Posted by Henry Henderson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Over a century ago the great jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. observed that the Supreme Court case over pollution flushed into communities downstream from the canals of the Chicago Diversion was based on “an inference of the unseen.” At...
Posted by Henry Henderson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
This past week I read an item by reporter Joel Hood in the Chicago Tribune that has haunted me for days: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is investigating whether the electrical field generated by the underwater barriers designed to keep Asian...
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The very able and impressive Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, chose this Sunday morning to issue a 5 year “Action Plan” to restore and protect the Great Lakes. The EPA announcement assured us that the “Action...
Posted by Henry Henderson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The State of Michigan submitted a renewed request to the Supreme Court requesting immediate closure of locks in Chicago’s waterways today as part of a last-ditch attempt to thwart the Asian carp advance on the Great Lakes. The renewed...
Posted by Henry Henderson in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Chicago has a secular patron saint. His name is Daniel Burnham. Around here, we quote him ad nauseum. “Make no small plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood.” These are words that have guided Chicago for over 100...
Posted by Henry Henderson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Chicago Tribune columnist Dennis Byrne mused about the Asian carp crisis that has been a public policy and media focus in recent weeks. From his tone, Byrne seems to think that concern about the invasive fish's advance on the Great...
Posted by Henry Henderson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The story of the slow-motion effort to prevent invasive giant Asian carp from infiltrating and destroying the Great Lakes ecosystem is, frankly, embarrassing and pitiful. We’ve known for years that these giant voracious fish were released into the Mississippi...
