The United States Geological Survey has been carrying out environmental monitoring on Lake Superior, in both Canada and USA, for several decades. Monitoring covers a wide array and includes water quality, phytoplankton, fish abundance and diversity. This summer, as usual, the USGS Ship ‘Kiyi’ is monitoring sites around the entire lake (some may have noticed the ship in the Rossport and Nipigon, Ontario area earlier this week or may notice it in the Grand Marais, Minnesota area later this week). Water Resource Science and Geography and the Environment students from Lakehead University were fortunate to be invited aboard as work was carried out in the Thunder Bay area. A BIG THANK YOU TO USGS FOR THIS UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. Pictures are accessible here.
Photos were taken as the ship worked in the Thunder Bay, Ontario area on June 17th.