Professor Cameron Proctor (kneeling) with members of his research team planted trees in Amherstburg for residents willing to allow researchers to monitor the trees’ health.
Hugh MacIsaac of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research has been awarded $275,000 over five years under the Natural Sciences and Environmental Research Council of Canada’s Discovery grant program to assess interacting stressors in lakes.
Professors Lisa Porter and Cameron Proctor handed out saplings to Amherstburg residents in exchange for the right to monitor how the trees fare after they are planted.