Happy Trails: Erie on Track to Join Great Lakes Project
Dr. John Hartig lives and breathes the beauty, serenity, and majesty of the Great Lakes.
He also researches, teaches, writes books, and blogs about the science and ecology of the Great Lakes. He is a champion for strong stewardship of the Great Lakes, the largest freshwater system in the world.
Currently a visiting scholar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research in Windsor, Ontario, he’s also working with the Midwestern Office of the Council of State Governments, the National Park Service, and Pennsylvania officials on an ambitious yet feasible plan to create the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail in the United States.
The U.S. trail will link to an existing trail, more than 3,600 kilometers long, in Canada. In the eight Great Lakes states, the aim is to increase tourism, boost local economies and promote cross-border travel and common cause with our northern neighbors.