Great Lakes Way

12/01/2024

https://windsorstar.com/opinion/columnists/guest-column-make-the-gordie-a-bridge-to-better-cycling-in-windsor?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0fEvqTT09vTtWlKD9tP3qhJFlRHY5BZe2nclZswp4vLV39MHCUaqgK3nM_aem_IqXCBH8rEvN4FtS4oSMgjA

Guest column: Make 'The Gordie' — with cycling/ pedestrian path — a bridge to building better cycling infrastructure in the City of Windsor.

11/12/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/8qEQF7xJYJR4Kq7x/

09/23/2024

09/11/2024

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/08/operation-manoomin-restoring-wild-rice-along-the-detroit-river/

To reestablish the Potawatomi’s presence along the Detroit River, the local Indigenous group is interested in partnering on a project to restore wild rice in protected areas in and along the river.

08/23/2024

Attention Bicycle Riders! On Sept. 14th, Monroe County is hosting the Cornerstone 100 a 100-mile bicycle ride.

BikeReg - online cycling event registration

12/05/2023

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/12/great-lakes-moment-creating-a-green-oasis-in-southwest-detroit/

12/05/2023

https://elcentralmedia.com/article-healthy-ecosystem/

Detroit River’s shoreline transformation by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. From concrete to a thriving ecosystem at the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park.

11/09/2023

For over 100 years, the Detroit River was perceived as a working waterway that supported industry and commerce. As such, its shoreline was progressively hardened with concrete seawalls, steel sheet piling, or broken concrete.

11/09/2023

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/10/great-lakes-moment-detroits-new-ralph-wilson-park-will-provide-habitats-for-a-healthy-ecosystem/

For over 100 years, the Detroit River was perceived as a working waterway that supported industry and commerce. As such, its shoreline was progressively hardened with concrete seawalls, steel sheet piling, or broken concrete.

06/06/2023

https://michiganadvance.com/blog/tlaib-introduces-bill-expanding-public-land-access-for-environmental-justice-communities/

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit), alongside Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives aimed at breaking down barriers to accessing the outdoors – particularly public lands and waters – faced by many environmental justice communities. The Environmen...

06/06/2023

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/06/great-lakes-moment-trail-connects-people-secluded-detroit-river-wetlands/

What do a former naval air station, a Nike missile site, and a wildlife refuge have in common? You can soon find out thanks to a new Grosse Ile Township greenway trail designed to improve public access to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge’s Gibraltar Bay Unit. Read for more...

The new Grosse Ile Township greenway trail is designed to improve public access to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge’s Gibraltar Bay Unit.

04/03/2023

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/01/great-lakes-moment-great-blue-herons-stony-island/

It can be quite unsettling to hear the unexpected "frahnk frahnk" of a startled great blue heron who just had its fishing expedition disrupted.