For over a century, the beacon at Tawas Lighthouse guided ships on Lake Huron. During its operation, the light was manned–and, once, womanned–by lightkeepers who kept an often lonely vigil in weather that ranged from idyllic to deadly. Now a historical site maintained by Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources, the Tawas Lighthouse serves another purpose:…
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Field Note: Into the Water for Citizen Science
Co-written by GLWC ’22. Early on a frigid January Saturday, we drove up and down Walsh Road three times, searching the snow-dusted, mile-long dirt road for our collaborators, and enough space to park the car. Most of our friends were still warm in bed recovering from a long week of classes or the previous…
GLWC Pub News: Kathryn Sullivan in the Michigan Daily
A world needing respite A World Needing Respite The Michigan Daily, April 7, 2021 By Kathryn Sullivan The two stories started the same: An onslaught of warnings were ignored — surely the media was drastically blowing a problem out of proportion. Worries were minimized. Fears were ignored. Some experts were scorned by those in…
Field Note: Trials and Tribulations at Barton Dam
By Kianna Marquez After cruising the twists and turns of Huron River Drive, I parked my car in Barton Park’s dirt lot. I collected the tools for this expedition—my phone, waterproof camera (with its orange Kodak floatie), journal, face mask, water bottle and fanny pack—and stood up out of the car. Immediately, I stiffened in…
Field Note: Stoneflies
By Rachel McKimmy 02/01/2020 My alarm wakes me up. My boyfriend is sleeping on the couch, Ford Lake a smooth gray mirror below the lightening pale-pink sky behind his head. We listen to Tom Petty on the drive to the Huron River Watershed Council, a few minutes late. It’s snowing lightly, disparate flakes drifting down…