#greatlakes — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #greatlakes, aggregated by home.social.
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Because you can never have enough pictures of #LakeOntario. #2 Taken from #AshbridgesBay, East End, #Toronto
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Because you can never have enough pictures of #LakeOntario. #2 Taken from #AshbridgesBay, East End, #Toronto
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Because you can never have enough pictures of #LakeOntario. #2 Taken from #AshbridgesBay, East End, #Toronto
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Because you can never have enough pictures of #LakeOntario. #2 Taken from #AshbridgesBay, East End, #Toronto
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🗣 You have riparian rights on the beach. It's part of the Public Trust doctrine.
You can walk along the shoreline below the high-water mark, anywhere on MI Great Lake's beaches.
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🗣 You have riparian rights on the beach. It's part of the Public Trust doctrine.
You can walk along the shoreline below the high-water mark, anywhere on MI Great Lake's beaches.
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🗣 You have riparian rights on the beach. It's part of the Public Trust doctrine.
You can walk along the shoreline below the high-water mark, anywhere on MI Great Lake's beaches.
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🗣 You have riparian rights on the beach. It's part of the Public Trust doctrine.
You can walk along the shoreline below the high-water mark, anywhere on MI Great Lake's beaches.
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🗣 You have riparian rights on the beach. It's part of the Public Trust doctrine.
You can walk along the shoreline below the high-water mark, anywhere on MI Great Lake's beaches.
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Some shots over by lake erie
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Some shots over by lake erie
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Some shots over by lake erie
#greatlakes #naturephotography #photography #waterphotography #eagles -
Some shots over by lake erie
#greatlakes #naturephotography #photography #waterphotography #eagles -
Some shots over by lake erie
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#ducks in the water!
#Michigan is on one of the largest waterfowl flyways in the world! The #GreatLakes bay contains the largest freshwater wetland in the United States
Thats why we chose our ducks, cold hardy and ready for water. 💧 Our #homestead is raising waterfowl chosen for its local resilience. We spend less #energy on heating, #water for gardening ((((just south of the #land of lakes ))))) #permaculture #RegenAg #solarpunk #ducklings #summer #bigwater
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#A2A - Connecting lands and people across the #Algonquin to #Adirondacks region
"For a resilient, ecologically connected #A2ARegion that sustains a full range of native #wildlife and enhances people’s quality of life for generations to come.
The time to reconnect is now.
Nature cannot survive on isolated islands. Between #AlgonquinPark and the Adirondacks, a crisis of fragmentation is unfolding.
Roads, development, and borders have severed ancient migratory pathways, trapping wildlife in habitat pockets too small to sustain genetic diversity, find food, or adapt to a rapidly changing climate. When we isolate nature, we weaken the very systems that sustain us.
The A2A region is a continental lifeline. As one of the last remaining large-scale, #IntactForest and #wetland linkages in #EasternNorthAmerica, this corridor represents our best opportunity to ensure wildlife can move north–south across the #GreatLakes – #SaintLawrence system.
Our mission is to heal and reconnect these landscapes. We must repair these broken links to restore the interconnected web of biodiversity that sustains the health of our region and the resilience of the entire continent."
Learn more:
https://a2acollaborative.org/#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeCorridor #PreserveTheForest #ReconnectNature #US #Canada #Biodiversity #Interconnectedness #RestoringNature #NorthAmerica #NatureCorridors
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Hype for the Future 250/284: Monroe County, New York
Introduction Sometimes known as Western New York, Monroe County is a notable county along Lake Ontario within the northwestern Finger Lakes region of the State home to the City of Rochester and numerous associated areas. Major highways include Interstates 90 Toll (New York Thruway), 390, 490, and 590; Routes 15, 15A, 18, 19, 31, 31F, 33, 33A, 36, 64, 65, 96, 104, 153, 250, 251, 252, 259, 286, 390, 404, 441, 531, and 590; and the Lake Ontario State Parkway. Nine distinct colleges and […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/hype-for-the-future-250-284-monroe-county-new-york/
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Hype for the Future 224A: Benzie County, Michigan
Introduction Benzie County is a notable rural county located along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in the northwestern portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, associated with a number of notable glacial lakes throughout much of the county, especially in the east, and associated resorts such as the Sleeping Bear Resort, the Old Brundage Creek Mill, Baker’s Centennial Farm, and the Homestead Dam on the Benzie River. Along Crystal Lake are the communities of Beulah (the county seat) and […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/hype-for-the-future-224a-benzie-county-michigan/
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Hype for the Future 224/284: Leelanau, Michigan
Introduction Leelanau County is a notable county within the northwestern portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and is associated with the Leelanau Peninsula and a number of associated islands, most notably the Manitou Islands of the region. North Manitou Island is notable for Swenson’s Barn, the historic site of the Katie Shepard Hotel (Lot 1), and the historic North Manitou Island Lifesaving Station in the area, while South Manitou Island is notable for the South Manitou Island […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/12/hype-for-the-future-224-284-leelanau-michigan/
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A different perspective of the Mackinac Bridge today. Standing beneath it in the fog, the steel seemed to disappear into the mist while the gentle waves lapped at the shore. A quiet moment in a place that has always felt like home.
