Great Lakes Month in Review: commission urges action on algae blooms

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published September 24, 2013 at 12:45 PM EDT

This week we start our segment Great Lakes Month in Review. We'll take time each month to recap environmental news from around the Great Lakes Basin with Chicago-based commentator and journalist Gary Wilson.

Chicago based Great Lakes commentator and Journalist Gary Wilson. You can find more of Wilson’s thoughts on the Basin at GreatLakesEcho.org.

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