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Our Water...Where is it Going?

5/29/2013

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Water is important to us in Michigan and the Midwest in general. Our fresh water is a valuable resource, a resource that we work hard to protect. It doesn't matter what your political leanings are, nor does it matter what your economic status is, because we all enjoy what the great lakes provide. Our wildlife is prevalent, and it is a fact that wildlife in the southern United States and north of us in Canada is also dependent on the great lakes water basin.

Just this past weekend, I was able to view some migratory birds called the "Buffalo Head", which are awesome little diving ducks that have physical characteristics like a penguin. Their natural habitat is near the arctic circle, and they are on their way back north now that the weather is warming up. 

The last few years of drought in the Midwest have caused the  Great Lakes water levels to be down 12" over the past 2-3 years. An interesting fact is that Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are down an additional 12" beyond the lowering levels of Lakes Superior, Erie and Ontario. The NOAA and National Weather people attribute this to the ongoing dry conditions. Many of our Great Lakes ship captains and water based commercial businesses believe that the issue goes beyond the dry conditions.

In previous years there has been dredging in Lake St. Clair, which is north of Detroit and is part of the Great Lakes since it is part of the body of water that connects Lake Huron with Lake Erie. Some believe that the dredging that occurred went too deep, and that the effect is similar to pulling the plug out of a bath tub. In other words, the dredging may have created a pathway for the water to travel to underground water systems or voids in the earth's crust. Remember, there is a great inverted salt dome under Michigan and the lakes, which is the remnant of a great saltwater sea from millions of years ago. In fact, 38% of the world's salt comes from mines in Michigan. 

A delta is forming in Lake St. Clair, and my daughter may be part of a science team that will be studying this delta this summer. A delta is a formation that occurs when there is some type of drainage, such as the drainage of the Mississippi river into the Gulf of Mexico.  The question that needs to be resolved is this: Why is a delta forming, what is being drained and where is it going?

...to be continued....

Kevin Karpinski,
Adventure Operator & Professional Guide
Entrepreneur - pineneedlepeople.com

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MICHIGAN IS READY

12/12/2009

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As our economy is on the rebound just like our land mass (see the Geology page on this site), we are moving ahead to offer great adventure tour packages and are partnering with other great lake states to offer a variety of great tours around our greatest natural resource.  Partnering with Canada will come along this year as we look to offer dual country tours and experiences.

We have an abundance of ripped adventures waiting for you....climbing, ice climbing, winter rafting, mountain biking, kayaking, kite boarding and more.  Our wineries in the western coast wine country and statewide micro brews rival the best in the world.  We are excited about our beach to beach coastal kayak adventures.  If culture is your deal, follow the path of the underground railroad on a bike tour.  If eco-tourism is what you want, come and test the water on Lake Michigan on a university research vessel and check out an astronomy club at night on the property of the only waste water treatment facility that uses a natural process and the land itself as the filtering process before sending it back to the watershed.  The nation's longest trail, the North Country Trail has it's longest segment found in Michigan.  Take a one-way hut to hut mountain bike adventure on the North Country Trail.  We are waiting to show you a great time!.
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    K.M. Seaman is a life long resident of Michigan and a mountain biking and hiking lover of our State & National Parks and Forests.

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