New York Great Lakes Initiative

New York Great Lakes Initiative for Science and Education
The Scientific Response Citizen outrage and responsible political leadership led to a strong commitment to clean up our lakes. Nationwide, the lakes’ plight became a symbol that was partly responsible for the historic passage of the Clean Water Act. Yet all the political will and personal passion could accomplish nothing without science. For a printable version of this page click here (Adobe pdf,308K )
Throughout the Great Lakes, scientists put their attention to uncovering cause-effect relationships,modeling interactions amongst simultaneously operating processes and recommending real solutions. It was a great example of the benefits of applied environmental research. Scientists explained the root causes of lake-suffocating algae blooms. They experimented with non-native salmon and trout and began stocking programs that recreated the top of the food chain and revitalized sport-fishing. Scientists uncovered new threats in the form of industrial chemicals. For all the billions that were spent in the clean-up effort, many billions more were saved by knowing which causes were the most important, producing the evidence that forced industry to comply, demonstrating the need to upgrade sewage treatment and advancing the technologies that made pollution prevention possible....The Origins of the Great Lakes Research Consortium
Great Lakes Research Consortium scientists have been warning for some time that despite the clean-up successes of the last two decades, New York’s Great Lakes are highly altered ecosystems, unstable and prone to crisis.	The Growing Great Lakes Crisis The Crisis of the Late 1960s and 70s The Scientific Response The Origins of the Great Lakes Research Consortium The Need to Support Science in New York New York Has Not Received Its Fair Share of Federal Great Lakes Funding
New York's Great Lakes Facilities Network
Great Lakes Center at Buffalo Great Lakes Center at Brockport Environmental Research Center at Oswego GLRC Headquarters Cornell Biological Field Station SUNY ESF Thousand Islands Biological Field station Great Rivers Institute Lake Champlain Research Institute	To learn more about the facilities of the GLRC network, their current research projects, research specialties, facilities, and needed upgrades, click on any location above