Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News

The Newsletter of the Great Lakes
Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund

The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat News is the newsletter of the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, published five times per year. The News is intended to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas among citizens and organizations working to protect aquatic habitats in the Great Lakes Basin.

Volume 15, Number 2 • Summer 2007

U.S. Agriculture around the Great Lakes

  • • The Lake Erie Basin has the largest percentage of land in agriculture in the Great Lakes states. Lake Erie waters help to moderate coastal temperatures, making the growing season there last up to three weeks longer than farther inland, benefiting fruit farms, orchards, nurseries, and vineyards along the shoreline.
  • Farms on the U.S. side of Lake Ontario’s Basin yielded $1.1 billion dollars in apples, onions, cabbage, and meat and dairy products in 1997.
  • Six of the top 10 agricultural counties in Michigan are in the Lake Michigan Basin, with tart cherries, grapes, and Christmas trees being the top harvests.
  • Huron County, in Michigan’s thumb region, produces more dry beans than any other county in the nation.

Michigan Sea Grant, 2000. Great Lakes Facts: Lake Michigan Basin, Lake Huron Basin, Lake Erie Basin, Lake Ontario Basin (MICHU SG 00 403-406)

Disclaimer: The interpretations and conclusions presented in this newsletter represent the opinions of the individual authors. They in no way represent the views of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, the C.S. Mott Foundation, subscribers, donors, or any organization mentioned in this publication.

The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund builds effective community-based citizen action to protect and restore the water quality of the Great Lakes basin. We work toward this goal by providing financial assistance, communications and networking assistance and technical assistance to citizens and grassroots watershed groups throughout the Great Lakes basin. Through these efforts we work with over 1,800 grassroots watershed groups and citizens to protect and restore the rivers, lakes and wetlands in their communities. The Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network and Fund, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

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