WDNR South Central Region - MADISON -A public information meeting has been scheduled here for Monday, Feb. 1, to discuss plans to suppress growing gypsy moth infestations at a state park and other locations in Dane …
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WDNR South Central Region - BARABOO -A public information meeting has been scheduled here for Monday, Feb. 8, to discuss plans to suppress growing gypsy moth infestations in and around Devil’s Lake State Park.
The meeting, …
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What: DEQ will host a public meeting to discuss establishing a steering committee of citizen and government representatives to develop an outline for moving forward to protect groundwater in south Deschutes and north Klamath County.
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By: Oregon DEQ News
VRSCC Grants 01 29 2010.pdf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2010
Contact: Robert McCann
(517) 373-7917
Michigan’s Volunteer River, Stream, and Creek Cleanup Grants Available for 2010
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) announced today the release of the 2010 Grant Application Package for Michigan’s Volunteer River, Stream and Creek Cleanup Program (VRSCCP). A total of $25,000 is available under the program for fiscal year 2010, with funding provided by the DNRE through fees collected from the sale of the state’s water quality protection license plates. The application deadline for the Volunteer River, Stream and Creek Cleanup Program is 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 22, 2010.
The Michigan VRSCCP provides small grants to local units of government to help implement the cleanup and improvement of the waters of Michigan’s rivers, streams, and creeks. Local units of government may partner with nonprofit organizations or other volunteer groups to carry out the cleanups. There is a minimum local match requirement of 25 percent of the total project costs.
The Grant Application Package is available at http://www.glc.org/streamclean/app10 . Applications will be reviewed and assessed by the DNRE and the GLC staff, with final decisions anticipated by late April 2010.
Questions regarding the Grant Application Package can be directed to Laura Kaminski, GLC, at 734-971-9135 or laurak@glc.org; or Ralph Bednarz, DNRE, at 517-335-4211 or bednarzr@michigan.gov.
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Editor’s note: DNRE environmental news releases are available on the department’s Internet home page at www.michigan.gov/deq.
The DNRE is committed to the conservation, protection, management, and accessible use and enjoyment of the state’s environment, natural resources, and related economic interests for current and future generations.
VSM Grants 01 29 2010.pdf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 29, 2010
Contact: Robert McCann
(517) 373-7917
Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grants Available
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment and the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) today announced the release of two grant opportunities for volunteer stream monitoring in Michigan: the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program and the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Start-Up Grant Program. Both opportunities are offered under the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps), a network of volunteer monitoring programs in Michigan. Up to a total of $50,000 is available this year to fund these grant programs.
The Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program provides grants for water quality monitoring in wadeable streams and rivers. The grants provide training and support for the volunteer groups to help them collect quality data on the state’s water resources which is used to support the DNRE’s efforts to protect and manage the state’s water resources. The grants may be used to fund a local monitoring coordinator and/or purchase water quality monitoring supplies. Local units of government and nonprofit entities are eligible to receive grant funding to implement community-based volunteer programs to monitor macroinvertebrates and stream habitat characteristics.
The Volunteer Stream Monitoring Start-Up Grant Program provides funding for newly forming volunteer monitoring groups to assist these new groups in designing a monitoring strategy for their community and aid in the development of a full proposal for the 2011 Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program. Start-up grant recipients will have access to MiCorps resources and training and can use the start-up money to conduct research on a monitoring project and strategy. Local units of government and nonprofit organizations are eligible to receive grant funding. Up to $10,000 will be available for start-up grants, with multiple grants expected in the $1,000 to $3,000 range.
Grant application packages, which include grant information and application instructions, are available online at: http://www.micorps.net/app/gap10 and http://www.micorps.net/app/startup10. Questions about the grant application process should be directed to: Paul Steen, Huron River Watershed Council, at 734-769-5123, extension 14, or psteen@hrwc.org .
Grant application packages for the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program and Volunteer Stream Monitoring Start-Up Grant Program are due by February 22, 2010.
Now in its sixth year, the MiCorps program was established by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm to involve and assist the state’s volunteer water quality organizations in water quality assessments, protection, and stewardship of lakes and rivers. To date, the current program has awarded nearly $245,000 in monitoring grants to volunteer organizations.
