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December 5, 2006
Pistis Appointed Interim State Coordinator for Michigan Sea Grant Extension
Michigan Sea Grant is pleased to announce that Chuck Pistis will begin a three-year appointment as Interim State Coordinator for Michigan Sea Grant Extension effective January 1, 2007. Read full story
Oct. 31, 2006
Researchers to study why dead zone returned to Lake Erie
A $2.5 million grant will fund a 5-year study examining why dead zones have returned to Lake Erie, and researchers hope the findings will allow them to detect the cause and stop the spread before the fishery and tourism industries suffer.
See: UM Press Release
October 26, 2006
Status and trends for the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie
The State of the Strait Conference will be held Tuesday, December 5, 2006, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Flat Rock Community Center, in Flat Rock, Michigan. This conference, focusing on the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie, is designed to foster Canada-U.S. cooperation, strengthen knowledge, and continuously improve management efforts. Read full story
October 19, 2006
Port Austin State Harbor is Michigan’s first public marina to receive Clean Marina designation
Port Austin State Harbor is the first public marina in Michigan to receive the honorable designation of a “Michigan Clean Marina” by the Michigan Clean Marina Program (CMP) Committee. Read full story
September 14, 2006
Scavia Testifies in Support of Great Lakes Restoration
University of Michigan professor Don Scavia, director of the Michigan Sea Grant College Program, was among those who testified Sept. 13 at a U.S. House oversight hearing in support of urgent action and funding for Great Lakes restoration.
Related Media: Free Press/ AP article
Also see: NRE Press Release
September 12, 2006
First-Ever Great Lakes-Wide Dunes Conference to Consider Collaboration and Management Strategies
For the first time, researchers, educators and resource managers from eight states and Ontario, Canada, will gather October 2-4, 2006, in Traverse City, Michigan, to discuss Great Lakes sand dunes needs, to begin developing a basin wide strategy for environmentally responsible dunes management, and to consider forming a Great Lakes Sand Dunes Ecosystem Coalition. Read full story
September 8, 2006
Too Close For Comfort; Hydrilla Hunting Now Urgent
The invasive plant Hydrilla verticillata has been confirmed in a lake less than an hour’s drive from Michigan. As a result, Michigan Sea Grant is encouraging waterfront property owners, as well as boaters, anglers and swimmers, to search the state’s inland lakes to make sure it hasn’t infested bodies of water in Michigan. Read full story
August 14, 2006
$100,000 Secured for Public Education and Eco-tourism Project focused on Birds
The International Wildlife Refuge Alliance and Michigan
Sea Grant are pleased to announce that a $100,000 grant has been awarded from the “Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc. Pathways to Nature® Program”, a special program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation created in
partnership with Wild Birds Unlimited, Inc. The program is designed to bring people and nature together
through the creation and maintenance of trails, boardwalks, wildlife-viewing platforms, and nature center exhibits. Read full story
July 31, 2006
Klepinger Receives Outstanding Coastal Community Development Award
Michigan Sea Grant Extension Specialist Mike Klepinger’s work gained national recognition when he was presented with a national Outstanding Coastal Community Development Award from National Sea Grant College Program and Environmental Protection Agency's Division Director, for Development, Community and Environment. Read full story
June 27, 2006
R/V Lake Guardian Completes Maiden Voyage for COSEE Great Lakes
Saturday morning in Cleveland saw the return of 16 educators, six scientists and four Great Lakes Sea Grant education leaders from a week of Shipboard and Shoreline Science on Lake Erie sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read full story
June 7, 2006
Great Lakes Family Fun and Science Activity Night: Enjoy Songs, Music and Science
Join us Tuesday, July 25, for Great Lakes Family Fun and Science Activity Night – a summer evening celebration of the Great Lakes with songs and music by Mustard's Retreat, a short slide show of the beautiful Great Lakes, and several science activities for preschool through eighth grade. Among them will be a video microscope with microscopic animals on slides, a coloring station, and small fish, insects and mud samples to examine – and don't forget to stop by and see the live lamprey tank in the Library lobby. Read full story
June 7, 2006
Michigan Sea Grant's Ann Arbor Staff Earns National Awards
Michigan Sea Grant recently received three awards for product excellence from the National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC), and the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences (ACE). Read full story
May 23, 2006
New beach signs in English and Spanish warn swimmers to be aware of dangerous rip currents
Visitors to lakes Michigan and Superior this summer will notice new beach signs publicizing the dangers of rip currents—powerful currents that can develop in the Great Lakes and oceans. Read full story
March 27, 2006
The March 2006 issue of Michigan Sea Grant's newsletter upwellings is now online. Read full story
February 22, 2006
Number of Michigan Lakes Infested with Zebra Mussels Increases Again
In 2005, zebra mussel infestations were confirmed in 23 more of Michigan’s inland lakes, bringing the total to 227, according to Michigan Sea Grant. Read full story
February 17, 2006
Oldest Great Lakes Fish Swims into the New Detroit Science Center
Where can you see a six-foot Lake Sturgeon, touch its scutes and see its barbels up close? At The New Detroit Science Center, teachers, students and nature enthusiasts can view an exhibit all about these fish, which are considered living fossils. Read full story
January 9, 2006
$2.5 million Great Lakes center to link research, teaching
Students, educators and citizens in Michigan and around the Great Lakes region will soon have unprecedented learning opportunities to explore Great Lakes science and the connection to the world's oceans, following approval of a $2.5 million regional Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE). Read full story
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