Standing Left to Right: Nick Yuill (Battle Creek), Nick Erickson (Detroit area), (above)Brandon Frost (life guard), Will Chichester, Will Mull (Trenton,MI), Lenora Knowles (Colombus, OH), Mengya Li (Houghton, MI), Marcy Erickson (teacher). Sitting left to right: Brian Rajdl (teacher), Naomi Lewandowski (Bellaire, MI), Hanna Miller (Midland, MI), Cara Hanson (South Lyon, MI).
Aquatic Ecology Exploration
at Gratiot Lake
2005
Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program students stayed at the Conservancy's Noblet’s Field Station from July 25 through July 29 as they explored the aquatic ecology of Gratiot Lake.
Students sifted through a bottom sample brought up from the deepest area of the lake. Organisms living there must be able to survive with very little dissolved oxygen. Some aquatic worms which derive their red color from stores of hemoglobin which allow them to extract and use what little oxygen there is at a depth of 80 feet.
Mengya Li of Houghton received the Gratiot Lake Conservancy’s Sandretto Scholarship to attend Michigan Tech’s 2005 Summer Youth Program Exploration: "Aquatic Ecology at Gratiot Lake."
Rebecca (Rita) Sandretto continues to contribute generously to the Conservancy’s endowed education scholarship fund established in memory of her husband, Jack Sandretto. The scholarship benefits local students (students currently in grades 9-11) taking part in the Conservancy’s educational programs.
Scholarship information may be obtained by contacting:
Peter Larsen, Associate Coordinator Youth Programs
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931
