Some of the dead loons are thought to have come from Minnesota.
Last fall, nearly 900 loons died while migrating south across Lake Michigan, probably more. And its likely at least some were from Minnesota.Scientists are not sure what killed the loons, but they suspect that invasive species may be to blame.
via MPR News.
Photo by Dan Mullen via Flickr
“To its critics, the S.S. Badger is a relic and a menace, a coal-fired car ferry that dumps tons of raw coal ash into Lake Michigan each year as it plies its four-hour route between Manitowoc, Wis., and Ludington, Mich.
“To its friends in the halls of Congress, the Badger is a national historic treasure, a ship from a bygone era worth saving from the bureaucrats of the Environmental Protection Agency, even if it means skirting the line on the Republicans’ sacred ban on Congressional earmarks,” via New York Times.
Photographer Ed Wargen writes about his analog film project to capture the images of the Great Lakes.
“The Great Lakes in photographs. One story. One photograph at a time.
“For decades, I have been a professional still image photographer working primarily with analog film.
“Recently, I introduced digital photography (still and video) into my workflow and it has changed how I am able to tell, create and share stories about my photographic projects.
“The video “The Great Lakes In Photographs” is simply an overview and a work in progress of what I imagine a documentary could look like (if I were to make one) for my photographic work called The Fresh Coast Project.”
Also worth watching: KARE11 profile Wargen’s Fresh Coast Project.
Hurricane #Sandy causing large waves on Lake Michigan today. – Photo by John H. White #nofilter #storm #chic instagr.am/p/RX1–IrSqV/
— Suntimes (@Suntimes) October 29, 2012
The City of Waukesha, WI will begin a $183 million pipeline and series of pumping stations to tap the water of Lake Michigan.
“The city has approved an agreement to buy Lake Michigan water from Oak Creek, to replace water supplies from local wells with excess amounts of radium.
“For years, Waukesha could not tap into Lake Michigan because it was just outside the lake’s natural basin. But that changed a few years ago when a new Great Lakes water usage agreement was approved,” reports WTAQ.
Lakes Superior and Michigan water levels in the two lakes “may soon hit an all-time low, aggravating an economic quandary: with such low levels, cargo ships have to forgo millions of dollars of freight.”
via New York Times h/t @MPR_Hemphill
