January 2012 Solutions Newsletter

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Top portion of the January 2012 newsletter
Environmentally Friendly New Year’s Resolutions In 2012, why not make a resolution that is not only good for you, but good for the environment as well. Lake Erie Faces Collapse Lake Erie supports a large diversity of life and has a complex ecosystem. It is the most biologically productive Great Lake and is home to

Shrinking of Wular Lake

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Largest Natural Freshwater Lake in Asia
Wular Lake, the second largest natural freshwater lake in Asia, is situated in Bandipora district of Kashmir. The size of the lake is 16 km long and 10 km wide, but varies according to season due to varying water levels. The area of the lake has reduced from 157 sq. km to 86 sq km

Wetland Acquisition and Restoration in Vermont

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Restoring Wetland on Muskegon Lake
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has developed a new initiative to acquire and restore wetlands in response to funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Lake Champlain Basin Program. The initiative is strategically focused on acquiring marginal agricultural farmland in the Lake Champlain Basin and working both independently and with conservation

Important Wetland Habitats From Around The World

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Wetland Habitat
The locations of wetlands can vary widely from marshes and ponds, to edges of lakes and oceans, to low lying areas that flood often. In today’s world wetlands, like many other natural ecosystems, are threatened by human activity, global warming, and the changes both are bringing with them. These natural environments play a number of