Another successful Great Lakes Bowl took place on Saturday, February 4!

About 200 students, coaches, and volunteers converged at the School of Natural Resources and Environment on Saturday to participate in the 15th annual Great Lakes Bowl, one of the 25 regional competitions of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.

The Dexter High School team won the competition, who will now advance to the finals competition in Baltimore coming up in April.

CILER coordinated the event, but it could not have been pulled off without the help of many dedicated competition room officials and hospitality staff! Many organizations were represented, including SNRE, CILER, GLERL, MI Sea Grant, Mich. Tech. Research Institute, USGS-Great Lakes Science Center, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and U of M's College of Engineering.

A link to an article written by visiting meteorologist Paul Gross is below, with pictures of the top 2 teams:

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/Dexter-High-School-wins-Regional-Ocean-Sciences-Competition/-/1719418/8603950/-/ffivh5/-/index.html

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Vision and Mission:

CILER's vision is to enhance the quality of the Great Lakes and its related ecosystem services, through a partnership of universities, NOAA scientists, and other stakeholders.

CILER's mission includes: 1) translating research into productive outcomes through outreach and education; 2) facilitating productive interactions between scientists in the Great Lakes basin, with a primary focus on NOAA partnerships; 3) identifying and characterizing emerging areas of concern for the Great Lakes ecosystem, with applications to all coastal ecosystems; 4) providing a forum for better linking ecosystem responses, sustainable ecosystem services, and decision-making, and; 5) advancing our understanding of, and ability to predict, complex ecosystem processes, responses, and dynamics.