Committee Serial No. 90-39. Considers S. 2123, to provide for the control of the alewife and other fish and aquatic animals, in order to conserve and protect the fish resources, to combat water pollution, and to safeguard water-based recreation in the Great Lakes. Aug. 7 hearing was held in East Chicago, Ind.
Committee Serial No. 90-39. Considers S. 2123, to provide for the control of the alewife and other fish and aquatic animals, in order to conserve and protect the fish resources, to combat water pollution, and to safeguard water-based recreation in the Great Lakes. Aug. 7 hearing was held in East Chicago, Ind.
Committee Serial No. 90-39. Considers S. 2123, to provide for the control of the alewife and other fish and aquatic animals, in order to conserve and protect the fish resources, to combat water pollution, and to safeguard water-based recreation in the Great Lakes. Aug. 7 hearing was held in East Chicago, Ind.
Committee Serial No. 90-39. Considers S. 2123, to provide for the control of the alewife and other fish and aquatic animals, in order to conserve and protect the fish resources, to combat water pollution, and to safeguard water-based recreation in the Great Lakes. Aug. 7 hearing was held in East Chicago, Ind.
The Late, Great Lakes is a powerful indictment of man's carelessness, ignorance, and apathy toward the Great Lakes. With the longest continuous coastline in the United States, they hold one-fifth of the world's freshwater supply. Author William Ashworth presents a compelling history of the Great Lakes, from their formation in the Ice Age, to their "discovery" by Samuel de Champlian in 1615, and, finally, to their impending death in our time. Ashworth systematically deals with the wild life that once flourished in the region-beaver, salmon, whitefish, and trout-and describes the threatening elements which have displaced them-the predatory sea lamprey, the alewives, toxic waste, and volatile solids.
The Great Lakes Basin is under severe ecological threat from fracking, bursting pipelines, sulfide mining, abandonment of government environmental regulation, invasive species, warming and lowering of the lakes, etc. This book presents essays on Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Responsibility, and how Indigenous people, governments, and NGOs are responding to the environmental degradation which threatens the Great Lakes. This volume grew out of a conference that was held on the campus of Michigan State University on Earth Day, 2007. All of the essays have been updated and revised for this book. Among the presenters were Ward Churchill (author and activist), Joyce Tekahnawiiaks King (Director, Akwesasne Justice Department), Frank Ettawageshik, (Executive Director of the United Tribes of Michigan), Aaron Payment (Chair of the Sault Sainte Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), and Dean Sayers (Chief of the Batchewana First Nation). Winona LaDuke (author, activist, twice Green Party VP candidate) also contributed to this volume. Adapted from the Introduction by Dr. Phil Bellfy: "The elements of the relationship that the Great Lakes' ancient peoples had with their environment, developed over the millennia, was based on respect for the natural landscape, pure and simple. The "original people" of this area not only maintained their lives, they thrived within the natural boundaries established by their relationship with the natural world. In today's vocabulary, it may be something as simple as an understanding that if human beings take care of the environment, the environment will take care of them. The entire relationship can be summarized as "harmony and balance, based on respect."
This study argues that simply augmenting actions already taken to remedy environmental degradation in the Great Lakes region, such as control of polluters, and piecemeal restrictions of physical development, is not a sufficient response. Rather, it shows that a far-reaching commitment to reduce the environmental assault on the Great Lakes from all sources is necessary. It also underscores the need for a dramatic break from the crisis management approach to environmental degradation that persists in the region, and to develop a commitment to anticipate and prevent future legacies of environmental destruction.
