Busy Great Laker: Charlie Bristol

I just had a great conversation with Charlie Bristol, an engineer who does work with a lot of groups in southeast Michigan. An interesting problem he and the groups he works with face is that the water in the Lake St. Clair and the rivers are nice and blue - people don't think they need cleaning up.

He explained to me that even though the water looks nice, harmful runoff and sediments from dredging settle on the bottom and work their way through the system, even though isn't visible on the surface. Even more education than usual has to happen in cases like these.

Anyway, we talked about all sorts of great ideas he's implemented with groups in Michigan, which will be available on video as soon as possible - our internet connection here is pretty cranky.

In the meantime, he made sure to tell folks in southeast Michigan to check out detroitriver.org to find out what you can do to help.