DATE: Opening session starts at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011. Event continues on Feb. 16.

EVENT: Two years ago, President Obama proposed $475 million in new funding for his Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the largest investment in the Great Lakes in two decades. From the GLRI, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration received funding for 17 projects, totaling $29.72 million, in fiscal year 2010.University of Michigan researchers have been awarded a total of $5.4 million for 15 GLRI projects funded by NOAA and the Environmental Protection Agency.

About 60 Great Lakes researchers from across the region will gather at U-M to review what has been accomplished so far and how the work has contributed to the restoration of the Great Lakes.

REGISTER: Registration for the news media is free, but reporters who plan to attend are asked to register online at http://noaaglri2010.eventbrite.com/. Under “Enter Discount Code,” type “Media” with a capital “M.” An event agenda is available at the same website, as well as information about registering to view the sessions live on the Web.

PLACE: U-M Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor.

HOSTED BY: Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (a U-M/NOAA collaboration) and the NOAA Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Team.

PARKING: Public parking is available about three blocks west of the Michigan League in the Maynard Street parking structure, on Maynard between William and Liberty streets.

BACKGROUND: 

U-M Sustainability fosters a more sustainable world through collaborations across campus and beyond aimed at educating students, generating new knowledge, and minimizing our environmental footprint. Learn more at sustainability.umich.edu.