#MackinacBridge #Michigan #StraitsOfMackinac #PureMichigan #Fog #GreatLakes #today #gratitude
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Hype for the Future 221K: Antrim County, Michigan
Overview Antrim County is a notable rural county located within the northwestern portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and along the Lake Michigan shoreline of the State by way of the East Arm Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the county is notable for the communities of Elk Rapids, Bellaire, and Mancelona, with the community of Bellaire serving as the county seat and Routes 31 and 131 serving the respective communities of Elk Rapids and Mancelona. Within the Elk Rapids area, notable community […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/09/hype-for-the-future-221k-antrim-county-michigan/
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Hype for the Future 217/284: Lake Michigan
Overview Lake Michigan is a notable Great Lake serving as the only one of the five Great Lakes located entirely within the United States of America, bordering the States of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan within the Midwestern United States. Notable communities along Lake Michigan include Chicago and Milwaukee, along with a number of notable smaller communities elsewhere along the entirety of the Lake Michigan shoreline. Today, the lakefront is associated with the communities of […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/hype-for-the-future-217-284-lake-michigan/
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Hype for the Future 214A: Chicago Communities
Introduction Chicago is a notable major city representative of the Midwestern region of the United States along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan at the nearest point of the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River watershed in the northeastern portion of the State of Illinois. While the city is considered the third-largest in the United States (after New York and Los Angeles), Cook County, where the city is primarily located, is the second-largest in terms of population (after only Los […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/hype-for-the-future-214a-chicago-communities/
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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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Hype for the Future 104K: The National Forests of Michigan
Introduction Within the State of Michigan, three (3) distinct national forest zones exist serving notable roles throughout the scope of the community. The national forests in question are the Huron-Manistee, Hiawatha, and Ottawa National Forests, with the three distinct national forest zones offering unique perspectives on the general area of the Northwoods region of the Upper Midwest. Huron-Manistee National Forest Although the Huron and Manistee National Forests are geographically […] -
1. Found that if I shorten a video to 5 seconds, I can share it here!
2. The sound of the Great Lakes.
3. The view of the Mackinac (pronounced Mack-in-aw) Bridge. The bridge connects Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. This view is from St Ignace in the Upper Peninsula.#mackinacbridge #ThreeGoodThings #3goodthings #greatlakes #michigan
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To get past the hurt and trauma of the day, I’m trying to post something every day that makes me smile or laugh. I’m currently in the middle of a serious family medical emergency that has taken me back to my home state of Michigan. I’m looking for any and all things, big or small, that will take my mind off the life and death circumstances here.
I like to fall back to familiar views and here is today’s piece - a view of the Mackinac Bridge from Bridge View Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. A lake freighter had just passed under the bridge when we arrived.
#mentalhealthawareness #anxiety #mackinacbridge #greatlakes #michigan
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1. A short video with the sounds of waves and a view of the Mackinac Bridge.
2. Daily photo memory feed.
3. Sunrises on the Great Lakes.#3goodthings #ThreeGoodThings #GreatLakes #mackinacbridge
Can’t seem to imbed the alt text to the video, so here it is:
Alt text: A video with the sound of waves and a view of the Mackinac Bridge at sunrise. The sky is clear and a muted purple blue with a tinge of orange at the horizon. An empty beach and clumps of grass are in the foreground. -
#RadioactiveWaste leakage would be threat to area: critic
By Doug Diaczuk The Chronicle-Journal Apr 22, 2025
"A radioactive waste specialist from the United States says #NuclearWaste disposal sites place a giant bullseye on an area, as well as all communities along the transportation route, and residents of Northern #Ontario should take notice.
"#KevinKamps, a radioactive waste specialist with #BeyondNuclear, a non-profit advocacy group in the United States, will be speaking in Thunder Bay at Environment North's annual meeting on Wednesday [April 23].
"Kamps has opposed several nuclear waste sites across North America, including a site in the #YuccaMountains in #Nevada and a site at #Kincardine in #Ontario at the #BruceNuclear Generating Station.
" 'That was a 20-year campaign all told, but we prevailed in the end,' Kamps said of the Kincardine site in an interview with The Chronicle-Journal.
