Discussion of the Buffalo River Restoration Partnership project from 2011-2013

Nearshore environments include wetlands, beaches, and grass meadows of a lake. This factsheet describes life in a nearshore, water quality in this area, why degradation occurs, and what you can do to improve nearshore water quality.

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• IISG-P2D2 Partnership Promotes Medicine Collection
• No Bones About It: Easy Steps for Filleting Asian Carp
• Green Infrastructure Benefits Include Cost
• Teachers Engage in Lake Michigan Shipboard Science

This 4-H curriculum, designed for informal education audiences, provides five inquiry-based lessons to help high school youth understand the harmful effects of improper disposal of medicines and what they can do to help. Each lesson contains a complete instruction plan, centered on a hands-on activity for the students. Our goals for The Medicine Chest are to: Offer comprehensive curricula on the issues surrounding pharmaceuticals and personal care products disposal; Incorporate a variety of educational approaches for instructing high school-level students; Support community stewardship by offering creative project examples and guidance that will inform the public about appropriate disposal practices; and Explore a variety of careers that work with pharmaceuticals and personal care products. We dedicate The Medicine Chest to our youth who are working to make a significant difference in their communities as they develop important lifelong learning skills, including leadership and civic responsibility.

To use these resources, visit: http://iiseagrant.org/medicinechest/.

What are some good ideas for getting rid of things you don’t want or need? This informational flyer presents the problems associated with unsafe disposal of mediation, electronics, aquarium fish and plants, motor oil, dog poop, and household trash and offers solutions.

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• To Build or Not to Build: New Online Resource Aids Local Planners
• Disinfecting Drinking Water Can Create Toxic By-products
• SOLEC Provides the Latest Great Lakes Health Report
• Reconnecting Fish Habitat Key to River Restoration

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• Pharmwaste: A Prescription for Troubled Waters
• Moving Forward with New Leadership
• One Stop Shopping for Great Lakes Information
• Educators Get Immersed in Great Lakes Issues
• Vitamin E Relieves the Effects of Aquaculture Stress

This 4-H curriculum, designed for informal education audiences, provides five inquiry-based lessons to help high school youth understand the harmful effects of improper disposal of medicines and what they can do to help. Each lesson contains a complete instruction plan, centered on a hands-on activity for the students.

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