GLIN==> Latest Issue of Upwellings Now Online

[Joyce Daniels <joydan@umich.edu>]

Title: Latest Issue of Upwellings Now Online

Upwellings

December 2003

Volume 26, Number 4

Contact: Joyce Daniels, Editor, (734) 647-0766 or joydan@umich.edu

The latest issue of Michigan Sea Grant's newsletter upwellings is now online:

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up

Editorial: Great Lakes Education and Technology

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/dec03/editorial.html
Use of the Internet and other technologies help make the best science-based information available to the widest audiences.

Great Lakes Curriculum Lessons                                 

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/education
Downloadable curriculum lessons feature water clarity, weather and water temperature, oxygen and carbon dioxide, and the aquatic food web.

                               
K-12 Camps and Programs                                        

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/education
Plans for the 2004 4-H Great Lakes and Natural Resources Camp in northern Michigan are underway. Michigan teens ages 13-15 are eligible to apply.

Grants and Fellowships                                               

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/education
Applications are now being accepted for the 2004 Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellowship, one of several unique opportunities for graduate students.

                               
Clean Marinas: Worth the Investment

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/dec03/cleanmarina.html
Ten Michigan marinas are the first to support the Michigan Clean Marina program, unveiled at the 2003 Recreational Boating Educational Conference.

Michigan's Charter Fishing Industry Bounces Back

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/dec03/chartersurvey.html
A survey of Michigan's charter fishing captains reveals greater revenues, larger boats but fewer captains.

Sturgeon Habitat Project Announced

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/dec03/sturgeon.html
A project to create spawning reefs for lake sturgeon in the Detroit River was one of two projects announced in November at Belle Isle.

Luring the Sea Lamprey

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/up/dec03/li.html
Sea lamprey researcher Weiming Li wraps up the Fall 2003 Great Lakes Seminar Series at the University of Michigan.

New Publication: Where Land Meets Water

http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pubs/soilerosion.html

A new, full-color poster explains the problems caused by soil erosion and sedimentation in a composite Great Lakes watershed and what can be done.

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