Feature Headlines

• Living Near Waterways Can Be a Plus or Minus
• IISG Fellow Finds Fish Consumption Advisories Effective
• Lake Michigan Becomes the Classroom for COSEE Teacher Workshop
• Aquatic Invaders Website Spreads Beyond the Internet

Feature Headlines

• COSEE Great Lakes to Boost Science Education
• Shedd Aquarium Opens Great Lakes Invader Exhibit
• Legacy Act Brings Hope to Great Lakes Communities
• Sea Grant Academy
• IISG Knauss Fellows go to Washington
• Historical Lake Levels Offer Insight into Future Lows
• Stream Restoration Workshops Get Real-World Test

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• Plant Retailers Provide Potential Source of AIS
• IISG Annouces Interim Director
• Website Recruits AIS Detectives
• Fish School is in Session
• AIS-HACCP Program Expands
• Experts Focus on Southern Lake Michigan Region Water Supply
• Aquaculture Class Inspires High School Students
• Rip Current Awareness can Save Lives

This handy 2.75″ x 4″ magnet provides some useful alternatives to releasing unwanted aquarium pets or plants into lakes and rivers.

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• Ocean Commission Highlights Great Lakes Resource
• Stewardship Synergy Takes off in the Calumet Region
• The Ebbs and Flows of River Restoration
• Fellowship Provides Rich Opportunities
• Asian Carp Hot Topic at Research Symposium
• IEPA Addresses Growth with Watershed Planning
• Lake and Porter Counties Turn to Smart Growth

Feature Headlines

• The Troubled Youth of Yellow Perch
• Great Lakes Monitoring Provides Management Cues
• Consortium to Plan for Tri-state Water Supply
• Find Your Niche in Aquaculture
• New IISG Research Addresses Coastal Concerns
• Camping Out with Sea Grant
• New Curriculum Guide Premiers in Chicago
• Reporting New Aquatic Invaders is a Mouse Click Away

Feature Headlines

• Growing Communities Plan to Protect Natural Resources
• New Fisheries Leadership School in Session
• Eurasian Ruffe May Increase Pressure on Lake Michigan Perch
• ESCAPE Provides Ideal Tool for Mentoring Teachers
• Control of Purple Loosestrife Now a National 4-H Project
• Reel in the Latest Fish Consumption Advisories
• Tracking Toxic Mercury in Polluted Waters

Feature Headlines

• Wingspread Accord Ties Future Growth to Natural Resources
• U of I Ecologist Named Sea Grant Director
• Removing Dams Reconnects the River System
• An Electric Barrier to the Flow of Invasive Species
• Simulated Barrier Stops Bighead Carp
• Sparks Sails into the Sunset
• IISG to Help Improve Beach Monitoring

Feature Headlines

• Profiling Culprits in the Great Lakes
• Interim Director Steer IISG into the Future
• Experts Gather To Explore River Restoration
• Students Set Sights on Community Awareness
• Research Takes the Stage
• DNA Fingerprinting Can ID E. coli Contamination
• Funding Boosts Ideas into Action