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2009 Great Lakes Protection Fund
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Call for Proposals

New York’s Great Lakes News:

More studies of wind farm requested
Monday, June 15, 2009
Comments on the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm submitted to the New York Department of Environmental Conservation criticize the project's effects on birds and animals and ask for public access.

U. S., Canada agree to update pact on water quality
Monday, June 15, 2009
The United States and Canada vowed Saturday to update a key agreement to guard the Great Lakes from invasive species, new chemicals, the impact of climate change and any other potential threats.

Mohawk men: PCBs in native foods may be reducing testosterone
Friday, June 12, 2009
For two decades, the Mohawk Nation's Akwesasne territory has been turned into a human laboratory for studying the health effects of industrial chemicals. The latest finding? Low testosterone levels in men.

Senator urges Corps to fund dredging of channel
Thursday, June 09, 2009
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is calling on federal officials to support the dredging of the Port of Ogdensburg.

Eels edging toward extinction in Lake Ontario
Monday, June 08, 2009
The American eel has for millennia swam thousands of miles of ocean to reach Lake Ontario, where it matures and then swims back to its ocean birthplace to spawn and die. But after 125 million years, the eel is vanishing from the St. Lawrence River-Lake Ontario system.

Shippers’ challenge to DEC rule rejected
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
A shipping coalition’s legal challenge to state efforts to control the discharge of invasive species into New York waterways has been dismissed.

GLRC Opportunities

GLRC members active in NYS Council on Ecosystem Based Management (more information)

GLRC internship opportunities now available .

GLRC Student Travel Grants are available to support student travel to conferences. For more information...

Latest Email Newsletter

The GLRC is requesting proposals for research projects that fall into one of the following broad categories:

A. Research on the economic, environmental and human health effects of contamination in the Great Lakes;
B. Collection and analysis of data on the Great Lakes;
C. Development of new or improved environmental clean-up technologies applicable to the Great Lakes;
D. Research to assess the effectiveness of pollution control policies affecting the Great Lakes; and
E. Assessment of the health of the Great Lakes fish, wildlife, waterfowl, and other organisms

To view and download the complete RFP, click here.

All proposals must be submitted no later than August 14, 2009.

GLRC accepting planning grants
on July 1, 2009.

See our research groups page for more details, or click here.

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