#greatlakes — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #greatlakes, aggregated by home.social.
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🐟🐟 Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them
Human activity brought these giant fish to the brink of extinction. Now they can't recover without us
#GreatLakes #Conservation #Nature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-great-lakes-sturgeon-lifespan-study-9.7329250
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Big wave and the lighthouse at the end of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan, November, 2022. Photo by Walter Elliott.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
#GreatLakes
#LakeMichigan“Looking forward to the big waves in the fall.” - Walter Elliott
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“New research suggests these ancient-looking, armoured fish may live far longer than scientists previously thought — in some cases, more than 400 years.”
#Sturgeon #Canada #GreatLakes
#Science
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https://www.europesays.com/people/215244/ Trump Launches Lake America Merchandise #"LakeAmerica" #canada #DonaldTrump #EricTrump #GreatLakes #LakeOntario #LakeOntarioRename #Merchandise #Trump #UnitedStates
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Sunset in Grand Haven, Michigan, 3 September, 2026. Photo by Mike Borstler.
#LighthousesOfMastodon
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There's nothing fake about my #Scrabblegram for August (see below for the #Scrabble board)
#LakeOntario #GreatLakes #Superior
#GulfOfMexico #USA #Canada
#Geography #History #Wordplay
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I’m finally heading home to Virginia after two months in Michigan settling my dad’s and brother’s estates. On the way home, I returned to the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Garden in Ann Arbor. I last visited a couple of years ago when I needed my soul to heal, and coming back now — stronger, steadier — closed the loop on everything that’s happened since.
People sometimes tell me to put down the camera and “just enjoy the moment,” but the photograph is what brings the moment back. And even for someone who’s never been there, an image can still matter. A photo doesn’t transfer my memories — it sparks theirs. Light, color, and mood give the viewer something to connect with, even without knowing what I was going through when I pressed the shutter.
The garden remains a peaceful place for my heart and soul.
#MatthaeiBotanicalGarden #AnnArbor #Michigan #GreatLakes #TravelNotes #HealingPlaces #BotanicalGardens #gratitude
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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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Wordless Wednesday – 7/29/2026
#WordlessWednesday #beach #beachArt #familyFun #GreatLakes #humor #LakeMichigan #Michigan #Pentwater #photography #PureMIchigan #sandArt #SandSculpture #sharkSculpture #travel #WordlessWednesday -
Hype for the Future 250H: Wayne County, New York
Overview Wayne County is a notable county in the State of New York home to the Villages of Clyde, Newark, Palmyra, Red Creek, Sodus, Sodus Point, and Wolcott and the Towns of Arcadia, Butler, Galen, Huron, Lyons (county seat), Macedon, Marion, Ontario, Palmyra, Rose, Savannah, Sodus, Walworth, Williamson, and Wolcott. Major highways include Routes 14, 21, 31, 31F, 88, 89, 104, 104A, 286, 350, 370, 414, and 441. Lake Ontario is to the north of the county, and Finger Lakes Community College is […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/07/08/hype-for-the-future-250h-wayne-county-new-york/
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Hype for the Future 241/284: Erie and Crawford Counties, Pennsylvania
Introduction Erie and Crawford Counties are notable counties associated with the northwestern edge of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with much of the State of New York to the northeast and much of the State of Ohio to the southwest. Erie County is associated with the territory historically known as the Erie Triangle along Lake Erie, though the county limits extend modestly to the south, while Crawford County is the more southerly county of the region overall. Erie County Erie County is […] -
Hype for the Future 225G: Traverse City, Michigan
Overview Traverse City is a notable smaller city in and the county seat of Grand Traverse County in the State of Michigan, associated with the West and East Branches of the Grand Traverse Bay. Today, the community is associated with the Mission Point area to the north, home to the Mission Point Lighthouse, the Old Mission Inn, and the Inn at Chateau Grand Traverse, along with the inner Traverse City area and Garfield Charter Township located nearby. Within the Garfield Charter Township […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/06/13/hype-for-the-future-225g-traverse-city-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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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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https://www.europesays.com/africa/116282/ Can Africans stand up to Western nations’ perpetuation of the tragic status quo? – The Mail & Guardian #AFC/M23(CongoRiverAlliance/M23) #Africa #AfricanUnion #Belgium #DemocraticForcesForTheLiberationOfRwanda(FDLR) #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo(DRC) #EastAfricanPeaceKeepingForce #FélixTshisekedi #GreatLakes #Interahamwe #kinshasa #Kinyarwanda #LeopoldII #MartinNgoga #MikeWaltz #opinion #Rwanda #TUTSI #UnitedNationsSecurityCouncil(UNSC) #Uvira #WashingtonAccords #Wazalendo
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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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A Crew Was Searching For Shipwrecks In Lake Michigan—But They Found Something Completely Different
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a62501711/lake-michigan-holes/ <-- shared media / technical article
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“ • A survey of Lake Michigan located at least 40 large craters on the lakebed.
• Initial studies highlighted the spots as unknown shapes, but additional research revealed the craters are filled with marine life.
• Researchers expect to investigate further, seeing how these craters formed and if they’re really sinkholes…"
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #groundwater #crater #sinkhole #bathymetry #topobathy #remotesensing #sonar #LakeMichigan #Michigan #research #GreatLakes #geomorphology #geomorphometry #ROV #ecology #ecosystems #cyanobacteria #WisconsinShipwreckCoastNationalMarineSanctuary #Sheboygan #Wisconsin #extremeecosystems #extremophiles #offgassing #hydrocarbons
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Moving nuclear waste through traditional territories could face opposition, #Ontario First Nation says
'Think about how many treaty territories that waste would have to go through,' chief says
Colin Butler · CBC News · Posted: May 27, 2024
"A First Nation in southwestern Ontario says even if the community votes yes on a proposed $26 billion dump for #NuclearWaste within their traditional territory, it would likely be opposed by other #FirstNations, through whose territories the more than 5.5 million spent fuel rods would have to pass.
"#Canada's nuclear industry has been on a decades-long quest to find a permanent home for tens of thousands of tonnes of highly radioactive waste. The search has narrowed to two Ontario communities — #Ignace, northwest of #ThunderBay, and the Municipality of #SouthBruce, north of London.
"Both will vote later this year on whether to build a deep geologic repository, a kind of nuclear crypt, where more than 50,000 tonnes of waste in copper casks will be lowered more than 500 metres underground to be kept for all time, behind layers of clay, concrete and the ancient bedrock itself.
"But so will their Indigenous neighbours, whose traditional territories the towns are within, which gives each respective First Nation a veto.
"In the case of Saugeen Ojibway Nation in particular, it means the community again finds itself as the future arbiter of a potential nuclear waste site on their traditional lands for the second time in a few years."
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"'We won't feel those effects, it will be our grandchildren and our great-, great-, great-grandchildren that will inherit whether we're selfish or not selfish in how we live today." -- #ChiefConradRitchie, #Chippewas of the #SaugeenFirstNation.
Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/nuclear-waste-ontario-south-bruce-saugeen-nation-1.7213878#LakeHuron #OdauwahGummauh #GeorgianBay #WaussauGummauh #Chippewas #Nawash #Saugeen #FirstNations #OjibwayNation #NuclearWasteDump #GreatLakes #InformedConsent
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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 #SolarPunkSunday #Rewilding
