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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IJNR ANNOUNCES THE 2008 GREAT WATER INSTITUTE FOR JOURNALISM & NATURAL RESOURCES An Intense, Expedition-Style Journey of Learning for Reporters, Editors, and News Producers April 25 to May 3, 2008 Madison, WI, March 7, 2008 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- the Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources, is inviting applications for its Great Waters Institute, a nine-day journey in parts of Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York that will examine a wide variety of topics in the watersheds of Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario. This year’s fellowship will start and end in Windsor, Ontario. Although the expedition will focus predominantly on the Lake Erie watershed, the content of the program is designed to be relevant to journalists who work throughout the Great Lakes region and beyond.
About the program: Great Waters Fellows will examine the ongoing controversy over Great Lakes water levels and historical dredging on the St. Clair River, as well as the impact that climate change may be having on water quantity throughout the Great Lakes Basin. They will visit some of the most-polluted venues in the Great Lakes region to examine the pace and efficacy of remediation efforts at these sites. They will meet with leading scientists to examine controversial recovery efforts for the rare Lake Erie water snake, a listed species in the United States and Canada. They will meet with shipping officials, scientists and environmentalists at one of the region’s leading ports to examine issues of ballast-water management and exotic invasive species. They will also meet with leading regional biologists who are studying causes and consequences of massive die-offs of migrating loons and waterfowl throughout much of the Great Lakes region. Fellowship participants will tour hydropower facilities, coal plants and wind farms during discussions about how to provide reliable, cost-effective and sustainable energy supplies to the Great Lakes region. Participants will visit the largest freshwater fishing port in the world and explore cross-border controversies in fisheries management. Journalists will meet with biologists on a remote Lake Erie island to see how burgeoning cormorant populations are affecting threatened and endangered species—and examine controversial cormorant-control efforts that are being implemented by resource managers. Journalists will visit remote stretches of Ontario’s famed Pelee Island to take part in migratory bird mist-net surveys and examine rare ecosystems slated for protection. Themes will include:
About the Great Waters staff: Frank Edward Allen, IJNR’s President, is a former bureau chief and environment editor for The Wall Street Journal. The Joyce Foundation is the primary sponsor of this program, but IJNR also receives funding from more than 20 other organizations representing a wide and balanced spectrum of interests and viewpoints. IJNR insists on editorial independence in all its programming. How to Apply: Send a statement of interest (less than two pages), a resume, a reference letter or supervisor's endorsement and four work samples to:
IJNR Fellowship Selection The application deadline for this program is March 18. Applications must be received in Missoula by that date. Electronic applications are welcome. Early applications are encouraged. A current passport is required for this program. For more information, please visit www.IJNR.org or contact Peter Annin at Peter.Annin@IJNR.org (608) 278-8005, or Frank Allen at Frank.Allen@IJNR.org (406) 273-4626.
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