Lakeshore Living. News on lake ecology, lake pollution, land use, natural resource management, community, and lakeshore living.
Ron Meador, reporting for Minnpost:
“After years of pretending to explore alternative fuels, while investing heavily in congressional intercession, operators of the last coal-fired passenger vessel on the Great Lakes agreed on Friday to stop dumping mercury-laden coal ash into Lake Michigan.”
Finally.
Lisa Borre, reporting for National Geographic, Water Currents:
“Although scientists have studied plastic pollution in the oceans since NOAA researchers discovered the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” in 1988, a team of scientists is conducting the first-of-its-kind research on the open water of the Great Lakes. One of the team members presented preliminary results of a study on the topic at meeting of the American Chemical Society.”
Was George Carlin's facetious remark that humans exist to create plastic correct?
From the Science Blog:
“Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new Ecological Applications paper, which highlights the ecological cost of pharmaceutical waste and the need for more research into environmental impacts.”
Again, why are we discharging our waste into our rivers?
It is best to live in a community and to be part of a civil society. A place where people care about the well-being of others. Other ways of life seem uncivil or harsh, regardless of their sustainability:
Bezos Expeditions:
“The F-1 rocket engine is still a modern wonder — one and a half million pounds of thrust, 32 million horsepower, and burning 6,000 pounds of rocket grade kerosene and liquid oxygen every second. On July 16, 1969, the world watched as five particular F-1 engines fired in concert, beginning the historic Apollo 11 mission. Those five F-1s burned for just a few minutes, and then plunged back to Earth into the Atlantic Ocean, just as NASA planned. A few days later, Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon.”
A 1950s engine remains a marvel of invention. Sometimes we need to explore the past to help us in the present. Evolution of this rocket science:
Sarah Goodyear, reporting for Altantic Cities:
“No traffic lights. No traffic signs. No painted lines in the roadway. No curbs. And 26,000 vehicles passing every day through a traditional village center with busy pedestrian traffic.”
Watch the video. Mitigating the dependence of vehicles through town.
Scott K. Johnson, reporting for Ars Technica:
“A new survey of streams and rivers, performed by the EPA, provides a greater sense of the scale of the challenge. While industrial pollution, like mercury, remains a concern, agricultural runoff, in the form of sediment and fertilizers, is now far more widespread.”
This use of land as large unintended consequences.
Michael Wines, reporting for the New York Times:
“For those who live and play on the shores of Lake Erie, the spring rains that will begin falling here soon are less a blessing than a portent. They could threaten the very future of the lake itself.”
The article also has good pictures of blue-green blooms.
Lakeshore Living and Walleye. This blog builds upon these books, which provides insight into relevant aspects of environmentally-sensitive lakeshore living and the life of walleye. This blog may provide some meaning for people interested in improving lakeshore living and understanding walleye and fisheries management.
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