Learning about the Lake Guardian working to protect our Great Lakes I know with the pandemic, fewer people are out and about downtown. But this week, the Lake Guardian was docked right here in Detroit. The 180-foot long EPA research vessel is on a mission to study our Great Lakes, keep an eye on the lower foodweb that underpins our ecosystem, and discover new species. Now, if that doesn’t sound like the USS Enterprise, I don’t know what does. There are 26 crew members on board and resupplying. To talk about it. One of them. Joining me on the line is Dr. Annie Scoffield, she is lead for the Great Lakes biology monitoring program out of the Great Lakes National Program Office.