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The Great Lakes from space. Great Lakes Areas of Concern are designated geographic areas within the Great Lakes Basin that show severe environmental degradation.There are a total of 43 areas of concern within the Great Lakes, 26 being in the United States, 12 in Canada, and five shared by the two countries.
The first of 43 "Great Lakes Areas of Concern" to be formally "de-listed" through successful cleanup was Ontario's Collingwood Harbour in 1994; Ontario's Severn Sound followed in 2003. [82] Presque Isle Bay in Pennsylvania is formally listed as in recovery, as is Ontario's Spanish Harbour.
Lower green Bay Area of Concern was designated in 1987 under the Great Lakes Water Quality agreement. It was designated by these sources of pollution: Affected by runoff pollution from urban and rural areas, municipal and industrial wastewater discharges and degraded habitats. Industrialization was a major factor in this becoming contaminated
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Across the Great Lakes, maximum ice cover reached 16% on Jan. 22, the fourth lowest annual maximum on record. Lake Michigan hit a high of 18%, while Lake Superior maxed out at 12% ice cover.
WATERTOWN, N.Y. – Several communities in the Great Lakes region are bracing for heavy snowfall as a winter storm arrives Wednesday. Numerous areas along Lake Erie and Lake Ontario are under ...
The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada, whose direct surface runoff and watersheds form a large drainage basin that feeds into the lakes.
Great Lakes Brewing Company of Cleveland named its Burning River Pale Ale after the event. In December 1970 a federal grand jury investigation led by U.S. Attorney Robert Jones began, of water pollution allegedly being caused by about 12 companies in northeastern Ohio; it was the first grand jury investigation of water pollution in the area. [29]