SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (AP)-- Officials at Lake Superior State University say they're excited about the
prospect of opening a planned Center for Freshwater Research and Education now that they have backing from Governor Rick Snyder for the $12 million project.
Snyder included funding for the center Feb. 11 in his proposed $54 billion budget for the 2016 fiscal year.
The center would involve an expansion of the Upper Peninsula school's existing Aquatic Research Laboratory.
The university says it would be housed in a building near the Cloverland Electrical Cooperative power plant on the St. Marys River.
The Aquatic Research laboratory opened in 1977.