Where's the Concern?

Great Lakes Echo asks its readers to identify an Area of Concern highlighted by a video each week.  Check out this week's Area of Concern below...I think it will look pretty familiar.



Area of Concerns (AOCs) are spots in the Great Lakes basin that have environmental degradation.  The St. Louis River AOC has several beneficial use impairments (BUIs), including:

Restrictions on fish and wildlife consumption

Excessive Loading of Sediment and Nutrients

Degradation of fish and wildlife populations

Beach closings

Fish tumors or other deformities

Degradation of aesthetics

Degradation of benthos

Restriction on dredging activities

Loss of fish and wildlife habitat (US EPA)

For more information about the St. Louis AOC, visit the following sites:

US EPA
Great Lakes Commission
Wisconsin DNR
Lake Superior Binational Forum

-Written by Jillian Schubert Edwards