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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."
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| Lake Erie…take a bow | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: K-4 | Date: 1986 | Program cost: $5.00 |
| Subjects: art, geography, history, language arts, music, science, social studies | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
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The first in a three unit series on Lake Erie for children in elementary school. The unit includes . simple, interdisciplinary activities and general information about Lake Erie, maps of the region, and an experiment that demonstrates the effects of glaciers on landscapes.
This 69-page booklet is the first unit in a three unit series on Lake Erie for children in elementary school. The unit includes general information about Lake Erie (origin, uses, size, geography, geology, economic importance, pollution), maps of the region, and an experiment that demonstrates the effects of glaciers on landscapes. Fairly simple, interdisciplinary activities are linked to basic facts about the lake and fish. The booklet contains activities for teaching and reinforcing information about the Lake Erie region and attitudes toward Lake Erie. Activities include games, map work, writing activities, constructing a word web, and art activities. The booklet also contains 1) a list of 46 books on ships and boats, Ohio, rivers, fish, food, animals, water pollution, erosion, and ecology; 2) a list of 62 songs about bodies of water, fish, fishing, pollution, ships and sailing; 3) a list of ten musical recordings; and a poster for a bulletin board.
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| Issue 1: Habitat |  | Key Characteristic 1: Accuracy |  | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 2: Pollution | | Key Characteristic 2: Depth | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 3: Invasives | - | Key Characteristic 3: Skills | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 4: Ecosystem | - | Key Characteristic 4: Action | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 5: Biodiversity | - | Key Characteristic 5: Soundness | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 6: Build Fisheries | | Key Characteristic 6: Usability | | ||||||||||||||
| Issue 7: Treaty Rights | - |
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| Issue 8: Manage Fisheries | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue 9: Stewardship | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue 10: Fishing | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Issue 11: Careers | - | ||||||||||||||||
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