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Monthly Archives: June 2008
June 27th 2008
Almost There…
Fish in Deer Lake, Michigan have so much mercury running through their gills that they were banned from dinner plates in 1981, a century after Ropes Gold and Silver Company used liquid mercury to recover gold from ore just north … Continue reading
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June 27th 2008
Can’t Fish, Can’t Swim, What Can You Do?
Folks in Green Bay, Wisconsin only get a few months a year to enjoy the summer sunshine, but even then they can’t fish, boat, swim, hunt or recreate without restrictions. The mallard ducks and a dozen species of fish can’t … Continue reading
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June 27th 2008
The Mystique of Manistique
A hundred years ago, lumber jacks rolled logs on the Manistique River that ends at the mouth of Lake Michigan. Today, the sawdust still sits in the riverbed and in the Lake harbor along with eroded sand from the years … Continue reading
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June 27th 2008
Dirty Deal
Swaths of rich farmland and vibrant industrial areas dot the Saginaw River and Bay area – Michigan’s largest watershed- and they have used the abundant waters as a catch all for agricultural run-off and industrial pollution. The area drains 15 … Continue reading
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June 27th 2008
Pollution Potion
The Sheboygan River AOC sits at the crossroad of three watersheds including itself, the Mullet River and the Onion River. This means that decades of agricultural and industrial pollution from three cities, eleven villages and seven towns gather in the … Continue reading
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