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After decades of planning, work begins on key St. Marys River restoration project
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. – A key project to restore the Little Rapids portion of the St. Marys River kicked off today after decades of planning by local, state, federal and tribal partners. The Little Rapids Restoration Project will construct a new bridge to replace...
Request for Proposals: Software Engineering Services for Web Monitoring System for Invasive Species
Deadline: Friday, July 22, 2016, at 1:00PM Eastern | Overview The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) invites proposals from qualified applicants to provide software engineering services to develop updates and enhancements to an existing web-crawling software system....
Lower Fox Demonstration Farm Network field day success: tips on cover crops, drought proofing, and more
The Lower Fox River Watershed, just south of Green Bay, is home to a network of farms that demonstrate the best, leading-edge conservation practices to reduce phosphorus entering Green Bay and Lake Michigan to improve Great Lakes water quality. The USDA Natural...
Study finds birds with specific habitat needs are excluded from Phragmites patches– bad news for Least Bittern
This blog post was originally posted on the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative website. By Courtney Robichaud and Dr. Rebecca Rooney (University of Waterloo, Ontario)SummaryA 2002 study found that the number and diversity of birds was higher in wetlands invaded by...
Great Lakes Commission launches ErieStat to track progress toward Western Lake Erie phosphorus reductions
For immediate release: June 2, 2016Contact: Tim Eder, [email protected]: 734-971-9135; Cell: 734-604-7281Ann Arbor, Mich. –The Great Lakes Commission is pleased to announce ErieStat — an information platform to track progress toward meeting the goal of a 40%...
Great Lakes Commission Launches HABs State of Science Webinar Series
The Great Lakes HABs Collaboratory, in collaboration with Ohio Sea Grant and LimnoTech, is launching a HABs State of Science Webinar Series, which will focus on the latest research related to Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes.The series will kick off on June 2,...
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