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Strategic plan targets invasive species
The Superior Daily Telegram (11/17)
Douglas County’s Land Conservation Committee is forwarding a plan to the county board that takes aim at invasive species.
Mich. Clean Marina Program: Public-private partners work together to improve water quality
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/9)
Partners from the public and private sector in Michigan are working together in a voluntary program to improve the quality of the Great Lakes.
Researchers seek funding for wind test site in Lake Michigan
Grand Rapids Environmental News Examiner (11/7)
In a recent article in The Muskegon Chronicle, it was reported that researchers at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) cited a lack of year-around data (on wind platform testing) needed by prospective development companies.
COMMENTARY: Senate needs to pass clean energy act to help Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press (10/26)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was absolutely correct with his recent proclamation about the current condition of the Great Lakes State: "The State of Michigan," Reid declared from the Senate Floor, with a copy Time Magazine in his hand, "is in trouble."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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Introduction/About GLERL
Dr. Quinn's area of expertise
The changing lake levels
Advice for students
All about the lakes!
Conclusion and more information
Interview with Dr. Frank Quinn
Senior Hydrologist
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
March 23, 2001
Tell me a little about GLERL
and what kind of research occurs here.
The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the same folks who bring you the weather everyday. GLERL was founded in 1974 and replaced the Lake Survey District of the Army Corps of Engineers, which had been around since the 1840's. Researchers were also recruited from the International Field Year on the Great Lakes, which took place on Lake Ontario in the early 1970's and was the largest scientific program ever run on the Great Lakes.
GLERL is a broad-based interdisciplinary laboratory. The researchers here study all aspects of the Great Lakes environment, such as the entire food chain from bacteria to fish, waves, ice, current, and water levels. Our recent focus has been the potential impacts of climate change.
How many researchers are at GLERL?
GLERL has around 75 researchers and support staff in its Ann Arbor, Michigan, office and the Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon, Michigan. Most scientists are working for the U.S. federal government, but many are part of the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research here in Ann Arbor.
Our researchers have varied backgrounds. We have zooplankton biologists, hydrologists, atmospheric scientists, remote sensing specialists, oceanographers, geochemists and nuclear physicists on staff!
In a broad-based lab, everyone learns from each other, and you have a real synergy from people working together in different fields to really understand the Great Lakes system. They then can use that understanding to help create better resource policies for the Great Lakes.
In an effort to highlight Great Lakes careers for students interested in pursuing a career on the lakes, TEACH will be conducting interviews with professionals from around the region. Contact us if you would like to make a suggestion!
