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# Wisconsin Sea Grant

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- [Clean air and water valued in recent national poll](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/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
- [WI Sea Grant Webinar - Increasing Your Research Impacts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wi-sea-grant-webinar-increasing-your-research-impacts/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/WebEx_Recordings/WI_SG_Webinar_Increasing_Your_Research_Impacts_20170421.mp4 Making Your Research More Meaningful for Stakeholders - Our Challenge to You

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- [Saving Our Sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/saving-our-sturgeon/) - For: Grade 6 – 8Topic: Great Lakes Fish and FishingSubject areas: Science, Social studies, ELA, Art For millennia, sturgeon swam the waterways of Wisconsin. Before the 1800s, an estimated eleven million sturgeon lived in Lake Michigan alone. Menominee and Ojibwe people depended on the fish for food and harvested them sustainably. But in the early
- [Resources for educators](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant works with education partners throughout Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Basin to develop educational resources centered around promoting Great Lakes learning. Each resource enables educators to teach Great Lakes Literacy Principles in formal and informal learning environments. For more information or assistance, send a message to the Water Librarian. In addition to
- [Lesson 3](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-3/)
- [Videos](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos-2/) - News Meet Wisconsin Sea Grant Voices of the Coast Aquaculture Aquatic Invasive Species Coastal Processes and Engineering Education, Students and Fellows Fish and Fisheries Groundwater Shipwrecks and Maritime History Water Quality
- [Media contacts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/media-contacts/) - Andrew Savagian Associate Director for Communications Phone: (608) 263-5371 Jenna Mertz Science Communicator Phone: (608) 262-6393
- [Great Lakes Eagle Health Project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas/great-lakes-eagle-health-project/) - The Great Lakes Bald Eagle Health Project has tracked reproduction success and contaminant levels in eagles across Wisconsin since 1990, with an emphasis on eagles nesting along the Great Lakes shorelines. A team of state, federal, and academic researchers are studying how contamination influences eagle health, which can also tell us how pollution impacts ecosystems
- [Lesson 6](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-6/)
- [Lesson 5](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-5/)
- [Lesson 4](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-4/)
- [Awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/awards/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant staff have been recognized for their accomplishments. The program's publications and websites have also received notice. Sea Grant has also awarded recognition of its own to valued advocates and partners.
- [Me and Debry!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/theater/) - A Grab-and-Go Education Kit For: Grade 5 – adultTopic: Marine Debris Prevention Me and Debry is a half-hour, whimsical, audience participation, theatrical performance about litter (marine debris) prevention. The rhyming script was written by David Daniel of American Players Theatre. It is designed for both formal and informal educational settings. The play “stars” two
- [Students Ask Scientists January 14, 2026](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/students-ask-scientists-january-14-2026/) - Making mercury toxic: microbial transformations of a global pollutant Mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin that can be found in high concentration in fish across the globe. Surprisingly, mercury levels in the environment are quite low compared to other forms of pollution. However, microorganisms in the environment can convert the mercury that is released into the
- [Project Team](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas/great-lakes-eagle-health-project/project-team/) - Our multidisciplinary project team consists of a federal, state, and academic researchers and technicians from our many project sponsors, including Wisconsin Sea Grant (part of the UW–Madison Aquatic Sciences Center), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Field Museum of
- [Great Lakes coastal engineering firms and contractors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/resources-for-property-owners/great-lakes-coastal-engineering-firms-and-contractors/) - “Disclaimer: This is not to be considered an endorsement of the companies on this list, nor warranty of services provided, and this list is not to be considered all inclusive of any and all companies that could offer this service. The following list of consulting firms is a partial list of known firms that have completed projects
- [Advisory bodies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/advisory-council/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant Advisory Council The council is appointed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor. Consisting of state leaders from academia; state, local and tribal government; industry; and the public, the council brings a wide variety of viewpoints to the program and helps ensure the program’s accountability to Sea Grant constituencies. The council meets two
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Summer Internship Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/summer-internships/) - The Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program provides high-impact educational opportunities by facilitating immersive, hands-on mentored research experiences in freshwater science across the 13 UW Institutions. The program’s central aim is to support the growth of our freshwater research enterprise and freshwater workforce through collaborative, cross-system programming designed to train, recruit, retain and diversify the next
