by marsee | Sep 23, 2014 | News
The Michigan Sea Grant College Program will undergo a program site visit and program review by a federally appointed Site Review Team October 28-29, 2014. Congress has mandated that Sea Grant College programs be regularly reviewed. The National Sea Grant Office (NSGO)...
by marsee | Aug 14, 2014 | News
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed on August 12, 2014 that about 24 mallard ducks died from type C avian botulism along the southern shore of East Grand Traverse Bay. The ducks were found in a localized, small area near the Acme Township/East...
by marsee | Aug 14, 2014 | News
Michigan State University and the Greening Michigan Institute are looking for an Extension Educator to focus on water resource issues in the Saginaw Bay area. The person in this position will address issues such as localized water scarcity and conflict; water...
by marsee | Aug 4, 2014 | News
Tests at a water treatment plant found elevated levels of the toxin microcystin, which is produced by blue-green algae, in the drinking water for Toledo, Ohio as well as communities in southeast Michigan. The toxin was part of the Harmful Algal Bloom, or HAB, that was...
by marsee | Jul 25, 2014 | News
The city of Detroit and the Detroit River have experienced a great deal of environmental change in the last 313 years. Then, like now, it’s impassioned citizens and groups that work to help make the city and the river great. On July 24, 1701, Antoine Laumet de LaMothe...
by marsee | Jul 11, 2014 | News
NOAA and its research partners predict that western Lake Erie will have a significant bloom of cyanobacteria, a toxic blue-green algae, during the 2014 bloom season in late summer. However, the predicted bloom is expected to be smaller than last year’s intense bloom,...
