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U.S. Forest Service Requests for Applications: (i) Forest Restoration and (ii) Cooperative Weed Management Areas
Grant applications requested by November 14 for Forest Restoration and for Cooperative Weed Management Areas. Informational webinars will be held September 22 and September 27, respectively.
September 20, 2022
Demo Farms Improve the Health of Wisconsin Watersheds
Demonstration Farm Networks demonstrate the best, leading-edge conservation practices to reduce phosphorus and sediment from entering the Great Lakes.
August 30, 2022
Outagamie County Success from the Field: A New Beginning for Grandpa’s Dairy Farm
With the help of the Natural Resources Conservation Service through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Hunter Strebig made his dreams of turning his grandfather's farm into a successful and sustainable beef cattle operation a reality, with water quality benefits from reduced erosion and nutrient losses.
August 29, 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
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
Strategies for Adapting Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces availability of the publication "Strategies for Adapting Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems to Climate Change," a tool to bridge the gap between general climate science concepts and local conditions.
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