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With more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline, lake levels have a huge impact on Michigan’s coastal communities and economies. Lake levels affect coastal properties and infrastructure, as well as plant and wildlife habitat, shipping, recreation and manufacturing. It is not surprising that a common concern regarding climate change is how it will affect lake levels.

This fact sheet explores changing lake levels, short-term and long-term fluctuations and how to deal with the uncertainty associated with changing levels.

Available printed or as a PDF (download here). Part of the Michigan Sea Grant Climate Change Fact Sheet series.