Lake Erie

Lake Lover

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Esther Chase

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a sun begins to descend to the horizon on a beach at Lake Erie

20180918 Erie, Pennsylvania. Presque Isle State Park at Lake Erie. Phone Camera.

Category: Landscape Photos Tags: beaches, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, lakes, Pennsylvania, sunsets, water

Nationwide Drinking Water Quality Violations

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Esther Chase

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See the intersection between health-based violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act and racial, ethnic, and language vulnerability across the United States. Image: Ensia/NRDC

Category: Water Literacy Tags: atrazine, AWWA, blue-green algae, California, carcinogens, contamination, cyanobacteria, drinking water, endocrine disruptors, Ensia, EPA, hexavalent chromium, Illinois, Kentucky, Lake Erie, lead, legionella, Legionnaire's, legislation, low birth weight, Michigan, neonicotinoids, New Hampshire, New Jersey, nitrate, NRDC, perchlorate, PFAS, pneumonia, pollutants, respiratory syncytial virus, SDWA

How green is your alley?

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Esther Chase

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In 2014, Detroit’s second-heaviest single-day rainfall ever caused flooding so major that people abandoned cars on the highway. The green alley didn’t hold a single puddle. Ever since, it’s been inspiring urban environmentalists. Sierra, the national magazine of the Sierra Club

Category: Water Literacy Tags: Detroit, Detroit River, flooding, Great Lakes, green alley, green infrastructure, Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair, Michigan, Sierra Club, urban development

Great Lakes Daily News

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Esther Chase

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Great Lakes Daily News is a collection of news articles of interest to the Great Lakes community from media outlets in the United States and Canada.

Category: Water Literacy Tags: Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Summer School of Excellence

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Esther Chase

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The summer after my junior year of high school, I participated in a regional learning program focused on biology in Erie, Pennsylvania. It included a substantial component of understanding and appreciating the ecosystem of Lake Erie. In this life-changing two-week experience at Gannon University,…

Category: Water Literacy Tags: biology, conservation, corporations, ecology, environmental science, Gannon University, Lake Erie, memories of blue, preservation, snaps