UW–Madison Aquatic Sciences Center fisheries specialist Titus Seilheimer is one of the award recipients for the Lake Michigan Champions of Conservation, given annually for outstanding environmental achievements to help restore, improve, or enhance Lake Michigan and its watershed.
Wisconsin Sea Grant partners with Mount Mary University’s lauded fashion program to bring marine debris education to students.
Washburn and Wabeno high schools and the School of Options and Applied Research High School in Eagle River, Wisconsin won awards for their aquaponic systems.
The lesson plans, which blend art and science, complement Rebecca Hogue Wojahn’s book, “Saving our Sturgeon: Protecting Wisconsin’s Ancient Fish.”
Three Wisconsin educators will spend July 7-13, 2026, working alongside scientists aboard the United States Environmental Protection Agency research vessel Lake Guardian as part of the Lake Superior Shipboard Science Immersion. The immersion program is led by Sea Grant’s Center for Great Lakes Literacy, a network of Sea Grant educators throughout the Great Lakes region. The Center …
Wisconsin Sea Grant staff came away from the 2026 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference in May netting two top awards.
The hands-on lessons teach kids about bluff erosion, stormwater, and green infrastructure.
About 20 UW–Madison students got a unique – and very squishy – hands-on lesson in sustainability this spring when they learned to make leather from fish skin in a class called “Building a Sustainable Creative Practice.”