USDA Blog » USDA Conservation Funding Helps Provide Protection for Great Lakes

I have the Great Lakes in my blood. Born and raised on the shores of Lake Huron, my sisters and I spent countless summer days playing in the water and running along the beaches of soft singing sand.

The Au Sable River, a clear blue ribbon trout stream, empties into Lake Huron in Oscoda, Mich., my hometown. We canoed the river frequently, noticing eel-like lampreys undulate menacingly upstream in the water beneath our paddles.

USDA Blog » USDA Conservation Funding Helps Provide Protection for Great Lakes