Great Lakes Group Positive by Jacob A https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9 By: Group Positive en-us 2022-01-13 14:49:26 UTC 2023-03-01 09:21:18 UTC hello@padlet.com The problem - Invasive species have been destroying the food web's balance fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1990526897 2022-01-13 14:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1990526897 restoring the great lakes: jdolinsky https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992415579 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. ]]> 2022-01-14 14:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992415579 RB - Good intro? rbelloni2 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992417304 ¨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]]> 2022-01-14 14:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992417304 RB - anti pollution laws rbelloni2 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992432742 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]]> 2022-01-14 14:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992432742 Fisheries on the Great Lakes jdolinsky https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992434899
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.]]> 2022-01-14 14:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992434899 Can Wetlands Save The Great Lakes jakeallard71 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992439719 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.


]]> 2022-01-14 14:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992439719 Asian Carp - Solution fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992442777 - 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]]> 2022-01-14 14:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992442777 Restoration Projects jdolinsky https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992445884 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.


]]> 2022-01-14 14:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992445884 Alewives - Solution fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992448966 - Pacific Salmon has been deployed strategically for the only purpose of eating alewives and successfully removing the alewives population from the lakes.]]> 2022-01-14 14:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992448966 RB - Algae Mats solution rbelloni2 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992452947 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]]> 2022-01-14 14:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992452947 DDT and PCB: PS pspallone https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992453829 - 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.]]> 2022-01-14 14:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992453829 Wetlands jakeallard71 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992454830 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]]> 2022-01-14 14:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992454830 Zebra Mussels - Pros fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992457508 - 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

]]> 2022-01-14 14:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992457508 Statistics fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992461980 - 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.]]> 2022-01-14 14:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992461980 Pollution Challenges PS pspallone https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992462945 -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.
-]]> 2022-01-14 14:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1992462945 AP-Bald Eagles apace29 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998067133 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. ]]> 2022-01-18 14:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998067133 PS= Ideas pspallone https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998087691 "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." ]]> 2022-01-18 14:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998087691 AP- Contaminated Sediment Removed From the Great Lakes apace29 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998090553 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. ]]> 2022-01-18 14:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998090553 Mayflies Are Making A Big Recovery jakeallard71 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998104509 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.
]]> 2022-01-18 14:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998104509 Acid Rain rbelloni2 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998117905 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%]]> 2022-01-18 14:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998117905 sea lampreys - cons and solutions Kalb53 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998119725 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!]]> 2022-01-18 14:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1998119725 Asian Carp fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1999037154 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. ]]> 2022-01-18 21:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1999037154 Zebra Mussels fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1999048876 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]]> 2022-01-18 21:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1999048876 Alewives fsilva33 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1999069267 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. ]]> 2022-01-18 21:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/1999069267 Great lakes Habitat Loss is Related to Pollution jdolinsky https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/2000565260 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.]]> 2022-01-19 14:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/2000565260 Sand Dunes jakeallard71 https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/2000567857 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. 

]]> 2022-01-19 14:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/2000567857 Ideas for ending debate for pollution pspallone https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/2000598779 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.  ]]> 2022-01-19 14:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jakeallard71/slqcz83fgq7t8sj9/wish/2000598779