>>2528306 the entire Great Lakes region, except maybe Superior
>lamprey eels>freshwater goby>zebra mussels>150+ years of industrialization has contaminated the water and soil with basically every pollutant you can think of>PCBs, lead, plastic, DDT, PFOAs>constant blue green algae growth>native ash trees have become damn near extirpated within the last 5 years because of emerald ash borer>chestnut blight>pine beetles are probably gonna fuck our forests up even more in the coming years>rivers are full of runoff from farms and parking lots>milwaukee, chicago, detroit, buffalo, cleveland, toronto, all on the shores of the lakesStill lots of great /out/ to be had in the area, but man I wish I could have seen these lakes in their prime.
