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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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“The #grasses are really those pioneer species, and they are the #dune builders,” she says.
“By sticking up in the air, they really are able to catch and drop that sand, and that’s the physical action that builds the dune.”
#sanddunes #dunes #lakes #greatlakes #rewilding #restoration #ecology #beaches #ontario
https://www.rewildingmag.com/bringing-great-lakes-sand-dunes-back-to-life/
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild https://www.rawchili.com/4996994/ #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #CarlosDuran #CharlieBarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #Mariners #MLB #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #TheLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #TylerFitzgerald
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild https://www.rawchili.com/4996994/ #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #CarlosDuran #CharlieBarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #Mariners #MLB #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #TheLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #TylerFitzgerald
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild
Mookie Betts singled and …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #MLB #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #carlosduran #charliebarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #mariners #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #Sports #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #theLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #tylerfitzgerald
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Mookie Betts finishes off rehab, Kendall George runs wild
Mookie Betts singled and …
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #MLB #AdamSerwinowski #BrusdarGraterol #CadenDana #carlosduran #charliebarnes #ChicagoCubs #ClaytonKershaw #CodyBellinger #george #GreatLakes #JackSuwinski #KeynanMiddleton #LoganAllen #mariners #MookieBetts #OklahomaCity #Sports #TalonHaley #Texas #TexasRangers #theLosAngelesDodgers #TulsaDrillers #tylerfitzgerald
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Sunrise at Michigan’s Round Island Light in the Straits of Mackinac just across from the harbor at Mackinac Island on Lake Huron, 10 May, 2026. Photo by Awesome Mitten.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeHuron“Did you know there were once three Round Island Lights on the Great Lakes? Only two of the three still remain, the other being in the lower St. Marys River.” - Great Lakes Lighthouse Keeper’s Association
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Michipicoten Island East End Light, Ontario, Canada on Lake Superior, 8 May, 2026. Photo by Zack Kruzins.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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https://www.europesays.com/news/20247/ Tornado Hits Enid, Oklahoma, as Severe Weather Threatens Central U.S. #Enid(Okla) #GreatLakes #Headlines #News #Okla) #oklahoma #TopStories #VanceAirForceBase(Enid #weather
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The H. Lee White heads into Silver Bay, passing Split Rock lighthouse in Two Harbors Minnesota, 5 April, 2018. Photo by Christian Dalbec.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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Sunset at Duluth’s north pier lighthouse, 21 March, 2026. Photo by Glenn Blaszkiwicz.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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There’s still no internet at the house, but the Graphical #History Tour charges on regardless. We got #stockmarket rumblings, #Prohibition grumblings, and Will #Chicago have #Canada Dry?
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Spin the #ClimateChangeWeatherWheel and see where it lands!
US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once
By SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 13, 2026"Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.
"Days of downpours have begun in #Hawaii. The #Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) #heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern #GreatLakes states. And the dreaded #PolarVortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing #ArcticChill.
"This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C. residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 Celsius). On Thursday, it snowed.
" 'All of the country, even if you’re not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm,' said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.
"Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states."
#ExtremeWeather #USWeather #USWx #TemperatureSwings #RecordHeat #Blizzards #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeIsReal
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Sunrise in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 5 March, 2026. Photo by Aaron Johnson.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning. Sunrises like this can signal storms approaching from the west (dry air to the east). Since 1906, the Kenosha North Pierhead Lighthouse has helped guide ships safely into harbor.” - Aaron Johnson
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Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 2 March, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
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Milwaukee pierhead and breakwater light houses,
25 February, 2026. Photo by Steve O’Day.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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Hey #Ontario friends, take this chance to do something nice for the environment that is simple and fast! Right here is a petition to look into alternatives to road salt, which is toxic and polluting the Great Lakes. Given current #water issues, this is pretty important, I think.
