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

[Ginny Quinn]

Thank you Greg  for your protective stance and  knowledge  on the Niagara
Escarpment .  Our 2 sons  live in  Georgetown/Glen Williams.  About 8-12
yrs. Ago  a lawyer who owned land there got permission to build “The LAST
small  Subdivision  on the Escarpment.” Our son bought one of those ½ to
full acre lots    but  then never built on it     no time or ability at that
stage in his family and working life.... he  was able to sell it later  and
at the time I had very mixed feelings about him even getting involved with
this protected land .  My congratulations, also.   It is a privilege for me
to know and ‘hang out with’  so many  devoted   educated  and determined and
hard working Environmentalists.   Ginny  Quinn. 

 

From: all-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:all-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of Lori
Strothard
Sent: July-19-12 9:16 PM
To: John Jackson; GREN
Subject: Re: [All] Congratulations to GREN member Greg M for award received
today

 

congratulations Greg - what a great endeavour!  Lori S.

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From: John Jackson <mailto:jjackson at web.ca>  

To: GREN <mailto:all at gren.ca>  

Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:45 PM

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

 


 
 
  UW prof awarded Niagara Escarpment Lifetime Achievement Award

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Dr. Greg Michalenko received the Niagara Escarpment Commission’s (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 Waterloo’s (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 Greg’s 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 Escarpment’s 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. 

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

Designated a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in 1990, Ontario’s Niagara
Escarpment is recognized for its spectacular landscapes and waterfalls, as
well as its complex ecosystems and unique species. The Niagara Escarpment
Commission’s 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-escarpm
ent-lifetime-achievement-award> 


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

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