Sea Grant staff project faves, Elizabeth White
Our editor, Elizabeth White’s favorite 2020 project is her work on a story hour lesson plan for Anne Moser and the Wisconsin Water Library titled, “Can Water Be Sticky?”
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Sea Grant staff project faves, Yael Gen
This is the second in a series of posts about our staff members’ favorite projects from 2020. Our designer, Yael Gen’s favorite project is her work on our 2018-2020 Biennial Report.
River Talk explores wetland clashes on the St. Louis River Estuary
The November River Talk featured Dustin Haines, research coordinator for the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. His Zoom talk held in cooperation with Café Scientifique Twin Ports, was titled, ““Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash of Wetlands With Lake Levels, Invasives and Humans.”
Sea Grant staff project faves
As 2020 winds down, we asked staff members at Wisconsin Sea Grant what their favorite project was this year. Associate Director Jennifer Hauxwell shares her work with state and federal agencies to find outstanding research fellows to tackle Wisconsin’s water challenges.
Will you be eating Wisconsin’s state fruit this week?
Wisconsin is the leading producer of cranberries in the U.S., and it is the official state fruit! Learn how cranberries, and their growers, interact with water in many unique ways.
Shipwreck website holds stories of the Fitzgerald and other Great Lakes wrecks
The 45th anniversary of the loss of the iron ore freighter the Edmund Fitzgerald is this November (2020). The compelling tales of 760 other lakes Michigan and Superior shipwrecks can be found at wisconsinshipwrecks.org, a project of Sea Grant and the Wisconsin Historical Society.
River Talk explores the impact of water levels on the St. Louis River Estuary
The new season of River Talks began in October with two speakers who discussed the impacts of water level changes in the St. Louis River Estuary via Zoom. Brandon Krumwiede, Great Lakes geospatial coordinator with NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, presented, “Water Level Change Impacts in the St. Louis River Estuary.” And Hannah Burgstaler, freshwater fellow at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, presented, “St. Louis River Estuary Water Level and Canada Geese Population Effect on Manoomin Survival Rate.”
That Time I Organized a Sea Lamprey Taste Test
Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov reminisces about a demonstration project she publicized in 1996 that involved studying the overseas market potential for Great Lakes sea lamprey. It also involved eating them.
Pair Wisconsin fish with Wisconsin cheese curds on Oct. 15, national day to celebrate the squeaky delicacy
One of my favorite food experiences is taking a bite from a cheese curd. Sure, they’re small. I, however, stretch the pleasure into two bites of those odd shapes, the result of coagulating casein protein in milk and the separation of the milk into solid curds and liquid whey. Curds are part of the cheesemaking process and Read more about Pair Wisconsin fish with Wisconsin cheese curds on Oct. 15, national day to celebrate the squeaky delicacy[…]
Clean air and water valued in recent national poll
From now until Election Day on Nov. 3, every newspaper, newscast, news website and posts on social media platforms will be swelled to bursting with political polls, tracking races at every level of government. In addition to the so-called horse race polls there are plenty of polls on issues. One such issues poll recently caught Read more about Clean air and water valued in recent national poll[…]