“The report documents that human-caused climate change is the greatest threat to the Great Lakes national parks," said Stephen Saunders, president of the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, which sponsored the report with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
“We document the range of ways in which the things that make these such special places for the people who love them are threatened by the way we are changing the climate," Saunders said.
The report focuses on the five largest parks on the Great Lakes: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin; Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in Indiana; and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Isle Royale National Park in Michigan.
Increased temperatures resulting from a changing climate could have negative impacts along the shores of the Great Lakes, according to the report, “Great Lakes National Parks in Peril: The Threats of Climate Disruption." Read the full report here.
Source: Wiscosin State Journal, Madison.com.
