November/December 1996
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The first multistate inventory of emissions of toxic air contaminants potentially harmful to the Great Lakes ecosystem or human health has been completed. The 300-page Southwest Lake Michigan Pilot Study report can be downloaded from the Great Lakes Information Network at www.glc.org/air/swlm/swlm.html. Printed copies are available for $27 (US) at the address below.
A new Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) Tour Guide has also been published. This 90-page book serves as a desktop reference for Great Lakes-related World Wide Web information. To order, send check or money order for $7 (US) to Great Lakes Commission, The Argus II Building, 400 Fourth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103-4816. For more information, email cratza@glc.org; call (313)665-9135; fax (313)665-4370.
A new edition of Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book has been produced by Environment Canada and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office. Full-color maps show land use, population, waterborne commerce, precipitation and other aspects of the Great Lakes ecosystem and chapters cover natural processes, people, concerns, joint management and new directions. Available in English and French, the atlas can be found online at: www.on.ec.gc.ca/search/metadata.cfm?ID=353&Lang=e. To order a printed copy in the United States, contact Steve Garbaciak, Great Lakes National Program Office at garbaciak.steven@epamail.epa.gov or (312)353-0117. In Canada contact Nancy Stadler-Salt, Environment Canada at nancy.stadler-scalt@cciw.ca or (905)336-6271.
A Pollution Prevention Internet Guide is available for $50 (Cdn) plus tax and shipping through the Great Lakes Pollution Prevention Centre, 265 North Front Street, Suite 112, Sarnia, ON N7T 7X1. (800)667-9790. This guide, updated twice a year, offers quick access to over 100 references to sources of pollution prevention information.
Green Culture: Environmental Rhetoric in Contemporary America is a book that combines the interests of rhetorical criticism and a concern for the environment. One chapter addresses public participation in the International Joint Commission's 1991 Great Lakes Water Quality Meeting and its effects on the Sixth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality to the Canadian and American governments.
Green Culture can be obtained in either cloth or paperback by sending $45 or $21.95 (US) respectively to the Publicity Department, University of Wisconsin Press, 114 North Murray Street, Madison, WI 53715. (608)262-8782.
A revised version of the Give Water A Hand materials has been completed by the University of Wisconsin. The 72-page youth Action Guide provides step-by-step instructions on investigating local watershed issues and carrying out local service projects to address environmental problems. To order the Action Guide or accompanying Leader Guidebook, call (800)928-3720. Look for more information on the Internet at http://www.uwex.edu/erc.
Minnesota Sea Grant has produced a wallet-sized card to aid anglers in identifying the round goby, a new, potentially harmful exotic fish found in parts of the Great Lakes. The Round Goby WATCH card describes why gobies are a problem, how to identify them, what anglers can do to prevent accidental transport to uninfested waters and what they should do if they find a goby. Cards are available from Great Lakes state Sea Grant offices or state resource management agencies. Single cards are free. For more information, contact Minnesota Sea Grant office, 2305 East 5th Street, Duluth, MN 55812-1445. (218)726-8712; fax (218)726-6556.
Hazardous Substances and Public Health, the quarterly newsletter of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, is available on the Internet. The most recent issue includes a discussion of incinerating PCBs. The newsletter is available at: www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/HSPH/hsphhome.html.
The Lake Superior Center has produced a draft lesson and resource guidebook for K-12 teachers called Lake Effects. The guide compiles new and adapted activities, background information, and other teaching resources to increase understanding of Lake Superior. This working draft is being circulated to obtain feedback from educators around the basin and all input will be welcomed. To receive a copy, send $5 (US) to Tom Beery, Lake Superior Center, 353 Harbor Drive, Duluth, MN 55802. (218)720-3033.
The Lake Superior Wall Map, produced by Lake Superior Magazine, is a folded, full-color map showing the height and depth indications, popular lighthouses and shipwrecks, the Lake Superior Circle Tour and major highway routes for all areas surrounding Lake Superior.
Copies are available in the Lake Superior Travel Guide on newsstands around the lake, or with a subscription to Lake Superior Magazine. To receive a free copy of the map by mail, send a stamped, self-addressed business-sized envelope to Lake Superior Magazine, P.O. Box 16417, Duluth, MN 55816. (800)635-0544.
Restauration naturelle des rives du Saint-Laurent entre Cornwall et l'île d'Orléans est un guide en vue de la protection et de la restauration de ces zones riveraines naturelles, qui sont en train de se détériorer. Selon un inventaire des rives du Saint-Laurent, près de 26 % de celles-ci connaissent des problèmes d'érosion et 45 % sont recouvertes de structures de protection. Le guide présente, pour les projets de restauration, des techniques «naturelles» qui privilégient le recours à un couvert végétal. Environnement Canada a mis ce projet au point de concert avec le ministère des Transports du Québec, la Société d'énergie de la Baie-James, Canards Illimités Canada et Les Consultants Argus. On peut obtenir un exemplaire du guide en communiquant avec Denis Lehoux, Service canadien de la faune, C.P. 10100, Sainte-Foy (Québec) G1V 4H5. Téléphone : (418) 648-2544.
Headwaters -- The Lifeline of a River is a 28-minute video that explores how development without specific design controls threatens headwaters resources and what can be done. To receive the video or further information, contact the Southeast Michigan Areawide Water Quality Board, 660 Plaza Drive, Suite 1900, Detroit, MI 48226. (313)961-4266; fax (313)961-4869.
WOW! Wonders of Wetlands is a 330-page hands-on guide to wetland activities for educators of grades K-12. To receive a copy, send a check for $15.95 (US) plus shipping ($4.50 for first copy plus $1.50 for each additional copy) payable to Project WET Fund-RDI and mail to The Watercourse, 201 Culbertson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-0057. (406)994-5392; fax (406)994-1919.
Interactive Lake Ecology is a lake education curriculum for middle school students that comes with a workbook, teacher's guide and program video. A preview of the video is available free of charge. For more information, contact Jody Connor or Stephanie Moses, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 6 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301. (603)271-3503; fax (603)271-2867.
Environmental Adventures is a series of educational booklets designed for students ages eight to 11 to increase understanding of our natural resources. The newest comic-type booklet, entitled Across Time and Space, teaches about ecosystems and is available for $0.50 (US). Teacher's guides for each adventure are also available. To place an order or obtain more information, contact the Soil and Water Conservation Society, 7515 NE Ankeny Road, Ankeny, IA 50021-9764. Emailswcs@netins.net; (800)843-7645 or (515)289-2331 ext. 19; fax (515)289-1227.
Revised: 14 January 1997
Maintained by Kevin McGunagle,
mcgunaglek@ijc.wincom.net