July 19th to the 25th, GLC's Noblet Field Station once again served as home to Michigan Tech's Summer Youth Program exploration: Aquatic Ecology: Field Study At Gratiot Lake. During this hands-on, field-based learning experience, students did the work of field biologists as they explored such topics as biome borderlands, watershed ecology, biodiversity, food and medicine in the forest, animal behavior and habitat, and "green living" techniques. Working in groups, they produced a variety of works that will be assembled into a portfolio.

For information about the Aquatic Ecology at Gratiot Lake Exploration visit MTU’s Summer Youth Program web site http://youthprograms.mtu.edu/ or call their offices at 1-888-773-2655 or 906-487-2219

Scholarship to Keweenaw Student for Aquatic Ecology Field Study at Gratiot Lake

Jack and Rita Sandretto Scholarship

Rebecca (Rita) Sandretto contributed generously to the Conservancy’s endowed education scholarship fund established in memory of her husband, Jack Sandretto. The scholarship benefits students (currently in grades 9-11) taking part in the Conservancy’s educational programs. One scholarship will be awarded to a Keweenaw or Upper Peninsula student for Aquatic Ecology: Field Study at Gratiot Lake, by the Gratiot Lake Conservancy.

Local students will be given preference but others may apply.

Kyle Salmons, a student from Iron River,
was the 2009 recipient of the Rita and Jack Sandretto Scholarship.