Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visits Great Lakes Science Center

By Upper Midwest Water Science Center July 15, 2024

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited the Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the week of July 10, 2024.

Secretary Haaland visited the USGS Great Lakes Science Center to speak to scientists who are working to safeguard Midwest ecosystems from invasive species. Scientists from the Upper Midwest Water Science Center were also in attendance to share information on scientific research currently being conducted in the region.

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Upper Midwest Water Science Center Director Steve Peterson addresses Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland during a visit to the USGS Great Lakes Science Center.

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Supervisory Research Hydrologist Carrie Givens shows Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland a cyanobacteria culture grown from Lake Superior water. Cyanobacteria cultures are grown by adding Lake Superior water to selective media that promotes and enriches the cyanobacteria in the environmental water sample. Photo credit: Joshua Miller, USGS, July 2024

The Secretary's visit was featured on the U.S. Department of Interior's "This Week at Interior" video, with an introduction from Upper Midwest Water Science Center Supervisory Biologist Lisa Reynolds Fogarty.

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Watch the video below:

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visits Great Lakes Science Center

This Week at Interior July 12, 2024 | U.S. Department of the Interior