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As
a home to a variety of wildlife, the forests and
wetlands provide the region with opportunities
for tourism and recreation, production of timber,
other wood and non-wood products, and services
such as watershed protection.
These delicate ecosystems are critical to migratory
waterfowl and other birds, providing food, breeding
grounds, and resting stops along major migration
routes.
Already
stressed by pollution, exotic species invasion,
and suburban sprawl, how will these important
terrestrial ecosystems be vulnerable to the effects
of climate change?
Please
join us at the Climate
Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Great
Lakes Region: The Potential Impacts and What We
Can Do
workshop,
at the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge, June
21, 2002...more
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Farmers,
landowners, fruit growers, Michigan Farm Bureau, MSU
extension agents, and others — over 70 people attended
the Climate
Change and Agriculture in the Great Lakes Region
workshop, Michigan State University, March 22....
more
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Michigan's
hopes rise with crucial lake levels
After
four years of drought, the Great Lakes system is showing signs
of rebounding from near-record low levels. While encouraging,
experts warn that the lakes need a very wet summer to return
to average levels. Source:
The Detroit News (5/10)
The
politics and science of carbon dioxide
A
study just getting off the ground in the Chequamegon-Nicolet
National Forest may help answer both scientific and political
questions. Source:
The Daily Press (Ashland, WI) (5/6)
Power
company buys polluted OH village
The
people who live in the Ohio River village of Cheshire have
agreed to sell their homes and businesses so they can get
away from emissions from American Electric Power's largest
coal-burning power plant in the state.
Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (4/29)
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Cutting
toxic mercury emissions
In a move
being watched by states throughout the Great Lakes, Wisconsin
could become the first state in the country to force electric
utilities to reduce the amount of mercury their plants put
into the air. Source:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium (5/13)
President
declares disaster in Upper Peninsula
President
Bush on Monday declared five Upper Peninsula counties a disaster
area because of flooding last month. Source:
The Associated Press (5/6)
Aqua
satellite blasts into orbit
Canadian
scientists hope to better understand the Earth's complex water
cycle when data starts pouring in from a newly launched American
satellite. Source:
CBC News (5/7)
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