Service Biologists Barbara Hosler(pictured above)and Anjanette Bowen participated in the Earth Day event held at Constitution Hall by staffing the Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species booth. Photo credit: Anjanette Bowen, USFWS.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) hosted their annual Earth Day Celebration at Constitution Hall in Lansing, Mich. on April 19, 2008. The celebration brought together more than 14 organizations and agencies to staff 55 educational displays that helped teach children about the Earth and issues impacting the Earth. More than 2,700 children attended the event from 31 area schools.

Service Biologists Barbara Hosler (East Lansing Field Office) and Anjanette Bowen (Alpena National Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office), along with Emily Finnell of the MDEQ Office of Great Lakes, staffed a display on Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species. The display included live sea lamprey, hands on invasive species specimens, and fish games. The lamprey were provided by the USGS Hammond Bay Biological Station located in Millersburg, Michigan.

For more information on the Earth Day Celebration, visit the Michigan DEQ's website at http://www.michigan.gov/deq.