Rebecca Williams of The Environment Report interviewed SNRE Professor Don Scavia about the future of the Great Lakes.

Scavia, who also directs the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute,  is part of the U-M team participating with 20 other U.S. and Canadian universities. They are joining  forces to propose a set of long-term research and policy priorities to help protect and restore the Great Lakes and to train the next generation of scientists, attorneys, planners and policy specialists who will study them. 

The Great Lakes Futures Project of the Transborder Research University Network will use a cross-disciplinary, cross-sector approach to outlining alternative Great Lakes futures through science-based scenario analysis.

"With the recent release of the revised Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, this is a critical time to bring together scholars and practitioners from across the region to chart a more protective future for this precious resource," said Donald Scavia, director of U-M's Graham Sustainability Institute.

Listen to the interview: http://environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=685

Read more: http://www.snre.umich.edu/news/10-15-2012/um_other_universities_launch_g...