There
are three watersheds in my ecoregion - Cheboygan, Lake Michigan and Boardman –
Charlexoix. At this point in time, I am just going to focus on the Cheboygan
watershed as my house lies within that one.
Anyone
in the US can find their watershed by entering their zip code in the link
below:
After
clicking on the Cheboygan watershed, arrived at by the link above, I was taken
to the link below which listed information specific to the watershed my house
lies in.
This
link lists water quality monitoring groups and where they are monitoring - as
well as all the impairments to the different bodies of water in my area and
what exactly is impairing them, such as PCB’s or mercury. It also lists stream
flow for some of the rivers as well as local environmental organizations
working to help with water quality which in my case is the Tipp of the Mitt
Watershed Council.
First
off, I am shocked to see all of the bodies of water which make up my watershed.
Many lakes, rivers, and creeks. How is it possible to keep track of them all as
well as their overall health? Some of the monitoring stations show
contamination of Chlordane and DDT, both dangerous pesticides no longer used
but which clearly still continue to persist both in the environment and in
ourselves as well I am sure. Upon visiting The Global Healing Center websitewhich talks about Chlordane, I read that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables
and one that avoids processed carbohydrates helps to rid your body of this
pesticide. Oh my gosh, I pull on one thread to understand the watershed in my area, and I
clearly wander into a whole other area, clearly pointing to the fact that
everything is interrelated. What you do to one part of the web impacts another
part of the web. There are many other things listed which are impacting the
health of my watershed but I will have to investigate those impacts another
day.
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