Grantee Research Project Results
2000 Progress Report: Detroit--Ann Arbor Metro Public Information Project
EPA Grant Number: R827965Title: Detroit--Ann Arbor Metro Public Information Project
Investigators: Kenyon, Cindy , Wades, Jim , VanderMeulen, Joe , Rubin, Laura , Moore, Leon , Score, Mike , Sweat, Mike , Head, Rebecca
Institution: Michigan State University
Current Institution: Michigan State University , United States Geological Survey
EPA Project Officer: Packard, Benjamin H
Project Period:
Project Period Covered by this Report: January 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001
Project Amount: $725,968
RFA: Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT) (1999) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Aquatic Ecosystems , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Environmental Statistics , Water , Air
Objective:
The objectives of this EMPACT project are to: (1) assemble essential environmental data in an easily accessible Web site format for public use; (2) provide interpretation of the data and environmental issues to aid in user comprehension; (3) seek input from the community to enhance the project's effectiveness and develop methods to sustain the project for continued delivery to the community, and (4) create an education campaign that informs the public of environmental issues and promotes use of the Web site.Progress Summary:
First-year project activities have centered on the collection and interpretation of environmental data. Data that were collected include: watershed identification; aquatic insect monitoring; biological monitoring of macroinvertebrates; stream habitat assessment; water quality monitoring by stream gauge; on-farm soil moisture, plant growth, plant yield, and field crop ecology; wildlife effects on agriculture; residential levels of radon gas; and arsenic and nitrate levels in drinking water. Most datasets will be displayed in a spatial format, with each dataset linked to a specific location. To ensure that the data will be displayed and interpreted in a manner that is useful to the public, partners considered key questions that their specific data will answer. Partners have authored interpretive text to help the general public better understand the environmental data. The hardware needed to collect real time weather and stream data has been purchased and, in many cases, installed.Future Activities:
Development of the Web site will continue. Efforts will be focused on ensuring that data are displayed in a way that is useful to the public. A stakeholders advisory group will be developed to review the site, provide feedback, and make recommendations. Activities related to the promotion of the Web site will take place.Supplemental Keywords:
air, indoor air, precipitation, health effects, ecological effects, human health, carcinogen, infants, children, elderly, effluent, discharge, dissolved solids, remediation, decision making, environmental assets, environmental chemistry, geology, monitoring, central, Great Lakes, Michigan, MI, EPA Region 5, agriculture, business, industry., RFA, Health, Scientific Discipline, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Geographic Area, Waste, Water, POLLUTANTS/TOXICS, Remediation, Susceptibility/Sensitive Population/Genetic Susceptibility, Ecological Indicators, EPA Region, State, Ecosystem Protection, genetic susceptability, Environmental Chemistry, Ecosystem/Assessment/Indicators, Monitoring/Modeling, Arsenic, Social Science, Ecological Effects - Environmental Exposure & Risk, Ecological Effects - Human Health, Great Lakes, Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental Monitoring, Water Pollutants, educating school children, human exposue, air quality, environmental hazard exposures, infants, sensitive populations, ecological effects, Detroit - Ann Arbor Metro, public health alerts, environmental data, water quality, elderly, community outreach, agricultural runoff, total dissolved solids, web site development, children, exposure, ecological exposure, Region 5, toxics, stakeholder involvement, human susceptibility, agriculture, Michigan (MI), EMPACTProgress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.