https://saltcoalition.ca/#leaders
@ontario @OntarioNDP #GreatLakes #RoadSalt #Salt #Ice #WaterRights #FreshWater #WaterRestrictions
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Duluth’s North Pier Lighthouse, 16 February, 2026. Photo by Nicholas Narog.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#DestinationDuluth“The day before this image was taken, people were walking on the ice very near this area. But yet another 40+ degree day changed all of that. It was a beautiful, sunny day. And those BLUES … such pure blues! And just 2 days after this, a huge snowstorm came rushing by, once again changing the whole scene.” - Nicholas Narog
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Sunrise at Wind Point Lighthouse in Racine, Wisconsin, 8 January,
2026. Photo by Aaron Johnson.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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The first sunrise of 2026 at the Milwaukee Breakwater Lighthouse, 1 January, 2026. Photo by Aaron Johnson.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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Winter afternoon at Duluth’s Canal Park, 29 December,
2025. Photo by Dick Brockman.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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Sunrise and sea smoke at Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota, 4 December, 2025. Photo by Hayes Scriven.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#Sunrise“–7° this morning on the North Shore … perfect sea-smoke weather! Winter showed up in style, and Split Rock was the spot for my first deep freeze shot of the season.” - Hayes Scriven
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Split Rock lighthouse at Two Harbors on Minnesota’s Lake Superior north shore, 26 November, 2025. Photo by Hayes Scriven.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior“After the snowstorm rolled through, I made it down to the shore just in time to catch something special. The waves were already putting on a show, but then the sky started to glow. As the sunset deepened, the light just kept getting better. Sometimes Lake Superior really knows how to show off.“ - Hayes Scriven
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Thanksgiving Day sunset at the Port of Kenosha’s Southport Light Station, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 27 November, 2025. Photo by Gary Brown.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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There’s a cool little Great Lakes maritime museum close by; the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse in Marquette, Michigan, 22 November, 2025. Photo by Steve O'Day.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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The sun sets at Grand Haven, Michigan, 7 November, 2025. Photo by Karen Ann Photography.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“As the sun was setting rays shot out from the clouds surrounding the lighthouse. It did not last long but I was lucky enough to capture the scene.” - Karen Ann Photography
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The Northern Lights at Minnesota’s Split Rock Lighthouse in Burns Harbor, 12 November, 2025. Photo by Nicholas Narog.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
#NorthernWayOfLife
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Split Rock Lighthouse in Two Harbors, Minnesota, on the Lake Superior shoreline during the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 10 November, 2025. Photo by Glenn Blaszkiewicz.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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Full Harvest Moon rising over
Racine Harbor, 7 October, 2025. Photo by Mike Majewski.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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October Supermoon over the Ludington Breakwater Light, Ludington, Michigan, 5 October, 2025. Photo by David Behrens.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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The Milky Way over Michigan’s Little Sable Point Lighthouse, 24 August, 2025. Photos by Michele Duff Aucello.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Went for the Milky Way. Stayed for the meteor.” - Michele Duff Aucello
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Sunrise at the North Pier Lighthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, 18 September, 2025. Photo by Robyn Matthews-Duncan.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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A burst of sunrise at St. Joseph, Michigan, 16 September, 2025. Photo by Dave Melges.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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#WaukeganRiver and its ravines to be subjects of study; ‘This is for the next generation and the generations to follow’
An engineering design study starting by Sept. 1 will determine what can be done with the Waukegan River system to enhance the area as it flows into #LakeMichigan.
By Steve Sadin | Lake County News-Sun
UPDATED: August 11, 2025Excerpt: "Labeled the Waukegan River Ravines Corridor Improvements Project, the effort will design strategies to stabilize eroding ravines, remove invasive species, enhance native habitat and improve recreational trails. Some trails already exist in parks that abut the ravines.
"#Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham, who chaired the Mayor’s Water Equity Commission of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative during his first term, reengaged with the organization when he returned to office in May. Building partnerships is important for the city, he said.
" 'Rebuilding Waukegan requires partnerships,' Cunningham said. “With me being involved again, and this in the pipeline, will only further our goal of rebuilding Waukegan. We are working with partners who can help our vision.”
