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This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). 0853988, 0853568, 0853409 Boehm, Nelson, McNeill Current assessment of microbial pollution in recreational waters involves measurement of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) as proxies for human pathogens. FIB concentrations display diurnal variability such that the time the sample is collected dramatically impacts the measured concentration, which could make the difference between compliance and noncompliance with water quality standards.

This OEDG Planning Grant award is being used to establish collaborations across the state of Michigan as part of an effort to increase the number and quality of rigorous high school geoscience courses and the establishment of more dual-enrollment courses in the geosciences. The broader goals of this project are to elevate the stature of the geosciences and potentially reach a new generation of students, increase the number of students selecting geoscience careers, and broaden diversity within the workforce.

This OEDG Planning Grant award is being used to establish collaborations across the state of Michigan as part of an effort to increase the number and quality of rigorous high school geoscience courses and the establishment of more dual-enrollment courses in the geosciences. The broader goals of this project are to elevate the stature of the geosciences and potentially reach a new generation of students, increase the number of students selecting geoscience careers, and broaden diversity within the workforce.

0070164RickettsThe University of Minnesota Duluth will operate the R/V Blue Heron during 2000 as a general oceanographic research vessel in support of NSF-supported research projects. The Blue Heron is an 86 ft. vessel, constructed in 1985 and converted in 1997, and is owned by the Regents of the University of Minnesota and operated by Large Lakes Observatory. The vessel is scheduled for a total of 96 operational days during 2000, of which 59 days are in support of NSF-supported investigators. The remaining cruises will support NOAA, State and other private projects.

EAR-0516760SingerThis grant will, for two years, support half the salary of a laboratory technician who will manage the University of Wisconsin-Madison Rare Gas Geochronology Laboratory. The Department of Geology & Geophysics has made a long-term commitment of University funds to support the remainder of salary for this PhD-level Assistant Scientist staff position.

For streams on the North Shore of Lake Superior, salmon are a recently introduced exotic species, and may be altering the stream ecosystems from their historic state. Are salmon migrations into streams a significant source of nutrients and high quality organic matter for these stream ecosystems?

9810773 Diehl This grant provides partial support of the costs of acquiring a superconducting rock magnetometer (SRM) and field-free room for the paleomagnetics laboratory at Michigan Technological University (MTU). The SRM will replace their present spinner magnetometer that is besieged with problems and cannot be used to reliably measure weakly magnetized samples. The field free room will optimize the performance of the SRM while eliminating the acquisition of laboratory-induced viscous magnetization during storage and transfer of the samples.

0302731RickettsThis award to University of Minnesota Duluth provides support for the acquisition of a midwater trawl and trawl sonar plus a dissolved oxygen sensor to be used on R/V Blue Heron operated by the university's Large Lakes Observatory. These instruments are expected to provide important shared-use infrastructure for investigations of the ecology and food web in Lake Superior and adjacent regions. These acquisitions should provide a substantial advantage to marine scientists using R/V Blue Heron in their research during 2003 and future years.***