| The Swan - 6/6/2012 8:07 AM
Really nice, Sir. Do you mind my asking, are you diving in the Upper or Lower Niagara? What is the water quality in the river? Is it in danger?
Thank you. This is the upper Niagara.
The second question is a bit tougher. The river is fed almost entirely by Lake Erie's outflow, with some effluent from the city of Buffalo and the Buffalo river. This means it is at the mercy of everyone and everything upstream. Being the shallowest of the Great Lakes, Erie is always the most heavily impacted by any environmental change. So, it has faced constant change over the last 150 years. I have seen it change a lot in my years and I assume it will continue to be affected. The latest impacters are increased fertility from agricultural runoff into Ohio's rivers, the constant introduction of non- native species through a variety of sources, and climate change.
So, I would say certain species will flourish, others will fade away. It is too large of a system to really control, or govern. |
