Now small dunes are forming in the wind shadow of each plant. I'm curious whether these will continue to grow as more plants add increased shelter, creating an entirely new habitat.
Where there's a willI'm thrilled to see the landscape evolving in healthy ways, and a new habitat developing, where 25 years ago there was only waste and poison. The real marvel is that this beauty is partly the result of our governments realizing that action had to be taken.
It's easy to make changes in places where enough people live. About 36 million people lived in the Great Lakes basin in 1985, so it's no wonder our nations had enough political will to clean things up.
I wonder if the same attitude will ever be able to save the world's rainforests, the coral reefs, or our own native North American prairies.
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