model for great lakes restoration on life support

A few years ago, hopes in the Great Lakes of major federal restoration funding were termed "Everglades Envy." Now there's not much to envy.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hwwsvNZPeVERE_DtCJ5Y4x5xfiYQD8T28TSG1

But that's no excuse for quitting. The Great Lakes are far more than the Everglades...more massive, more important (even) and less spoiled.