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Summer Scourge: Harmful Algal Blooms
My recent posts have highlighted good Great Lakes summer stuff: beautiful places, recreation, sand, sun. However, the summer months also bring an annual scourge to the lakes in the form of harmful algal blooms (HABs). The western basin of Lake Erie near Toledo is most affected by HABs, but increasingly…
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Lake Champlain: The Sixth Great Lake?
I have always loved Vermont. Growing up, we would visit family living south of Burlington in Shelburne. Invariably, visits included time looking out over the gorgeous views of Lake Champlain with the Adirondacks in New York state on the westward shore. Lake Champlain is 120 miles long and 12 miles…
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36 Hours in Rochester, New York
While our older daughter was away at camp this year, we took our younger daughter on a small adventure to Rochester, New York. The main reason for the visit was to go to The Strong National Museum of Play. I won’t bury the lead on this one: the trip was…
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