Great Lakes water restoration projects get funding

The Great Lakes and their waters are the basis for our whole economy, landscape and culture. So keeping them safe and healthy is an important priority. The U of M Water Center must agree, with its recent gift of more than half a million in funding to restoration projects.

Excerpt: The new University of Michigan Water Center today awarded 12 research grants, totaling nearly $570,000, to support Great Lakes restoration and protection efforts.

The two-year grants of up to $50,000 will support diverse projects, including efforts to track the remediation of harmful algae blooms; assess the effectiveness of techniques to control non-native weedy plant invasions; study chromosomal damage in tree swallow nestlings; and monitor fish responses to restoration activities.

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Source: University of Michigan News