<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/geoscience-student-receives-grand-prize-for-innovative-lake-management-project.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero/><unit>Faculty &amp; Staff,Research,Students,College of Natural Science,EES</unit><pubDate>12/15/2021</pubDate><title>Geoscience student receives grand prize for innovative lake management project</title><description><p>Addy Pletcher, an MSU senior majoring in environmental geosciences in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences within the College of Natural Science, received a grand prize in the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Freilich Visualization Competition for her innovative project to improve decision making for lake management related to harmful algal blooms.</p></description><author/><hero-image><img src="https://natsci.msu.edu/sites/_natsci/cache/file/C56C4E87-2C13-4954-9C54961C433E81C5_newsarticlehero.jpg" alt="Hero image"/></hero-image><image><img src="https://natsci.msu.edu/sites/_natsci/cache/file/C56C4E87-2C13-4954-9C54961C433E81C5_medium.jpg" alt="Hero image"/></image><tags><tag>harmful algal blooms</tag><tag>lake management</tag><tag>research</tag><tag>undergraduate students</tag></tags></item>