"The Nuclear Waste Management Organization [#NWM] identified a site between #Ignace and #Wabigoon Lake as the location for a proposed deep geological repository [#DGR] for #SpentFuel from #Canadian #NuclearPower plants.
"Last summer, the #TownshipOfIgnace expressed a willingness to be the host community for the repository following a survey showing the majority of residents supported the site.
"But several #FirstNation communities have spoken out in opposition to the site, citing #environmental concerns and the safety of transporting spent fuel through the region.
"Kamps said if anything was to go wrong at the deep geological repository site it would be catastrophic: 'for all points #downstream, #downwind, up the #FoodChain, down the generations.'
" 'In your neck of the woods, what I find ironic is the current target in your area is just outside of the #GreatLakes basin and I think it is a raw political calculation to try to silence what has been more than a decade of U.S. congressional opposition to the #LakeHuronDump,' he said.
" 'Now magically a site has been chosen outside of the Great Lakes basin.'
"There are many safety concerns to take into consideration when it comes to nuclear waste, Kamps said, beginning with the transportation of nuclear material to the site itself.
" 'One of the most controversial aspects is the transportation component, because it makes it everyone's problem along those routes,' he said. 'So that is another part of our challenge, to educate communities that would be along the most likely transportation route, be it road, rail, or waterway.'
"Then there is the site itself, which Kamps said could be vulnerable to #ExtremeWeather, #NaturalDisasters, or even potential attacks.
" 'You had better know your geology really well because if and when this starts leaking from its containers into the geology, then it's a question of how long will it take to mix with underground waterflows and perhaps even surface waterflows,' he said. 'And then the risk flows with the water, and with the air.'
"For those opposed to such sites, Kamps said the best way to fight back is through the democratic process and engaging with government representatives at all levels.
"He cited the opposition to the #Kincardine site that was a 20-year fight and the role First Nations communities played.
" 'An important part of that was the #SaugeenOjibwayNation who asked good questions and in the end voted 86 per cent no to that dump coming into their community,' he said.
"In terms of what to do with nuclear waste from generating stations, Kamps said it should stay at the site of origin."
#EnvironmentalRacism #GreatLakesBasin #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #NuclearDumping #ClimateChange #NoNukes #RethinkNotRestart #NoNukesForAI #NoDumpingWithoutConsent
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This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating #YuccaMountain? Polluting the #GreatLakes? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in #Maine -- everywhere there was a #NuclearPowerPlant!
Armed Guards Protect Tons Of #NuclearWaste That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of
By Abigail Curtis, BDN
Published July 19, 2021"In the summertime, the picturesque village of #WiscassetME is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged #USRouteOne.
"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned #MaineYankee atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.
"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.
" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'
"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.
"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.
"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.
"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.
"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.
" 'All the #taxpayers in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.
"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.
" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart
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#minnesota #minn #mn #minnesotans #minneapolis #mpls #saintpau #stpaul #saintpaul #twincities #megasota #timwalz #walz #govwalz #governorwalz #federal #grants #trump #us #congress #funding #usa #budget #cuts #uspol #politics #uspolitics #politics #states #north #midwest #greatlakes #health #northstarstate #dems #democrats #liberal #liberals #governing #government #guvwalz #us #usa #border #province
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So if you are mid 50's, camping in a tent, in the summer, in a storm, is it okay to blast Vivaldi? Asking for a friend.
#calmbeforethestorm
#lakemichigan
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Light and Lighthouse
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An #introduction is in order with the arrival of new people! I've been here on SFBA.social since November 2022 but not active until now. I feel fortunate to have to have found my home on Mastodon so quickly -- as one of the SFBA admins says - they are bringing social back into social media. And that's just perfect for me!
I'm a professional landscape photographer, but in addition to all you see in my bio, I've got all sorts of other interests.
#StephenKing #blogger
#glutenfree
#reading #techno #trance #drumcode #jazz #nightphotography #architecturephotography #naturephotography #MichiganTravel #wisconsintravel #VIrginiaTravel #greatlakes #blueridgemountains
#DetroitRedWings #audiobooks #travelphotography
#blackcats
#gardening #MichiganWolverines #ColorStreet #CanonPhotography #MackinacBridge -
Annular eclipse from the Mackinac Bridge, 10 June, 2021. Photo by Lake Superior Photo - Gallery/Studio.
#MackinacBridge
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan
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Pattern is Paddle to the Sea on Ravelry https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/paddle-to-the-sea. Yarn is mostly Blue Brick in Burlington with some scraps of blue and gold. #paddle #paddletothesea #twistedhanks #bluebrick #nationalfilmboardofcanada #nfbofcanada #canadiana #GreatLakes #storytelling #knitters #knittersofinstagram #colourwork @knitting @fibreart