TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A report written by a retired federal official who previously oversaw national parks says five parks in the Great Lakes region are showing ill effects from climate change, including shoreline erosion and decline of some wildlife.
Stephen Saunders is ex-deputy assistant secretary of the Interior Department. He says if trends continue, summers at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore could become as hot late this century as those in Gainesville, Fla., today.
He says a continuing loss of winter ice cover will lead to greater loss of shoreline from storms and even the prized dunes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan are vulnerable. Wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park are down.
The report was released Wednesday by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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