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Join the discussion this week at the Great Lakes Town Hall! - POLL - What would you do with a $475 million Great Lakes budget? -Guest Writer Gabriel Caplett - five days, five problems associated with mining around the Great Lakes. - Rebecca Dill - Mysteries of the Great Lakes on IMAX - Beautifully missed opportunity Weekly update for June 1-5, 2009 - Visit The Great Lakes Town Hall -
The Daily Post Gabriel Caplett is a writer and web journalist based in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and has written a number of articles and investigative pieces related to a recent boom in metallic and sulfide and uranium exploration in the Lake Superior region of the USA and Canada. Gabriel will be spending the week discussing the mining operations including the furthest along of the new projects, Rio Tinto's planned Eagle Mine located within the ecologically sensitive Yellow Dog Plains. - Read Gabriel Caplett's Posts - "Opponents, including this author, fear that the mine is likely to produce 'acid mine drainage' ... If exposed to air and water, some sulfides create sulfuric acid and cause problems for water quality, fish, and public health"	Weekly Editorial Mysteries of the Great Lakes the IMAX movie advertised to be a dramatic journey through some of the most spectacular scenery in the world. The gigantic screen offers amazing views of the Lakes, above and below the surface and tells an amazing tale of the efforts to bring the Lake Sturgeon back from the brink of extinction. But there was a huge missed opportunity when the film neglected to tell a captivated audience what they could do to help the Great Lakes. - Respond to Rebecca's Editorial - "The big failure of this movie was that at no point do they discuss what people can do to help. Here was this room full of people, awed and amazed at the scenery and all they left with was an interesting story."
Monthly Feature: New Poll! Each month we premier one of three added features of the Great Lakes Town Hall. These three consist of Opinion Polls, 5 Questions and the Great Lakes Spotlight. This month, the Great Lakes Town Hall poses a new question for the readers: President Obama allotted $475 million in his 2010 budget to restore the Great Lakes. If you were in charge, what would be your top priority? -Clean up toxic hot spots. -Restoring coastal wetlands. -Restoring tributaries to the Great Lakes. -Improving sewage treatment in major Great Lakes cities. -Focus on removing invasive species. -Other Please expand on your answers in the Comments section! - Click Here to place your vote in the Opinion Polls! -
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