[All] Congratulations to GREN member Greg M for award received today

[John Jackson]

  UW prof awarded Niagara Escarpment Lifetime Achievement Award
 
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dr. Greg Michalenko received the Niagara Escarpment Commission¹s (NEC)
Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the promotion
of education and scientific research in the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere
Reserve.

As Assistant Professor Emeritus of the University of Waterloo¹s (UW)
Department of Environment and Resources Studies, Michalenko helped to
establish a partnership between UW and the NEC to implement forest
biodiversity monitoring in permanent study plots along the Niagara
Escarpment.

With Greg¹s input, a third-year Environmental Monitoring course was
established at the University of Waterloo in 1996. The annual, week-long
course studies forest biodiversity change in the Escarpment¹s protected
areas. Under UW and NEC staff leadership, course participants assess an
Escarpment study plot, collecting tree, shrub/sapling, ground cover and
forest health data.  Data are compiled and analyzed to evaluate trends and
report on the state of Escarpment forests. The course has received worldwide
attention as an academic-government collaborative success story. 

³Greg has brought the Niagara Escarpment to life for hundreds of students
over sixteen years,² said NEC¹s Senior Strategic Advisor Lisa Grbinicek. ³We
are delighted to acknowledge his efforts to further our understanding of the
Niagara Escarpment with this award.²

Designated a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in 1990, Ontario¹s Niagara
Escarpment is recognized for its spectacular landscapes and waterfalls, as
well as its complex ecosystems and unique species. The Niagara Escarpment
Commission¹s Achievement Awards recognize individuals and groups for
outstanding accomplishments, including exceptional building design/site
landscaping, environmental restoration projects, and lifetime achievement
for outstanding contributions to the conservation and stewardship values
embodied in the Niagara Escarpment Plan and the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere
Reserve.

 
 
   Go to site below to see a fine picture of Greg and his wife Carol as he
received the award today.
 
 <http://uwaterloo.ca/environment/news/uwaterloo-prof-awarded-niagara-escarp
ment-lifetime-achievement-award>


-- 
John Jackson
17 Major Street
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
519-744-7503


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