Prof. Robert Howe awarded $44,798 from Environmental Protection Agency

The Log will be listing a number of grants that were awarded in the last year: Congratulations to Prof. Robert Howe (Natural and Applied Sciences), Director of Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, on being awarded $44,798 from the Environmental Protection Agency for the project titled “Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring” last September. This on-going project, in collaboration with other Universities in the Midwest and East Coast, monitors the overall health of the wetland areas in Western Lake Michigan and Northern Lake Huron. Student researchers involved in this project annually observe fish, birds, amphibians and water quality to monitor the condition of the Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Learn more.