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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."
First Nation women 'walk the environmental talk'
WeNews (10/23)
Tomorrow's global day of climate activism aims for media and political attention. First Nation women have another way. Since 2003, they've walked the shoreline of a Great Lake or major river, meditating on the needs of an unborn generation.
City making big push for water school
The Business Journal (10/23)
The push is on to convince the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that the best location for its new School of Freshwater Sciences is near the university’s existing Great Lakes Water Institute on East Greenfield Avenue.
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2 | Dr. Quinn's area of expertise
How long have you been working with the Great Lakes?
I've been with GLERL since it was founded in 1974, and before that I was a part of the Lake Survey District with the Army Corps of Engineers. Before I started working with the Great Lakes, I worked as a civil engineer in southern California doing hydrologic studies.
I've been working with the Great Lakes for almost 40 years -- that's a long time!
What is your main research area?
In terms of a discipline, I work in hydrology; however, my research encompasses water resources and climate change as well. In a nutshell, I'm interested in why the lake levels go up and down, what the outlooks are for future lake levels, and how we can use this knowledge to create better policies for the Great Lakes. Policies are important because they lay the groundwork for complicated issues, such as interbasin transfer of water and how the water can be better used.
How do you define hydrology?
Hydrology is the study of the water cycle. Hydrologists are interested in how water comes down in terms of precipitation and then where that water goes -- whether it is absorbed as groundwater, enters rivers and lakes as runoff, or is evaporated into the air. In GLERL's case, we use hydrology to study the Great Lakes basin, but I've also studied large lake and river systems in Kenya, Poland, Switzerland and Russia.
Hydrocycle: What it is and why it's important (48 seconds)
Graphic: Hydrologic cycle.
