The Great Lakes Are Gifts of the Glaciers

Imagine this if you can.  Glaciers one to nearly two and a half miles high bulldozed their way through our continent four times.  Slowly, ever so slowly they ground across the landscape scooping out old riverbeds and then slowly melted back north over thousands of years leaving freshwater of the Great Lakes in their wake.  Since we do not expect another Ice Age any time soon, we need to care for the glacial water left to us in the Great Lakes and in the groundwater.

Grand Haven Pier Water Color

The air is filled with bird song, the waters are alive with fish and the trees are showing their finest leaves.

People are strolling around enjoying May. Kite boards, surf boards, sailboats, fishing boats are enjoying the fine weather.

Great Lakes are Freshwater Seas

Our beautiful water planet as seen from the moon. Most of the water on this planet is salt water. The freshwater seas--the five Great Lakes--need to be preserved for generations to come.
They are 18 per cent of the fresh surface water on this planet. Water is life. These lakes would lose their integrity and the living things they support if the water is sold outside of their watersheds. We should never allow them to become sold, polluted with mine wastes and other industrial byproducts. Water is too precious for that.
Learn more about the Great Lakes water systems in The Dynamic Great Lakes by Barbara Spring

available at Barnes & Noble and many other stores.