The window for leveraging federal funds to clean up the Detroit River ends in 4-5 years. Advocates call for urgency and new approaches. Contaminated sediments on the U.S. side of the Detroit River and in the lower Rouge River continue to limit the ecological recovery of these ecosystems, including making fish unsafe for human consumption […]
Author Archives: John Hartig
Dr. John Hartig is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research at the University of Wiindsor. The focus of his multi-disciplinary research is cleanup of the most polluted areas of Great Lakes. John also serves as the Great Lakes Science-Policy Adviser for the International Association for Great Lakes Research and on the Board of Directors of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy.