By Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News
Washington — Larger swaths of the Great Lakes could be designated as federally protected waters under a bill introduced recently by Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.
The legislation would recognize historically significant underwater areas in the Great Lakes as national marine sanctuaries, such as Thunder Bay in northern Michigan that preserves dozens of sunken vessels in an area of Lake Huron once known as “Shipwreck Alley.”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2015/08/05/great-lakes-sanctuaries-bill/31181399/