Impacts www.circleofblue.org As Great Lakes pummel Michigan, beach towns rush to set development rules In many communities on Michigan's coasts, a longstanding laissez faire approach to coastal land use policy has allowed residents to build homes precariously close to the shoreline, with devastating consequences when water levels rise.
Impacts www.circleofblue.org In Michigan, rising lake levels disturb sacred ground Along Lake Michigan’s shores, rising waters are eroding Indigenous Odawa burial sites.