Ever heard of the “dead zone” at the mouth of the massive Mississippi Watershed in the Gulf of Mexico? Topsoil from farmland has created a sizeable delta, heavy with pollutants and killing fish and wildlife. Nothing lives there.
As Sucker Creek’s DNR grant assessor in St. Paul remarked, “Greater Sucker Creek is the best use of grant funds I have seen in my 25 years of judging grants.”
Discovering an ozone hole in the Arctic and ultimately researching and combating it successfully gave hope that we could deal with these other daunting climate obstacles.