The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

by Dan Egan

about 2 million years ago and ended only when the last wave retreated barely 10,000 years ago; each time one advanced it scrubbed away the lakes, rivers and altered landscapes left behind by the previous

group, “you did it.” “They didn’t consult Canada. They didn’t consult the other states,” said Great Lakes fishery historian Szylvian. “They just did it.” The salmon plan did indeed have regional and international ramifications, because the fish that swim thousands of miles in the ocean could theoretically roam across all the lakes, oblivious to the lines on the map that separate the waters