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1 week ago | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
May 5, 2025 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. There is always room to improve program effectiveness and efficiency in government, as well as business, nongovernmental organizations and other institutions.
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1 month ago | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
April 7, 2025 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. April 22, 1970 was the first Earth Day.
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2 months ago | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
March 3, 2025 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. Common terns are known for their aerial acrobatics, performing rapid turns and swoops to the delight of those watching.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
February 3, 2025 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. In the 1960s, an oxbow was eliminated in the lower Rouge River when a concrete channel was built to move stormwater out of the watershed.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
January 6, 2025 A recent Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan report documents substantial progress in creating The Great Lakes Way — an interconnected set of greenways and water trails stretching from Port Huron, Michigan on southern Lake Huron to Toledo, Ohio on western Lake Erie. In 2000, the Community Foundation polled metropolitan Detroit communities about obstacles to building greenways.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
December 2, 2024 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. Historically, the prevailing thinking was that society could have either a healthy economy or healthy biodiversity, but not both. But over time many businesses have proven this wrong.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
November 4, 2024 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. In the era of climate change, many Detroit homes and churches face challenging stormwater fees.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
October 7, 2024 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. From a distance, I caught a glimpse of a relatively small elongated furry animal moving along the shoreline of the Detroit River. What caught my eye was its bounding gate.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
September 3, 2024 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. The Great Lakes Way is an interconnected set of greenways and water trails stretching from Port Huron, Michigan (at the head of the St. Clair River) to Toledo, Ohio on western Lake Erie.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
greatlakesnow.org | John Hartig
August 5, 2024 Great Lakes Moment is a monthly column written by Great Lakes Now Contributor John Hartig. Publishing the author’s views and assertions does not represent endorsement by Great Lakes Now or Detroit PBS. Manoomin (mah-NOO-mehn) or wild rice was once very common in coastal marshes along the Detroit River and has always been sacred to First Nations.
