GLIN==> Upwellings: December 2005 issue now online

See: http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/upwellings

Articles include:

Education News
New Environmental Education Curriculum Goes Statewide
More than 3,000 Michigan educators are expected to attend training workshops in 2006 to receive Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Support (MEECS) materials.

Fisheries Learning on the Web: New Classroom Lessons Highlight Great Lakes
Michigan Sea Grant's new online curriculum provides easy access to standards-based lessons with a Great Lakes theme.

Great Lakes Bowl Set for February
Preparations are underway for the February 2006 Great Lakes Bowl, the 9th annual regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.

University of Michigan Student Receives Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
Lauren Ris of the University of Michigan will join the 2006 class of Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellows in Washington, D.C.

Research News
New Report: Prescription for Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection and Restoration
Scientists urge restoration to repair a failing Great Lakes "immune system," the buffering capacity of the ecosystem to protect itself from stresses.

Staff News
Outreach Coordinator Appointed for Great Lakes and Human Health Center
Sonia Joseph named Sea Grant extension educator and outreach coordinator for the NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health in Ann Arbor.

LaPorte Receives 'Lighthouse Award' for Clean Marina Program
Communications Director Elizabeth LaPorte accepts boating industry's Lighthouse Award for contributions to Michigan Clean Marina Program.