Earlier this fall, Molly Bodde joined Sea Grant as the aquatic invasive species (AIS) coordinator for southeast Wisconsin. (She’s pictured below, at right, along with Samantha Lammers of the Wisconsin DNR, at a waterfowl hunter outreach day.) Molly works closely with Sea Grant AIS Outreach Specialist Tim Campbell to connect Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee and Ozaukee Read more about Meet Molly Bodde: New-yet-familiar face joins the ongoing fight against aquatic invasive species[…]

The first River Talk of the season kicked off on Oct. 24 at the Estuarium on Barker’s Island in Superior, Wisconsin. People gathered to listen to Kelsey Prihoda, a researcher with the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, describe her work with groundwater. “Groundwater is a very limited resource,” Prihoda said. “Less Read more about Breaking ground on Wisconsin groundwater research[…]

Healthier habitats are coming back to the St. Louis River, which forms the far northwest border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Many natural resources agencies, researchers and nonprofit organizations are conducting the work. This progress means that the “Stories and Science of the St. Louis River Estuary” website (stlouisriverestuary.org) needs to keep pace with the progress. Thanks Read more about Restoration Progress Updated on St. Louis River Website[…]

Halloween is upon us. In this season of goblins and ghouls it also seems an appropriate time to ponder vampires, and in the context of the Great Lakes, the vampire fish. The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) has earned its moniker because of a rasping disk-shaped mouth outfitted with teeth that clamp onto a host fish’s Read more about Children of the Night? Nope, These Vampires are Round-the-Clock Terrors[…]

Anne Moser, senior special librarian for the Wisconsin Water Library, asked some of our Sea Grant staff members what the biggest challenges are facing the Great Lakes today. We are featuring their answers in a series of blog posts. This is the fifth and final post in the series. (Read Post 1, Post 2 and Post 3, and Post 4 if Read more about Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: Tim Campbell’s View[…]