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EPA scientists discuss 40 years of Great Lakes water quality monitoring on “Lake Effect” podcast
EPA Great Lakes National Program Office scientists Megan O’Brien and Matt Pawlowski were interviewed by reporter Susan Bence for WUWM’s podcast “Lake Effect.” In the interview, O’Brien and Pawlowski give Bence a tour of EPA’s Research Vessel Lake Guardian, explain how various sampling equipment is deployed, and discuss the different types of data collected while the GLNPO Summer Water Quality Survey is underway.
September 19, 2023
EPA’s 2023 Summer Survey of Great Lakes Water Quality and Biology Underway
The 2023 Summer Survey marks 40 years of long-term water quality and biological monitoring across the Great Lakes.
August 25, 2023
EPA to Hold Virtual Public Engagement Session on Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan
Gathering public input is a key part of the process to develop the action plan.
August 18, 2023
EPA and its federal partners begin to develop the next Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) five-year Action Plan
EPA and its federal partners are beginning to develop the next Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) five-year Action Plan for 2025-2029. The Action Plan will outline the Initiative’s priorities and goals.
February 17, 2023
NOAA Announces Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training for Indigenous Communities Funding Opportunity
The NOAA Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training for Indigenous Communities Federal Funding Opportunity is now open. This competitive grant program supports environmental and place-based educational programs in the Great Lakes watershed. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2023.
January 13, 2023
Students Investigate Marine Debris on the Maumee River
Students from two schools, located on the east and west sides of the Maumee River, analyzed litter along the river before and after the annual walleye run. The investigation spurred students to think about the human impact on local watersheds.
December 7, 2022
Fish and Wild Rice Inspire the Next Generation of Great Lakes Leaders
What's up with the fish in the library and the wild rice in the classroom? Through a Center for Great Lakes Literacy program, one Wisconsin mentor worked with her mentees to provide opportunities for their students to help raise brown trout and wild rice to increase their interest in the Great Lakes.
October 12, 2022
Great Lakes Education Celebrated in “20 Years and Growing” with the NOAA B-WET Program!
This year marks the Bay Watershed Education and Training program’s 20-year anniversary. In the 20 years the program has been working around the country, B-WET has been a powerful catalyst for environmental literacy.
August 29, 2022
Teacher mentorship program for Great Lakes place-based education brings together a dynamic father-daughter duo
A Michigan educator from Alpena Public School shines as a Center for Great Lakes Literacy mentor, working alongside a former student. This former student is launching her own science teaching career and a new local watershed investigation with Alcona Community School students.
August 11, 2022
Taxonomic study of rare non-native zooplankton species Cyclops strenuus results in reclassification of earlier identifications of this species in the Great Lakes
EPA GLNPO Great Lakes Biology Monitoring Program cooperators at Cornell University reexamined zooplankton specimens identified as Cyclops strenuus from the St Marys River and from western Lake Erie. Their study reclassifies C. strenuus as two different non-native zooplankton species and resolves a long-standing debate regarding the identity of these rare Cyclops specimens in the Great Lakes.
August 4, 2022