"Funded by a $250,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to Waukegan via the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, Altenberg said it will enhance the effort to adapt to climate change, flooding and erosion in the area.
"Daron Terfehn, a special project analyst for the city of Waukegan, said the Waukegan River is a watershed stream that brings rainwater from the ravines around the city into Lake Michigan near the harbor. The area incurred a lot of erosion in the past.
" 'A lot of things have been dumped in the ravines over the years,' Terfehn said.
" 'Everything (there) flows into Lake Michigan. It affects the salmon, the trout, everything that’s in the lake.'
"Before projects can be discussed with potential partners like the Waukegan Park District and the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission, Terfehn said the results of the study are essential. He estimates it will take approximately a year.,
" 'Much of the land is private property,' Terfehn said. 'Some belongs to the city and some to the Park District where it touches their parks. Once we have an idea of what we have to do, we can work with the Park District and stormwater management to do projects together.'
"When Cunningham began his second term, Altenberg said the mayor quickly took a leadership role again with the Great Lakes Initiative organization. He is now the co-chair of the Western United States Region which includes Illinois, #Michigan, #Wisconsin, #Minnesota and #Indiana."
Learn more:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/08/11/waukegan-river-ravines/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LPNRN#SolarPunkSunday #Illinois #GreatLakesInitiative #RestoreNature #NatureIsLife #WaterIsLife #GreatLakes
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“Happy National Lighthouse Day!
Here’s a shot of one of my favorites. North Pier Lighthouse in Duluth, Minnesota. Standing tall where Lake Superior meets the canal, she’s a symbol of strength, guidance and Great Lakes history.” - photographer Jon Columbus
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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The Pride of Baltimore II enters the harbor in Duluth as part of the “Tall Ships” celebration, 10 July, 2025. Photo by Glenn Blaszkiewicz.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeSuperior
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The Paul R. Tregurtha inbound at Duluth with the “When and If" and a smaller sailboat in the foreground, 10 July, 2025. Photo by David Schauer.
#ShipsOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
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States Are Eyeing Bird-Friendly #Wetlands to Help Rid the #GreatLakes of #ToxicAlgae
"The #OneidaNation has restored wetlands that help to improve water quality in Wisconsin’s Green Bay while creating valuable habitat that attracts many birds."
Words by Andy McGlashen
Senior Editor, Audubon Magazine
Published June 17, 2024"In the ongoing effort to bring the problem under control, the region’s leaders are increasingly reaching for a primitive but proven tool for capturing and cleaning water before it enters the lake: wetlands. No one believes that #swamps and marshes alone can starve the algae blooms, but experts say they are an important part of the solution. 'Wetlands are wonderful filtration systems,' says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration who monitors #algae outbreaks. And because wetlands around the Great Lakes offer vital habitat where birds can rest during migration or raise their young, restoring them not only improves water quality but also brightens the outlook for vulnerable avian species.
“'There’s momentum building behind #NatureBasedSolutions,' says Kyle Rorah, regional director of public policy for Ducks Unlimited. 'There’s a huge opportunity to get serious about taking a chunk out of the problem.'"
#RestoreNature #RestoreTheWetlands #SaveTheMarshes #SaveNature
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Grand Hotel - Mackinac Island
The beautiful and historic Grand Hotel sits on a hill on Mackinac Island on Lake Huron overlooking the Straits Of Mackinaw in Northern Michigan.
The hotel was built in the later part of the 19th century and markets itself as having the worlds longest porch at 660 ft. in length. See the full image here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/grand-hotel-mackinaw-island-bill-gallagher.html #GrandHotel-MackinacIsland #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #GrandHotel #MackinacIsland #GreatLakes LakeHuron #Porch -
Race You To The Water
The other day I expressed some misgivings over the word that Earthworks chose to apply to water in the first sentence of its report, Polluting the Future: their characterization of water as an “asset,” I said, made me uneasy. The water flowing from springs and brooks, the water of rivers, lakes and streams, the raindrops that fall from the sky and the dew on the morning grass, the water in our bodies, in plants and trees, the water in dogs, flowers, bugs, fish, elephants, walruses and caterpillars, the water in everything that is alive on earth — water is and will always be something greater, more wondrous and something other than a mere entry in the accounting ledgers of some grand business enterprise, which is all that the word “asset” conjures for me.
