LaPlante, Walter

Summary: The surface of the Great Lakes covers 94,250 square miles (244,106 sq km). About 40 million people in the United States and Canada drink water from the Great Lakes, and millions of birds, fish, and other animals make their homes there. Much will be lost if the lakes arent protected. Readers are introduced to Great Lakes conservation issues, including climate change, mining, and water quality....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977 LAP

Grady, Wayne.

Summary: "This book is an exploration of the biology and ecology of a vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada's best-known science and nature writers, it is intended not only for those who live in the Great Lakes basin but for anyone captivated by the splendor of the natural world and sensitive to the challenges of its preservation."--Jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 GRA

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature Grady

Dennis, Jerry.

Summary: Dennis offers an engrossing description of being a crew member on the schooner Malabar on a six-week trip through the waters of Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior, weaving in anecdotes from his childhood, such as a family-fishing trip on Lake Michigan, together with informed commentary on the natural history of the lakes and the people who live there as well as evocative...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio [a division of] Recorded Books 2016

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 977 DEN

Sproule-Jones, Mark

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: UBC Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.9163 SPR

Egan, Dan

Summary: The Great Lakes hold 20 percent of the world’s freshwater, and they provide food, work, and weekend fun for tens of millions of Americans. Yet they are under threat as never before. In a work of narrative reporting in the vein of Rachel Carson and Elizabeth Kolbert, prize-winning reporter Dan Egan delivers an eye-opening portrait of our nation’s greatest natural resource as it faces ecological...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.6 EGA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.6 EGA

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 577.630977 EGA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Environment Egan

Dennis, Jerry.

Summary: The author provides an account of his experiences as a crew member on a tall-masted schooner during a six-week voyage through the Great Lakes, and discusses his other explorations of the lakes, looking at their history, geology, and environmental disaster and rescue.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2004

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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 DEN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 DEN

Dennis, Jerry.

Summary: Jerry Dennis discusses his experiences with the Great Lakes during a particular winter.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2011

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.704 DEN

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 DEN
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: REF NEL 817.7 DEN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 917.704 DEN

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature Dennis

Dennis, Jerry.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2003

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977 DEN

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977 DEN

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature Dennis

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977 DEN