Bob Carlson, Kent State Professor Emeritus leads the Secchi Dip-In, a program through which volunteers from across the country to send in lake transparency data to be organized and entered into a database. Now in its 18th year, Carlson’s program encourages local participation in lake monitoring to track changes and trends in lakes across the United States.
The National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory in Washington DC completed the first global assessment of high value seafood with some startling results. 7 species of commercially valuable fish, such as Blue marlin, Spanish Mackrel and Atlantic Bluefin Tuna have been elevated to vulnerable or critically endangered status.
The Environmental Protection Agency has just awarded $4,508,572 in grants to various Ohio organizations and universities under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which seeks to sanitize the Great Lakes and bolster its habitats.
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency needs volunteers to help keep the state’s rivers and streams clean. The Citizen Stream Monitoring Program (CSMP) enables Minnesota residents to serve as an extended arm of the MPCA.
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