For more information, visit the MiCorps Web site at http://www.micorps.net . Information is also available by contacting Laura Kaminski, GLC, at 734-971-9135 or laurak@glc.org; or Kay Edly, DNRE, at 517-373-4633 or edlyk@michigan.gov.
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Editor’s note: DNRE environmental news releases are available on the department’s Internet home page at www.michigan.gov/deq .
The DNRE is committed to the conservation, protection, management, and accessible use and enjoyment of the state’s environment, natural resources, and related economic interests for current and future generations.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Rudy H. Sonnen and Paulette Sonnen – as well as A-Western Landscape Supply LLC, doing business as Western Turf Foliage and Seed – $24,259 for establishing and operating a composting facility in Woodburn without a permit.
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By: Oregon DEQ News
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January 28, 2010
Mark Fornwall 808-984-3724 mark_fornwall@usgs.gov John Mosesso 703-648-4079 john_mosesso@usgs.gov Ron Sepic 703-648-4218 ron_sepic@usgs.gov
Technical Announcement: New One-Stop Source for Scientific Information about U.S. Oceans and Waters
A one-stop source for biogeographic information collected from U.S. waters and oceanic regions is now available from the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Program. The OBIS-USA website offers a unique combination of tools, resources, and biodiversity information to aide scientists, resource managers and decision makers in the research and analyses critical to sustaining the nation?s valued marine ecosystems. OBIS-USA was established in 2006 in cooperation with the U.S. National Committee for the Census of Marine Life a committee composed of renowned marine community leaders. OBIS-USA ? a partnership of state, federal and scientific organizations — is the United States? contribution to the International Ocean Biogeographic Information System, an effort led by the Census of Marine Life to provide ?open access? to global biodiversity data on the myriad of marine life that inhabits the ocean.
Sea angel (Clione limacina), the most common shell-less pteropod of arctic waters. Courtesy of the census of Marine Life Arctic Ocean Diversity project, © Kevin Raskoff. (Full size image)
Green sea turtle, Hawaii. Photo by Paul Wang. (Full size image)
Nardoa rosea sea star as seen from the underside. Photographed during Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems (CReefs) research, Heron Island, Australia. Gary Cranitch © 2008. (Full size image)
?The world?s ocean is critically important, not only because of how it influences the climate, but also because it provides the resources for commercial, recreational, cultural, scientific, conservation, and national security activities,?? said John Mosesso, OBIS-USA co-lead. ?At the same time, the ocean is threatened by a variety of changes, including warming temperatures, increasing ocean acidity, invasion by non-native species, overharvesting, and loss of habitat for species of concern.? OBIS-USA provides data and functional tools to address key questions and information needs related to scientific understanding of sustainable and resilient ecosystems, marine spatial planning, climate change, ocean acidification, invasive species, and managing the nation?s fisheries. To address these ocean threats requires access to critical information on marine biodiversity, Mosesso noted. OBIS-USA data holdings comprise millions of individual records supplied by marine data sponsors from across the nation. The site provides a work space for visitors to search and manipulate that data. This is accomplished in collaboration with data providers to produce a compilation of data in a common format. Data are interoperable and can be consistently viewed and applied by researchers, decision makers and resource managers. Users can search and download data and metadata describing when and where species were observed or collected. The site?s offerings are available through an atlas (where users can review and select specific data sets). Individual or composite data sets (user-created selections from the entire holdings) may be viewed through several functions, including: data dashboard - provides a pictorial view of data attributes that lets users assess their utility; data richness - assesses how well the data are populated for selected elements; data quality - provides key data collection information; duplication status - indicates if a data set may contain duplicate records; general metadata ? displays the Federal Geographic Data Committee data record; geographic coverage ? displays data collection sites spatially; participants - names OBIS-USA participants, with the option to connect back to the atlas, dashboard, and metadata functions; and taxonomic depth - table shows the levels of taxonomic hierarchy for each organism. OBIS-USA goals this year include an increase to over 10 million total data records and expanded functionality to address needs such as integration with non-biological data and further capability regarding species distributions. To learn more about OBIS-USA, including growing its list of data and exploring partnerships, contact the NBII?s Mark Fornwall or John Mosesso. Coordinated by the U.S. Geological Survey, the NBII is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation’s biological resources.
OBIS-USA screen shot showing 396 observations of sea angel (Clione limacina). (Data set searched: ArcOD - the Census of Marine Life Arctic Ocean Diversity project) (Full size image)
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