/rain-gardens-to-ease-flooding-in-toledo http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/rain-gardens-to-ease-flooding-in-toledo#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:34:37 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/2007/04/21/rain-gardens-to-ease-flooding-in-toledo/index.aspx The Toledo Blade reported this month on the launch of a new initiative that will encourage Toledo residents to grow rain gardens, which absorb rain water that would otherwise run off into streets and sewers and cause damage…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/rain-gardens-to-ease-flooding-in-toledo/feed 0 Restoration and Tourism http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/restoration-and-tourism http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/restoration-and-tourism#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:31:51 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/2007/04/06/restoration-and-tourism/ Much of northern Michigan’s recreation-based tourism is dependent upon the health and abundance of our precious resources. To ensure economic vitality of our tourism industry and our way of life, we must restore and protect our cherished waterways and our…

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The Great Lakes are a national treasure. The Lakes and their connecting channels contain nearly 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater and 95 percent of the U.S fresh surface water supplying 27 million people with drinking water. These…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/your-lake-you/feed 0 The State of the Great Lakes – Illinois http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-illinois http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-illinois#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:24:21 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/2007/05/25/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-illinois Illinois Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites. State of Great Lakes – Illinois
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Great Lakes are one of our most precious…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-illinois/feed 1 The State of the Great Lakes & Ohio http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-ohio http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-ohio#comments Sun, 30 May 2004 19:18:44 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/2004/05/30/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-ohio Ohio Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites. State of Great Lakes – Ohio
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Great Lakes are one of our country’s most…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-ohio/feed 0 The State of the Great Lakes & New York http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-new-york http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-new-york#comments Sun, 30 May 2004 19:14:59 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/2004/05/30/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-new-york New York Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites. State of Great Lakes – New York
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Great Lakes are one of our most…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-new-york/feed 0 The State of the Great Lakes – Minnesota http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-minnesota http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-minnesota#comments Sun, 30 May 2004 19:13:49 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/2004/05/30/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-minnesota Minnesota Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites. State of Great Lakes – Minnesota
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Great Lakes are one of our most precious…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-superior/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-minnesota/feed 0 The State of the Great Lakes – Michigan http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-michigan http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-michigan#comments Sun, 30 May 2004 19:12:13 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/2004/05/30/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-michigan Michigan Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites. State of Great Lakes – Michigan
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Great Lakes are one of our most precious…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-michigan/feed 0 The State of the Great Lakes – Indiana http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-indiana http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-indiana#comments Sun, 30 May 2004 19:09:04 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/2004/05/30/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-indiana Indiana Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites. State of Great Lakes – Indiana
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Great Lakes are one of our most precious…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-indiana/feed 0 The State of the Great Lakes – Pennsylvania http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-pennsylvania http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-pennsylvania#comments Sun, 30 May 2004 19:07:50 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/2004/05/30/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-pennsylvania Pennsylvania Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites. State of Great Lakes – Pennsylvania
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The Great Lakes are one of our nation’s national…

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]]> http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-erie/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-pennsylvania/feed 0 The State of the Great Lakes – Wisconsin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-wisconsin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-wisconsin#comments Sun, 30 May 2004 18:59:36 +0000 Jordan Lubetkin http://www.healthylakes.org/your-lake-you/lake-michigan/2004/05/30/the-state-of-the-great-lakes-wisconsin The State of the Great Lakes – Wisconsin

Wisconsin Restoration Sites
Click to view a larger map of the restoration sites.
State of Great Lakes – Wisconsin
Fact Sheet (PDF)

The…

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