The United States’ largest freshwater resource, the Great Lakes, is threatened by pollution, invasive species, loss of wildlife and fish habitat and other dangers. Now one forward thinking New York coalition has launched a boat tour to Great Lakes ports in the hopes of garnering national attention and a promise of action from presidential candidates.
According to excerpts from the story:
The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition has launched a 13-city boat tour in Buffalo, N.Y., to highlight the need to restore the Great Lakes and to urge the U.S. Congress and presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to act to restore the lakes.
"The boat tour underscores the importance of the Great Lakes to millions of people and the urgent need to restore them," said Jeff Skelding, national campaign director of the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition, the boat tour's sponsor. "To those seeking the presidency, we ask: 'Will you use your leadership as president to fund the restoration of the largest freshwater resource in North America?"
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