Hopefully, this book will inspire people to do a little more in that regard.”Īt a staggering six-quadrillion gallons, the Great Lakes account for about 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater stock. “We tend to take our fresh water for granted in this part of the world. But, instead of a precious ecological system, the lakes are often viewed as a water vat to be utilized in other areas. “It’s important to realize that people look at the Great Lakes from other parts of the world, and certainly the U.S.,” Dempsey says. A 30-year veteran of conservation policy and an author of six books on the topic, his 2021 reprint of Great Lakes for Sale (2008) arrives on the tails of outdated efforts that could suck our freshwater from under our noses-one BlueTriton water bottle at a time. Though change is inevitable, depletion is not, and this is where author Dave Dempsey comes in. His new essay collection, Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons, pays homage to that very flux. “It has always been a pleasure to return to writing about the landscape and people of my home.”Īn award-winning environmental author (not to mention a Michigan native), Dennis has focused his life’s work on capturing his home state in each of her changing seasons. “ is a topic I’ve never grown tired of,” he says. In the last century, we’ve built it up-strip malls and condos come to mind-while simultaneously tearing at its forests and other natural features. The Michigan of 100 years ago would likely be unrecognizable now.
PARTS EXPRESS TALK SERIES
25, two of Michigan’s most celebrated nature authors, Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey, take to the National Writers Series stage for a deep dive (pun intended) into Great Lakes stewardship, including the effects of climate change, encroaching threats to our water supply, and other issues they explore in their featured books, Up North in Michigan and Great Lakes for Sale. The Great Lakes in Print and on Stage Michigan authors talk water protection at the National Writers Series By Anna Faller | Aug.
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