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Melinda manages the Great Lakes Climate Change Adaptation program. This program's goal is to protect Great Lakes wildlife from warming temperatures, changing habitats, water level decline and other impacts from climate change already occurring and in the future.
Danger: Thin Great Lakes Ice
Great Lakes Ice Cover All of us in the Great Lakes region (and perhaps other regions also) are either enjoying or fretting over what is such a mild winter. Air temperatures remain above average and snowfall amounts are very small…. Read more >
Nature and Wildlife Help City of Tucson Connect One Year After Tragedy
The goal is to commemorate, celebrate and commit. This weekend thousands of Tucsonans will gather to do just that while memorializing friends and family lost in the tragic violence on January 8, 2011. Only one year ago, that horrific day… Read more >
Smile, Planet, You’re on NPP
Almost two months ago a new environmental-observing satellite, NPP, hitched a ride on the United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket into earth’s orbit and data is already coming back to earth. The NPP carries five instruments set to collect daily… Read more >
Big Changes for Santa Claus
HO HO HO! Santa Claus is coming to town in just a few weeks. As we, hopefully, behave well to make the “nice” list and bake our delicious cookies to be left with milk, I wanted to take a moment… Read more >
Rehabiliting Lake Erie Wetlands Part One
Wetlands are a vital key to the water quality of the Great Lakes. They act as “filters” for pollutants or debris that might compromise our drinking water, beach health and the habitat for fish and wildlife. Since human settlement in… Read more >
Connecting the Great Lakes Coastal Future
This week dozens of participants came from all over the Great Lakes – Minnesota to Pennsylvania – to gain the tools necessary to protect Great Lakes coastal habitat in a changing climate. The Great Lakes, often referred to as our… Read more >
Secretary Salazar: “It’s Up to Us to Protect Conservation”
The first and only International Wildlife Refuge got a bit larger this week linking thousands of acres for birds, fish, wildlife and people. Congressman John Dingell (D-MI) and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined others on the Detroit River… Read more >
Gardening in a Changing Climate
“Geesh, my tomatoes are ready early,” exclaimed a woman in my aerobics class as she showed me tomato photos with the same enthusiasm as a grandmother showing photos of her grandchildren. Later on she sighed and said, “With the ease… Read more >
Options for “Restoring” Great Lakes Water Levels are Limited
The release of a report by the International Upper Great Lakes Study Board today could have a direct impact on Great Lakes water levels and the overall health of its ecosystem. The report looks at restoration options for the St…. Read more >
