This week brings an opportunity to speak in two different states on the future of the Great Lakes. The many threats plaguing the Lakes, and the many governments struggling to deal with them, inevitably lead to issue fatigue on the part of citizens. Which in turns allows politicians to proclaim a love for the Lakes while slowly killing them. Three basic steps -- dealing with invasive species, the threat of water commercialization and exports, and harmful toxic chemicals -- are all within reach. They aren't politically easy, but the generation before us didn't take the easy road either. Details to come.
Posted by Dave at March 28, 2005 09:54 AM