Transforming our Approach to Generate Conservation Benefits from Agriculture

2010 - Present

This team will offer performance guarantees for farmers who displace fertilizer use, and it will connect suppliers and advisors to federal subsidies that make offering these technical services attractive as a line of business.

Feral Battery Heavy Metal Loading on the Great Lakes Ecosystem

2002 - 2003

This team explored a potentially significant but overlooked source of heavy metal contamination into the Great Lakes-feral batteries.  

The Brownfields Project

1999 - 2000

This team assisted the Governors’ Brownfields Initiative by facilitating the free exchange of information across state agencies and by promoting brownfields clean up and redevelopment in the Great Lakes region.

Chlor-alkali Plants: A Major Source of Mercury in the Great Lakes Basin

1998 - 2002

This team measured and accounted for mercury losses from closed chlorine gas manufacturing facilities, and it made recommendations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce emissions from both closed and operating facilities.

Great Lakes Dioxin Reduction Project Through Design for the Environment

1998 - 2000

This team developed a purchasing-focused screening tool to decrease the amount of potentially hazardous materials that are used in health care facilities and ultimately end up in medical waste streams.

Great Lakes Dental Mercury Reduction Project

1997 - 2001

This team worked with dental professionals and waste management experts among others, in order to minimize the release of mercury to the Great Lakes environment due to the dental industry.

Great Lakes Basin Comprehensive Farm Planning Network: Phase II Implementation

1997 - 1999

This team prevented agricultural pollution by encouraging 8,230 farmers to adopt whole farm planning and by supporting Great Lakes Basin Comprehensive Farm Planning Network.