by boxcar-admin | Feb 8, 2018 | Brandon Schroeder, Citizen Science, Coastal Communities, Education, Extension, News, Northeast Michigan, Teachers
A childhood filled with beach trips, nature camps, and Ranger Rick magazines helped Hannah Hazewinkel choose her career path early on. By Brandon Schroeder The Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (NEMIGLSI), a place-based stewardship...
by boxcar-admin | Jan 12, 2018 | Brandon Schroeder, Citizen Science, Coastal Communities, Education, Events, Extension, News, Northeast Michigan, Workshop
Your school, your community organization, and YOU are invited to join and participate in the annual, youth education-focused Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (NEMIGLSI) Regional Network Meeting on Thursday, February 15, 2018 hosted in Alpena,...
by boxcar-admin | Dec 19, 2017 | Citizen Science, Climate, Coastal Communities, Education, Extension, General Interest, Great Lakes Health, News, Place-based Education, Research Projects, Workshop
Citizen scientists collect valuable information to be used by researchers, policy-makers and natural resources managers. By Heather Triezenberg Michigan has a lot of inland lakes: 6,531 lakes 10 acres or larger, 2,649 are isolated with no streams flowing into or out...
by boxcar-admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Aquatic Invasive Species, Brandon Schroeder, Citizen Science, Coastal Communities, Education, Extension, Fish, News, Northeast Michigan, Water Quality
First- and fifth-grade students remove invasive species from Great Lakes watershed, clean up along the Thunder Bay River — and captured it all on film. By Brandon Schroeder More than 100 first- and fifth-graders from Alpena Public Schools got their feet wet this fall...
by boxcar-admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Aquatic Invasive Species, Citizen Science, Coastal Communities, Dan O’Keefe, Education, Extension, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Great Lakes Health, Invasive and Native Species, News
You can be a part of this important study by donating to support student researchers analyzing stomach samples from Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. By Dan O’Keefe In 2017, anglers around the Great Lakes teamed up with scientists from U.S. Geological Survey, U.S....
by boxcar-admin | Nov 2, 2017 | Citizen Science, Climate, Coastal Communities, Events, Extension, FieldScope, Great Lakes Health, News, Steve Stewart, Students, Teachers, Water Quality, Workshop
For more than 25 years, teachers have traveled aboard NOAA research vessels around the world through the NOAA Teacher at Sea Program. Applications for 2018 are now being accepted. By Steve Stewart Are you a teacher who is interested in learning more about...