EDITORIALS

Photos: Scenes from the Great Lakes

A sailboat makes its way along Lake Michigan in 2004 in this aerial shot from Chopper Four. The discolored water extended past the breakwall and the contents were most likely the effects of runoff pollution. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
A sailboat makes its way along Lake Michigan in 2004 in this aerial shot from Chopper Four. The discolored water extended past the breakwall and the contents were most likely the effects of runoff pollution. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Butch Jorgenson
A sign warns swimmers of poor water quality at the beach along Lake Michigan near McKinley Marina in 2002. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
A sign warns swimmers of poor water quality at the beach along Lake Michigan near McKinley Marina in 2002. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
David Joles
Sea gulls fly around the North Beach Park Beach in Racine in 2002. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Sea gulls fly around the North Beach Park Beach in Racine in 2002. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Jack Orton
Jim Smith of Milwaukee tries his luck fishing before sunrise off a pier near the South Shore Yacht Club on Lake Michigan in October. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Jim Smith of Milwaukee tries his luck fishing before sunrise off a pier near the South Shore Yacht Club on Lake Michigan in October. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The water level has eroded a bluff on the north end of Bradford Beach on Lake Michigan depicted in this 2016 photo.
The water level has eroded a bluff on the north end of Bradford Beach on Lake Michigan depicted in this 2016 photo.
Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The water intake crib for the city of Toledo, Ohio, is surrounded by an algae bloom on Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
The water intake crib for the city of Toledo, Ohio, is surrounded by an algae bloom on Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Haraz N. Ghanbari, Associated Press
A warning sign for algal toxins along the beach of Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon, Ohio, in 2015. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
A warning sign for algal toxins along the beach of Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon, Ohio, in 2015. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Haraz N. Ghanbari, Associated Press
An Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jumps from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill., during a study on the fish's population. Faced with the threat that Asian carp could enter the Great Lakes, Michigan is turning to the public for new ideas and plans to offer a prize to whomever comes up with a way to stop the voracious fish. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
An Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jumps from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill., during a study on the fish's population. Faced with the threat that Asian carp could enter the Great Lakes, Michigan is turning to the public for new ideas and plans to offer a prize to whomever comes up with a way to stop the voracious fish. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
John Flesher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A pair of men riding personal watercraft frolic on Lake Michigan in 2015. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
A pair of men riding personal watercraft frolic on Lake Michigan in 2015. The Trump administration's proposed budget eliminates the federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, aimed at keeping the lakes healthy.
Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kayakers paddle on Lake Michigan at sunrise in August 2015 near Cedar Grove.
Kayakers paddle on Lake Michigan at sunrise in August 2015 near Cedar Grove.
Julio Cortez, Associated Press