I came across the word again today as I was reading an editorial in The Detroit Free Press. I am in complete sympathy with the position it takes against plans to build a huge network of oil pipelines carrying diluted bitumen (or dilbit) across the Great Lakes region, and to transport crude oil by barge across Lake Superior. These are reckless, irresponsible ideas. The threat they pose to the integrity of the Lakes and the life the Lakes sustain is only made worse when you consider a couple of salient facts. First (and it is curious that the editorial does not mention this), the new mining around Lake Superior — as I’ve noted repeatedly — is already going to put pressure on Lake Superior and the Lake Superior watershed; the shipping of oil by barge would bring even more industrialization and greatly heighten the risk of environmental catastrophe. Second, the company building and running the pipeline (the Canadian company Enbridge) has already been responsible for an environmental disaster in Kalamazoo, Michigan — the worst inland oil spill in US history, in fact.
The editorial takes the position that these plans betray a “deep misunderstanding of the true value of the lakes,” but when the editors try to say what that value is, they run into trouble:
It’s easy to wax poetic about the value of the Great Lakes to Michigan and the other states they border. The beauty of the lakes, the wildlife and fish that dwell in and around the lakes, the environmental benefits the lakes present — they’re incalculable.
But let’s get practical: Clean freshwater is one of the scarcest commodities there is. And it’s only going to get worse. Clean water will be an asset that’s worth far more than oil. Jeopardizing the Great Lakes isn’t just morally and ethically wrong. It’s financially foolish, as well.
It’s interesting how the argument here moves, in just a couple of short paragraphs, from the “incalculable” to the crudest of calculations — the “worth” of clean water. This is tantamount to arguing that what is “morally and ethically” right should take second place to what is financially sound — as if finance should have more claim on the imagination and intellect (and the heart) than morality, and monetary value should be privileged over moral and ethical considerations.
I suppose that’s the way it goes nowadays, and I just need to get real. Still, there’s a great swirl of confusion in these two paragraphs, and I have a number of questions about the concept of morality being invoked here, how we’re to distinguish it from ethics, and why those things don’t seem to figure into what are called “practical” considerations. Practice and finance here are unmoored from and unrestricted by moral and ethical concerns; it’s precisely that kind of thinking that got us into the precarious situation we’re now in.
One remedy for all this confusion may lie in the perspective that holds water to be a basic human right — a perspective I also found missing from the Earthworks report. But even then we need to go beyond talking about assets and recognize the limitations of the argument that “clean freshwater is one of the scarcest commodities.” Why? Follow the link from The Detroit Free Press editorial to the National Geographic site on the “Freshwater Crisis.” There you enter a Malthusian world:
While the amount of freshwater on the planet has remained fairly constant over time—continually recycled through the atmosphere and back into our cups—the population has exploded. This means that every year competition for a clean, copious supply of water for drinking, cooking, bathing, and sustaining life intensifies.
Here, all of humanity is engaged in a contest or race. More and more people enter every year to compete for the same, limited resources. This is one reason why it’s imperative to recognize freshwater as a human right. Otherwise, history becomes a death match, or a big, global reality TV show: intensifying “competition” over this scarce “commodity” means that there will be winners and losers in the water game. The winners are fully vested with their rights; the losers struggle to survive in arid, toxic regions, or simply die of thirst.
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#commodity #corporatePower #DetroitFreePress #dilbit #Enbridge #environmentalEthics #ethics #extractiveIndustry #finance #GreatLakes #humanRights #LakeSuperior #language #Malthus #Malthusianism #metaphors #Michigan #moralPhilosophy #morality #power #practice #scarcity #Water