Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 24, 2009, 8:43 am
Read more about the Great Lakes and their ecosystems in my book, The Dynamic Great Lakes available at Amazon.com and bn.com for $15.25
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 20, 2009, 4:59 pm
Read about the Great Lakes in my book, The Dynamic Great Lakes
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 16, 2009, 1:39 pm
Read my book, The Dynamic Great Lakes for more information about fish in the Great Lakes.
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 13, 2009, 4:20 pm

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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 11, 2009, 7:30 am
I agree that environmental literacy is very important for the education of the young.  They are our future.  Our government agencies have not carried out their mandate to clean up the 42 hot...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 10, 2009, 9:57 am
The Dynamic Great Lakes, a non-fiction book  by Barbara Spring has been called empowering since it shows what people can do to solve pollution problems in the Great Lakes.
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 9, 2009, 10:36 am
Read about the five Great Lakes, their islands, shores, connecting waters and more in my book, The Dynamic Great Lakes
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 4, 2009, 5:20 pm

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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 4, 2009, 9:08 am
On the  Michigan shore of Lake Huron, a rookery of Great Herons or Egrets. 
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 3, 2009, 7:22 am
  a poem from my book The Wilderness Within
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Nov 2, 2009, 12:29 pm

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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 31, 2009, 11:19 am
Greenstones, Wolves, Moose and Thimbleberries On the map, Isle Royale looks like the eye in the wolf’s head shape of Lake Superior, with Duluth its snout and the Keweenaw Peninsula its mouth. It is...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 27, 2009, 10:19 am
Here is a link that shows the carp that we do not want to get into the Great Lakes.  An electrical barrier has been constructed to keep these voracious fish out of Lake Michigan and other Great L...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 25, 2009, 6:53 am
Here are a few friends of mine at the port of Ludington.  We strolled around the charming park with its sculpture of a sea captain--very appropriate. We stopped at the House of Flavors downt...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 23, 2009, 4:01 pm
http://barbaraspring.yolasite.com/  Here is a link to my books and their reviews. Below is a link to my website with many Great Lakes poems.  I have written two books of poetry and one non-...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 21, 2009, 7:48 am
The Great Lakes are America's freshwater seas. They support an array of life in and around their waters: people, plants, fish, birds and mammals such as otters, deer, bears, and rarely cougars and...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 18, 2009, 4:44 pm
  Here is a link to my podcast about the ever changing Great Lakes.  Also on the H2O podcast is information from Dave Dempsey. http://h2opodcast.com/great.html
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 16, 2009, 3:22 pm
The Great Lakes are really freshwater seas.  They contain about 18% of the fresh surface water in the U.S.  and can be treacherous for boaters and swimmers who underestimate their power. Ri...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 14, 2009, 8:01 pm
I painted this autumn scene at the Gillette Nature Center on Lake Michigan.  This is a great place to hike and to learn about dune ecology. The Center was named for Genevive Gillette who found p...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 6, 2009, 8:35 am
Here is a link to a new discovery on the bottom of Lake Huron. There are m...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 3, 2009, 7:53 am
This map shows the watersheds of the Great Lakes.  The waters ...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Oct 1, 2009, 9:14 am
The best place to buy my books today is Amazon.com.  The Dynamic Great Lakes is $17.95 with free shipping.  The Wilderness Within is $16.95 and Sophia's Lost and Found is $12.95.  ...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Sep 18, 2009, 8:44 pm
I have an author's page on Amazon.com.  On this page you can find out something about me and the books I have written.  There is also a forum for discussion of  my books.  Also...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Sep 15, 2009, 2:04 pm
Here are the Great Lakes, the deepest, coldest and farthest north, Lake Superior;  then Lake Michigan the only Great Lake entirely within the U.S. then Lake Huron, shallow Lake Erie and Lake...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Sep 12, 2009, 7:08 pm
The race is about to start on Lake Michigan, Sept. 12, 2009.
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Sep 12, 2009, 7:35 am
The Dynamic Great Lakes is a popular non-fiction book about the fishes and other living ecosystems in the five Great Lakes and their connecting waters.  The best price currently is at Amazon.com....
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Sep 8, 2009, 3:06 pm
Here is an excerpt from my book, the Dynamic Great Lakes.
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Sep 1, 2009, 9:22 am
Some salmon, steelhead, and lake trout are being caught at the mouths of rivers that flow into Lake Michigan. Suddenly the water went from the 70's to the 40's and the fish are heading for the...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 29, 2009, 8:00 am
Zooplankton in the Great Lakes such as this copepod pictured are a little less numerous than the phytoplankton they feed upon. Invasive species such as zebra mussels and quagga mussels deplete the wat...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 28, 2009, 6:48 am
Our beautiful water planet as seen from the moon. Most of the water on this planet is salt water. The freshwater seas--the five Great Lakes--need to be preserved for generations to come. They are 18 p...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 27, 2009, 2:27 pm
MSU researchers hope man-made love potion can save state's fish BY TINA LAM • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • May 17, 2009 As the sun begins to sink along the Little Manistee River in northern Michi...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 26, 2009, 8:13 am
The American eel is a fish endemic to the Great Lakes. Here is an excerpt from The Dynamic Great Lakes: ...they live in freshwater and then swim to the exact location where they hatched in the saltwa...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 23, 2009, 1:15 pm
I took this photo on the Bruce Peninsula in Canada, a finger of land that juts into Lake Huron. Here and on the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin these peninsulas are of limestone and sometimes fossils may...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 22, 2009, 10:00 am
http://www.filedby.com/author/barbara_spring/712775/ Here is a link to my books on Amazon plus my bio etc. This is something new.
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 21, 2009, 8:02 am
The Great Lakes as seen from outer space. These freshwater lakes are fed by tributaries, ground water within their watersheds and by rain and snow. Lake levels rise and fall as they always have. Th...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 20, 2009, 7:19 pm
When waves are crashing against the pier, it's not safe to venture out on it. Lives have been lost by people who were hit by a wave and knocked into the water. Waves are high today and kite surfer...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 19, 2009, 6:43 am
GLERL research vessel, "Shenehon", Great Lakes, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab (GLERL) While researching my book, The Dynamic Great Lakes, I went out on Lake Michigan with groups of stud...
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Barbara Spring posted an article on Dynamic Great Lakes - Aug 17, 2009, 4:29 pm
Pictured is a king salmon also called a Chinook salmon. These anadromous fish ( fish that run upstream to spawn) are now being caught in Lake Michigan and are of a good size. They are Pacific salmon t...
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