Theodore J. Karamanski

A couple look over the water minutes before sunrise over Lake Michigan on Aug. 29, 2025, as seen from Navy Pier. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Theodore J. Karamanski: Lake Michigan is under threat. The dangers are out of sight.

February 6, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Today, Lake Michigan is not sending up a warning flag. The threats to our waters are insidiously obscured from sight.

The Ludington State Park Beach House in Ludington, Michigan, is shown Sept. 30, 2020. The structure was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935 and requires protection from Lake Michigan.

Op-ed: An SOS for our Great Lakes lighthouses and heritage

December 28, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

As winter descends on the Great Lakes, the oldest and most historic structures on its shores face a season of peril. Lighthouses were built to withstand brutal ice, waves and...

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