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Heart of the Lakes : Freshwater in the Past, Present and Future of Southeast .... Heart of the Lakes : Freshwater in the Past, Present and Future of Southeast Michigan, Paperback by Dempsey, Dave, ISBN 1948314045, ISBN-13 9781948314046, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Over forty-three trillion gallons of water a year flow through the Detroit River, providing a natural conduit for everything from fish migration to the movement of cargo-bearing one thousand–foot freighters, and a defining sense of place. But in both government policies and individual practices, the freshwater at the heart of the lakes was long neglected and sometimes abused. Today southeast Michigan enjoys an opportunity to learn from that history and put freshwater at the center of a prosperous and sustainable future. Heart of the Lakes : Freshwater in the Past, Present and Future of Southeast Michigan, Paperback by Dempsey, Dave, ISBN 1948314045, ISBN-13 9781948314046, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Over forty-three trillion gallons of water a year flow through the Detroit River, providing a natural conduit for everything from fish migration to the movement of cargo-bearing one thousand–foot freighters, and a defining sense of place. But in both government policies and individual practices, the freshwater at the heart of the lakes was long neglected and sometimes abused. Today southeast Michigan enjoys an opportunity to learn from that history and put freshwater at the center of a prosperous and sustainable future.