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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
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area Wetland Improvements Completed in Maumee Area of Concern
Improvements protect wetland by managing water flow, providing passive fish passage, and reducing threats of invasive species in Maumee Area of Concern.
August 17, 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