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- Laren Koshere, is posting all week about growing up on Lake Superior
- "Are More Great Lakes National Parks Possible?"  Dave Dempsey's editorial

Weekly update for April 13 - April 17, 2009

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Lauren Koshere grew up on water, paddling, swimming and fishing in Lake Superior and the other lakes and rivers of northern Wisconsin.  A Lauren Koshere.jpggraduate of the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Koshere’s major research and writing focused on environmental justice and North American water policy. 

       - Read Lauren Koshere's Essays -

  "What I share this week is a reflection on growing up in and near the Lake Superior Basin.  I consider how that Lake pulled and continues to pull me, how it informs my identity and sense of place in the world..."

Weekly Editorial

In this week's editorial Dave Dempsey asks "Are More Great Lakes Natinal Parks Possible?"  

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"But perhaps more urgently needed today is a Lake Michigan Archipelago National Reserve and other designations to protect the stunning, scenic and scientifically unique values of Great Lakes islands."

 April's 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:

Do you favor sharing Great Lakes water on a short-term basis to save human lives during emergencies in water impoverished areas?

-Absolutely yes.
-Yes, if...
-Maybe, depending on...
-No, except for...
-Absolutely not.

*Please expand on your answers in the Comments section!*

- Click Here to place your vote in the Opinion Polls! -

 

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