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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>congratulations Greg - what a great
endeavour! Lori S.</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jjackson@web.ca href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca">John Jackson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">GREN</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] Congratulations to GREN
member Greg M for award received today</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><BR> <BR> <BR> </SPAN><FONT
size=7><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 36pt"><B>UW prof awarded Niagara Escarpment
Lifetime Achievement Award<BR></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><BR>Thursday, July 19, 2012<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>“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.”<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR> <BR> <BR> Go to site below to see
a fine picture of Greg and his wife Carol as he received the award today.
<BR> <BR> <<A
href="http://uwaterloo.ca/environment/news/uwaterloo-prof-awarded-niagara-escarpment-lifetime-achievement-award">http://uwaterloo.ca/environment/news/uwaterloo-prof-awarded-niagara-escarpment-lifetime-achievement-award</A>>
<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>John Jackson<BR>17 Major Street<BR>Kitchener, Ontario N2H
4R1<BR>519-744-7503<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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