There is a special mirage that we all acknowledge about Lake Erie.

Beneath that seemingly endless pool of blue and grey is a whole heap of problems. There’s the algal blooms. The invasive fish and the microscopic pollutants.

But all of that must be acknowledged to keep Lake Erie, and its four siblings, healthy and a Midwestern landmark, Chris Winslow, a Great Lakes specialist and researcher at Ohio State University, said at a City Club lecture on Thursday.

“This is a Great Lake,” Winslow said. “Not a very good lake.”

The talk, titled “The State of the Great Lakes,” was hosted in the middle of what could be a trying time for city, county and regional limnologists fixated on maintaining Lake Erie’s current quality in midst of federal indecision.

The Trump administration, in a May execu

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