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June 4, 2009 



 

GLOS engages news users, members by Jennifer Read, GLOS Executive Director

GLOS's emphasis on outreach to the Great Lakes user community and response
to identified needs was front and center at its annual meeting April 6-7 in
Ann Arbor, Michigan. GLOS members (see below), researchers, representatives
of local, state, federal and binational organizations, and Board members
came together to discuss progress on implementing the Great Lakes Observing
System. It was clear from the presentations that GLOS's emphasis on working
with users is bearing fruit, whether that is the user community in the Lake
Huron to Lake Erie corridor where GLOS is working closely with water plant
operators, search and rescue, and spill response or with municipal water
plants along the Lake Michigan and Lake Erie coasts where our pilot
near-shore buoy network is providing information that can be used to support
water quality decisions. 

During the meeting, the members also elected a Board of Directors for
2009-10. There were two retirements from the Board in 2009 - Dr. Gerry
Galloway and Dr. Al Beeton, both founding board members. During the year,
the Board appointed two interim members, G. Tracy Mehan III and Mark Burrows
and it was pleased to have both unanimously approved by the members at the
2009 annual meeting. Mehan joins the Board with over 20 years of experience
in the water and environment nexus, most recently serving at U.S. EPA
assistant administrator for water (2001-03) and director of Michigan DEQ's
Office of the Great Lakes (1993-2001). Currently he is a principal with the
Cadmus Group consulting on water science, technology and policy. Burrows
brings experience both as a member of the International Joint Commission
secretariat providing support to the Council of Great Lakes Research
Managers and the Great Lakes Association of Science Ships as well as more
than 20 years with the U.S. Coast Guard addressing environmental protection.
Board executive members for 2009-10 are: Bill Werick, chair; Frank Kudrna,
vice chair; Tracy Mehan, secretary; Mark Burrows, treasurer. 

 

  <http://www.glc.org/email/09/images/group.jpg> 
L. to R.: Mark Burrows, Nelson Thomas, Frank Kudrna, Bill Werick, G. Tracy
Mehan III, 
Gail Krantzberg, Harvey Shear, Executive Director Jennifer Read, Dale
Phenicie. 

Members
The GLOS Regional Association is pleased to welcome our new members:


Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research


Great Lakes Commission


Great Lakes WATER Institute, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison


Gregory A.D.


Illinois International Port District


International Joint Commission


Lake Carriers' Association


New York Great Lakes Research Consortium


New York State Department of Environmental Conservation


Dmitry Beletsky 


Mark Burrows


Gail Krantzberg


Frank Kudrna 


Margaret Lansing


Dale K. Phenicie


Steve Ruberg 


David J. Schwab


Harvey Shear 


William Werick

 

Interested agencies and organizations are encouraged to contact Jennifer
Read, executive director, for membership materials and application at
jenread at umich.edu, 734.936.3622. 

 

Dye release will test GLOS models, ballast water movement

This July GLOS is partnering with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and
Oceans as well as researchers from the University of Toronto, Dalhousie
University (Halifax, NS), part of the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species
Network, and NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) to
release dye in the St. Clair River. The purpose is to quantify how rapidly
dye dilutes and moves downstream and study results will support two
objectives: 1) provide data to calibrate the Huron Erie Connecting Waterways
Forecasting System (HECWFS) a 3-D hydrodynamic model developed by Dr. David
Schwab and Dr. Eric Anderson with GLERL; and 2) use results to evaluate the
potential for new species introductions via ballast water. Both objectives
advance activities important to GLOS focus areas including improving the
safety and efficiency of maritime operations (including search and rescue),
reducing public health risks, and protecting and restoring coastal
ecosystems more effectively.

GLOS and our Canadian partners are working together to notify permitting and
spill-response agencies, municipalities, tribes and first nations,
industries and members of the public along the St. Clair River about the
experiment's purpose and potential impacts and provide advance warning in
order to avoid alarming the public. Additional collaborators include local
U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard offices as well as other local,
state/provincial and federal agencies. Contact: Jennifer Read,
jenread at umich.edu, 734.936.3622 

 

Upper Great Lakes Observing System goes live!

  <http://www.glc.org/email/09/images/station3.jpg> Wind and wave conditions
on the Grand Traverse Bay are just a mouse click away! The University of
Michigan's Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratories' (MHL) Upper Great Lakes
Observing System (U-GLOS) is now transmitting real-time data for display on
your computer with updates every 10 minutes on the MHL website
www.engin.umich.edu/dept/name/facilities/mhl/projects/U-GLOS/. The data will
also be delivered on the GLOS web site. This season U-GLOS has expanded with
a new buoy partially funded by GLOS. The new buoy, U-GLOS Station 003, was
designed and fabricated by the MHL and is transmitting data from a location
north of Old Mission Point, allowing for a more complete assessment of the
conditions on the bay.

This new buoy is just the latest addition to U-GLOS, which was established
in 2005 by the MHL. The observing system has been maintained and expanded by
the MHL with the support of the local communities as well as through strong
partnerships with Northwestern Michigan College Water Studies Institute,
DTE, Alliance for Coastal Technologies, Michigan Sea Grant, and the Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. This summer will see two new
additions to U-GLOS. Late summer, a buoy will be deployed off Old Mission
Point with a thermistor string to measure the water temperature at different
levels through the water column. This buoy is funded through a partnership
with Northwestern Michigan College by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians. The second addition will expand U-GLOS into Little
Traverse Bay, where, using funds provided by GLOS, the MHL will deploy an
environmental monitoring buoy. This will be the first monitoring buoy in
this area and its deployment is made possible due to additional GLOS support
and the generous support of the local communities and businesses of Little
Traverse Bay. 


 

Upcoming Events

*	Breakout session for GLOS/GIS at the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network
Meeting
June 14, 2009
Alexandria Bay, New York
Contact: Dave Hart (dhart at aqua.wisc.edu, 608.262.6515)
*	GLOS Mapping Workshop 
June 18, 2009
Queen's University; Kingston, Ontario
Contact: Dave Hart (dhart at aqua.wisc.edu, 608.262.6515)
*	 <http://usnfra.org/> Integrated Ocean Observing System Regional
Workshop 
Co-sponsored by NOAA IOOS Program Office and the National Federation of
Regional Associations for Coastal and Ocean Observing 
August 24-27, 2009
Seattle, Washington
Contact: Josie Quintrell (jquintrell at suscom-maine.net, 207.725.8143)
*	 <http://www.oceans09mtsieeebiloxi.org/> IOOS/OOI - US IOOS track at
Oceans '09 Conference
October 26-29, 2009
Biloxi, Mississippi
Contact: Laurie Jugan (info at oceans09mtsieeebiloxi.org)


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This quarterly newsletter is prepared by GLOS as a service to its members,
partners and the broader Great Lakes community. Please refer to www.glos.us
<http://www.glos.us/>  for more information on GLOS products, activities and
milestones. 

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