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The problem - Invasive species have been destroying the food web's balance

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The problem - Invasive species have been destroying the food web's balance

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restoring the great lakes:                                       

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restoring the great lakes:                                       

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NOAA works through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to improve fish passage, clean up debris, restore coastal wetlands, and remove invasive species in the Great Lakes region.

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¨I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.¨  was deleted from the Lorax because the state of the Great Lakes had gotten so much better since the book was written

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The US & Canada have both been putting laws in place to  prevent pollution in the Great Lakes
-there are laws banning the use of toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDT, which were poisoning wildlife in and around the lakes
-strict limits on the amount of chemicals allowed in the GLs (aimed at factories & sewage treatment plants)
these laws have worked, and the eagles are slowly coming back, and the Cuyahoga River isn't flammable, and the lakes' color has changed from greenish black back to blue

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1. water habitats in the grate lakes have improved since 1970.
2. Commercial fishers they catch about 65 million pounds of fish every year.
3. In 2000 the value of the us this has contributed more than 1 billion dollars to the economy of the great lakes.

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Wetlands are very important to the Great Lakes. They filter pollution and fertilizer. They are home to birds, fish, and other wildlife. Sadly, over half of the Great Lakes wetlands have been lost since humans began using the lakes.

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- DDT and PCB have been banned form the grate lakes so lake Erin is not flambe anymore
- DDT have been drained form the Lakes making the eagle population grow
- PCB and DDT have been declined form the Grate Lakes so the fish is heather to eat and hunt
- Draining the PCB and DDT have been helping the lakes ecosystem and bringing it back and heather.

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The great lakes Coastal program supports projects that help the ecosystem.
In 2015 projects under this program restored or protected More that 4000 acres of coastal habitat.
This helps local fish and wild life immensely.

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- Pacific Salmon has been deployed strategically for the only purpose of eating alewives and successfully removing the alewives population from the lakes.

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- The U.S and Canada have been making borders to unable the migration of Asian Carp to the Great Lakes
- They have also been warning sailors to be more conscious about the waters they travel on, and what they have aboard
- And a more drastic move made by many states was the ban of Asian Carp.
- Another drastic yet necessary happening was the introduction of alligator gar into the lake. This is supposed to eat other fishes

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Laundry detergent makers have stopped putting phosphorus in their products, preventing the chemical from getting into the GLs, and therefore stopping the forming of huge algae mats

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- The amount of species introduced to the Lakes went from 35 in 1961-1980 to 20 in 1981-2000. That is a 71% decrease in 40 years.
- In 1970, the use of chemicals and the construction of dams that strived to rid of Sea Lampreys reached a peak. There was a drop of 90%, and ever since the population has drastically dropped.
- The trout population has also spiked, meaning what we are doing to help the lakes is helping. It is 2/3 of the way of returning to what it was originally.

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The U.S. and Canadian governments recognize the
value of wetlands. The pace of wetland loss has
declined in recent years. Builders must now create
new wetland to replace the acres that they destroy

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- Zebras Muscles actually clean the water ( Visibility in lake Michigan went from 10 to 45-90 feet )
- Because they clean the water, the sunlight can better reach the plants at the bottom of the lake

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-Canada created the first Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, wanting to  clean up and protect the Great Lakes ecosystem before it gets really bad.
-New laws put  limits on the amount of phosphorus ( from laundry detergents), and phosphorus levels have declined by 80%. other chemicals that factories and sewage treatment plants could release into the lakes.
-Chicago now treats its waste water before Putin it back in the lakes, resulting in a cleaner lake and safer drinking water for millions of people in the city of Chicago so that is helping the lakes.
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In the 1960's DDT was used to kill insects but killed much more. As a result, bald eagle numbers dropped terribly. In the 1970's, DDT was banned. Ever Since then, The bald eagles have made a strong comback to the Great Lakes habitat.

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"The water is so full of pollution we do not have clean drinking water."
- "BUT the Great Lakes help recycle so we have good drinking water
and safe".

"The Great lakes are ruing peoples homes and they have no food to live."
- "BUT the Great lakes help people with Transportation, fishing, Hunting, water to live because we need that, and good for wild life researchers."

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AP- Contaminated Sediment Removed From the Great Lakes 

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AP- Contaminated Sediment Removed From the Great Lakes 

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Contaminated Sediment has polluted the land that has settled on the bottom of the lakes. In 1986 the amount of Contaminated Sediment was large and the amount removed was low. Since 1986 to 2006 the numbers have changed greatly and now the amount of  Contaminated Sediment Removed is 4,000,000 cubic yards of Contaminated Sediment compared to 1986 was a little more than zero cubic yards.

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Mayflies may not look appetizing to you.

But they are an important food source

to many Great Lakes species. By the

late 1960s, it was hard to find mayflies

near some of the lakes because of

pollution. Now you might think that this is bad but since then, they have made

a huge recovery.

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Acid rain (rain turned partly acid by pollution) had been harming the lakes, killing plants, fish, and animals, but the US and Canada have been working to reduce acid rain. Between 1980 and 2016, acid rain has dropped by 60%

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sea lampreys are parasites that resemble eels. they latch on to fish with their horn shaped teeth and can stay there for up to 18 months. they have greatly lowered the fish population. to control sea lampreys, the application of the lampricide, TFM to target sea lamprey larvae in their nursery tributaries, has lowered the sea lamprey population by 90 percent!

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Although Asian Carps have a reputation of jumping and hurting people and have and will continue to be a threat to the ecosystem of the Great Lakes, the population has decreased and the introduction of alligator gar to the Lakes is a sure way to exterminate the intruding fish.

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Although it has been proven that zebra mussels are clogging pipes and stealing food from other fish. Zebra mussels actually cleanse the water in their surrounding, and consequently, let the previously unreachable sunlight enter the domain of plant life that may be shadowed by objects or fishes.

Furthermore, the visibility of the Great Lakes' waters have been increasing due to the help of Zebra Mussels. This increase from 10 feet to 45-90 feet is a great start to cleaning our lakes

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Alewives are soon to be the past, for the strategic deployment of Pacific Salmon will undoubtedly be the ones responsible for the removal of this species in the Lakes.

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Great lakes Habitat Loss is Related to Pollution

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Great lakes Habitat Loss is Related to Pollution

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many people are concerned about shoreline development. but people are glad lakes are a lot cleaner now . new laws require builders to protect the habitat along the shore.

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Wal the great lakes sand dunes are in trouble with habitat loss and many other problems due to people building homes, offices and mining for ore. People are also protecting the great lake by saving endangered species.

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1. you might think that the pollution has gotten bad but as you can see form are examples we are handling it well and out all the DDT,PCB,Phosphors. USA and Canada are putting out laws to help it but most importantly lake Erin will not set on fire anymore because of all the toxic chemical  getting drained from out wonderful Grate Lakes.
2. Toxic algal blooms can poison fish, and the drinking water, and shut down beaches. a solution could be,Choose a Phosphors- free laundry detergent.