Call: (231) 941-2230 Home Services Business About GLEC Projects Contact Login GLEC Awarded Five Year USEPA National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) Contract (0 comments) October 4, 2021 - GLEC will continue to support the USEPA’s NARS program through a new five-year task order contract beginning in October 2021. GLEC has provided key contractor support to the NARS program since its inception in 2007. The NARS program provides an ongoing assessment of the ecological health and condition of coastal waters, lakes, wetlands, and rivers and streams in all conterminous U.S. ecoregions through a rotating schedule of field surveys, research, and reporting. GLEC and its subcontractors, including EnviroScience Inc., support all aspects of NARS, including field crew deployment and training; methods development; laboratory-based taxonomic and water quality research; logistics, data analysis, reporting, and communications. The total value of the 2021 to 2026 NARS contract is $35 million and is administered by the Office of Water’s Assessment and Watershed Protection Division in the Office of Science and Technology. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Back to News ← GLEC Providing Training and Logistics Support for the USEPA National Wetlands Condition Assessment 2021 Comments There are currently no comments New Comment Name required Email required (not published) Website optional Comment required Captcha required NELAP ACCREDITED GLEC operates one of only a few U.S. laboratories accredited for whole sediment toxicity testing. GLEC also maintains NELAP accreditation for chlorophyll and nutrient chemistry testing. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (ADEQ) ACCREDITED GLEC's Columbus, OH laboratory is ADEQ accredited for Acute Toxicity and Chronic Toxicity testing. Great Lakes Environmental Center 739 Hastings Street Traverse City, MI 49686 Phone: (231) 941-2230 Fax: (231) 941-2240 kbell@glec.com HomeProjectsNewsContact Copyright 2021 Great Lakes Environmental Center, Inc. | BytePages™ Content Management System Powered by Byte Productions, LLC