Winter 2025 Lakes Letter

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Contents

Features

• Academic publishing at a crossroads: Optimistic about the JGLR's future by Margaret Docker
• Reintroducing species: A tool to stem the loss of freshwater biodiversity by Olivia Galloway & Trevor Pitcher
• Biodiversity after a Phragmites invasion: A case study of success through close collaboration by Jersey Allyson Fontz & Rebecca Rooney
• Science elicits hope, joy depending on the audience: Effective communication understands the difference by Todd Newman
• Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network: Collaboration leads to hope by Olivia Schloegel & Katie DeChant
• Sniffing for oil under ice: Dogs could aid in winter oil spill response by Sumeep Bath
• The future of Great Lakes research: Developing a collaborative science plan by Val Klump & John Bratton

Hope Shorts

• Choosing hope
• Hope through Indigenous leadership
• Volunteering for the love of suckers
• Refugia of hope  Lake trout restored in Lake Superior
• Bringing back Arctic grayling
• Journal highlights

Association News

• Executive director’s note
• IAGLR’s response to recent U.S. federal actions  
• IAGLR Job Board
• IAGLR, ACARE partnership  Welcome new IAGLR board members  Student Travel support for IAGLR 2025
• Host an IAGLR Conference
• IAGLR 2025 update

Member News

• Kudos
• Welcome new members
• Member spotlight: Meet our SP2ARK Fellows Anna Hill, Julia Obuya, and Molly Wick

Community News

•  First World Lake Day this summer
• Technoscience the focus of new webinar series
• Canada Freshwater Challenge Fund created
• Call for coordinated monitoring of Great Lakes microplastics
• Great Lakes Blue Tech Challenge