If you were in charge of choosing one cultural project focused on the Great Lakes that would raise the national profile of the region, which initiative would you set as your top priority?

The Great Lakes, are a National Park
in every sense but one.

Fact, Why not propose the Great Lakes as a National
Park with national park status, They meet every criterion, why not preserve them and back them as National Parks, like Isle Royal is, why not extend the boundries to include every square foot of open water.

Why be happy with second class Status, They are the First and foremost Fresh water lakes in the world,
why not dub them part and parcel of the National Park Service. Why not add the power of the federal government to their protection.

This question was posed previously on this site. Only then it was a question about the possibility of a National Park.

I bring this up because the duties of the National Park System include all the other aspects discussed in this weeks' survey question. Preservation of cultural landmarks, i.e., lighthouses and shipwrecks, and other cultural festivals, native, First Nations, immigrant or otherwise.

I will restate my position from that previous discussion. A series of smaller, regionalized NPS parks (with appropriate heritage and historic landmarks) across the breadth of the Great Lakes would do well to preserve great Lakes culture.

This would also help in the preservation and conservation of land, headwaters and tributaries of the Great Lakes while promoting sustainable tourism.

Humbly submtted,

Matt