One result of that effort has been a tenfold increase in political happytalk among the state and provincial authorities assigned to grapple with the problem. Is their optimism warranted? How many of them will still be in office when the results are in?
The pending Lake Erie Protection and Restoration Plan agreed to by leaders in Ontario, Ohio and Michigan is an ambitious, 10 year venture to eliminate 40% of the phosphorus overload by which Lake Erie is impaired. We haven’t been told yet precisely how this vision will be implemented.
A lot of residents, business people and farmers invested in the western Lake Erie watershed are heartened by such talk.
Nothing wrong with setting a very high bar as long as everybody understands the odds are long. It’s irresponsible to build great public expectations based on politically inspired pipe dreams that nobody in authority really believes will be met.
False hope is destructive.
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