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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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| Exotic Aquatics on the Move | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: 1-12 | Date: 2001 | Program cost: $4.50 |
| Subjects: geography, social studies, science | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
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A compendium of well-organized, easy to use lesson plans created and field-tested by teachers participating in a series of interactive workshops linking national geographic standards to aquatic exotic/invasive species.
This activity compendium contains well-organized, easy to use lesson plans created and field-tested by teachers who participated in a series of interactive workshops concerned with linking national geographic standards to aquatic invasive species. While focused on geography, many of the lessons create interdisciplinary links between the social and natural sciences as students discover the origin, transport, spread and ecological impacts of “alien” species, and how responsible actions may help prevent the spread of these organisms. The materials contain a wide range of teaching approaches; including cooperative learning, peer teaching, and community action. A hard copy collection of resulting school projects provides examples and encouragement to those contemplating action-based education. A majority of the activities are either specific to the Great Lakes or general enough to be used in the basin. Some are specific to other areas of the country. Most are designed as in-class activities and there is some variance in the levels of specificity and the amount of background information they provide. Many activities depend on external sources, often on-line. Because the breath of concepts that will be covered is therefore unclear, these particular activities received slightly lower concept ratings.
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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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Disclaimer: The reviews of this and the other Great Lakes Fisheries education materials were conducted by a single independent reviewer. The views of this reviewer do not necessarily reflect the views of GLIN, the Great Lakes Commission, the Great Lakes Fishery Trust, or the University of Michigan.