Great Lakes-Basin (1263 articles) There are five Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Lake Ontario. The Great Lakes system includes the St. Clair River (which links Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair), the Detroit River (which links Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie), the Niagara River (which links Lake Erie to Lake Ontario), and the Upper St. Lawrence River (which flows to the Atlantic Ocean). About 37-million people live in the Great Lakes Basin.
|  | An invading species of shrimp may offer a new food source for fish in the Great Lakes, a report from a team of Queen's University researchers states.First discovered in Lake Michigan in 2006, Hemimysis anomala, more commonly known as the bloody red shrimp, has been found in all of the Great Lakes except Lake Superior.The shrimp is native to the Black and Caspian seas,... (more) | | (2 comments) Fish Great Lakes-Basin |
|  | Your government also knows that Ontario’s wealth is not just economic. It is found in our abundance of natural beauty and resources, and we all have a duty to protect it.That is why your government will follow through on its goal to become the continent’s water innovation leader by 2015 and work with environmental experts and community groups to develop and introduce a... (more) | | (0 comments) Drink Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Ontario Swim |
| | | Mrs. Carol Hughes (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, NDP):Mr. Speaker, since March 31, Environment Canada has turned off the tap on funding to the Lake Superior binational program. Not only is this program designed to restore degraded areas and protect this unique headwater from pollution and urbanization but it is also part of long-standing commitments between Canada and... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Great Lakes-Basin |
| | | Shipping and invasive species have been linked to massive bird deaths on the Great Lakes:
Type E botulism killed at least one of the 6,000 birds washed up on the shores of Georgian Bay, officials said.But the naturally occurring bacteria likely caused the death of the rest of the mallards, pintails and loons that littered the beaches last weekend, said Ministry of Natural... (more) | | (1 comments) Fish Great Lakes-Basin Shipping, boating & navigation |
|  | Ontario bureaucrats have been given “no firm deadline” for reporting on the possible health effects of offshore wind turbines, says the Ministry of Natural Resources.But it says one of the studies will take up to three years.The province is facing a $2.25 billion lawsuit from a wind power developer after it slapped an indefinite moratorium on offshore wind power... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Kingston and Region Ontario |
| | | Scientific evidence is sketchy about the causes of massive, smelly algae blooms showing up in most of the Great Lakes, and further study of the problem is needed, researchers contend in a report released last week.It's widely believed that phosphorus runoff from farms and municipal waste treatment plants is a leading cause of the algae problem, which has returned with a... (more) | | (0 comments) Fish Great Lakes-Basin Sewers & Urban Runoff Swim |
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