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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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| Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife | free sample lesson | |
| Grade level: 9-12 | Date: 2001 | Program cost: $8.00 |
| Subjects: science, environmental studies | ||
Correlated to education standards? Yes
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This program gives students a practical application of invasive species management focusing on Purple Loosestrife. Students assess the plant diversity in an infested wetland, raise and apply beetles in a marsh as a control agent, and monitor the results.
As the title indicates, this practical, action-based program focuses on the interactions of a single exotic invasive, purple loosestrife, with its wetland habitat and beetles which can control its density. Along the way, mostly through research, reading and question-based discussions, participants learn about the value of, and threats to, wetlands, current wetland status in the United States, the costs and benefits of various control options (including doing nothing), and the efficacy of biological control agents. Good questions and sample answers are provided; questions on leader summary sheets are excellent and should be worked into activity introductions and conclusions. On the discovery-based side, students assess the plant diversity in an infested wetland, raise and apply beetles in a marsh as a control agent, and monitor the results. Participant workbooks provide a coherent record of the program to take away. The program is designed for students in grades 9-12 and is linked to national standards. The program’s 4-H orientation however, somewhat limits the assessment of student outcomes. For a more classroom-based approach, see the companion program, Purple Loosestrife Project 6-12.
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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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