Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
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The effort will pinpoint hundreds of underwater shipwrecks, illuminate topographical features and locate infrastructure, helping ships avoid submerged hazards, identify fisheries and inform erosion, storm surge and flooding models.
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The effort will pinpoint hundreds of underwater shipwrecks, illuminate topographical features and locate infrastructure, helping ships avoid submerged hazards, identify fisheries and inform erosion, storm surge and flooding models.
The Great Lakes mapping effort will pinpoint hundreds of shipwrecks, illuminate topographical features and identify fisheries, a marine scientist said.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up. Now, 40 years later, Boehme wants to launch another treasure hunt.