- [Managing Your Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/managing-your-grant/) - Managing Sea Grant omnibus and program development grants The following requirements for managing grants from Wisconsin Sea Grant have been established by federal statute, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), or by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which houses Wisconsin Sea Grant. In addition to these requirements, you are also expected to follow your own
- [Students Ask Scientists November 6, 2025](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/students-ask-scientists-november-6-2025/) - Should I Stay, or Should I Go: Tracking partial migration frequency of yellow perch (Perca flavscens) Studying fish comes with many challenges, and one of the biggest is that they are constantly on the move. Because of this, tracking fish has become a major focus in aquatic science in recent years. With tools like acoustic
- [Join us for “Students Ask Scientists” on November 6, 2025](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-november-6-2025/) - Should I Stay, or Should I Go: Tracking partial migration frequency of yellow perch (Perca flavscens) Studying fish comes with many challenges, and one of the biggest is that they are constantly on the move. Because of this, tracking fish has become a major focus in aquatic science in recent years. With tools like acoustic
- [Students Ask Scientists October 7, 2025](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/students-ask-scientists-october-2025/) - 10,000 Years of Archaeology Below the Great Lake The Great Lakes of North America were once at much lower water levels, and during these times people, plants, and animals inhabited shorelines that are now submerged. Underwater archaeological research in the Great Lakes has revealed evidence that 9,000 years ago in Lake Huron people were hunting
- [ASC State Fellowship History](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/asc-state-fellowship-history/) - University of Wisconsin-Madison Aquatic Sciences Center State Postgraduate Fellowship History The Aquatic Sciences Center, home to both Wisconsin Sea Grant and the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute, has implemented a state postgraduate fellowship program since 2015, placing dozens of postdoctoral and post Master’s graduates with state agencies and with other partners to work on
- [Great Lakes Coastal Storms Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/great-lakes-coastal-storms-program/) - The Great Lakes Coastal Storms Program was a recently concluded regional effort led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to make Great Lakes coastal communities safer and more resilient to storm and weather hazards and climate change. Partnering with the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network, the Coastal Storms Program funded projects in the
- [Flood Resilience Scorecard](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/flood-resilience-scorecard/) - The Flood Resilience Scorecard (FRS) P-03396 (PDF) is a comprehensive flood planning checklist developed by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Climate and Health Program and UW Sea Grant. It aims to help local and regional governments assess past, current, and projected flooding impacts in their community and identify effective solutions to protect communities. To learn more
- [ROVe The Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/rove2/) - Middle and high school students can experience Great Lakes maritime history and underwater exploration with "ROVe the Great Lakes." These educational materials provide a rich learning experience aligned with Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Social Studies, Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards for Literacy and the Great Lakes Literacy Principles. Students will explore
- [Explore Lake Sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/explore-lake-sturgeon/) - Lake sturgeon, an ancient fish native to the Great Lakes region, can grow to be more than six feet long, 200 pounds, and live more than 100 years. This “dinosaur fish” has teetered on the brink of extinction since the late 19th century. But in Wisconsin, careful management over the last 100 years has allowed
- [Education and Workforce Development](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/) - The goal of Wisconsin Sea Grant’s education efforts is to increase Great Lakes literacy across a broad spectrum of people—from preschoolers to the public, from Ph.D. candidates to public officials. We recognize that education takes place in a wide variety of ways and settings, from classrooms to shipboard science workshops to local breweries hosting informal
- [Great Lakes BioBlitz](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz/) - Educators, students, families, youth groups, and the general public are invited to participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz, a community science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. This bioblitz focuses on the entire Great Lakes Basin US and Canada. It runs for four weeks. Who should
- [Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas/) - Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of over 5,000 chemicals that can be found in a variety of consumer and industrial products such as nonstick cookware, water‐repellent and stain‐repellent formulations, fire‐fighting foams, pesticides, surfactants, etc. PFAS can be found in groundwater, surface water, soil, air, plants, animals and humans. These chemicals can have
- [Contact](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas/great-lakes-eagle-health-project/contact/) - Contact Us: greatlakeseaglehealth@gmail.com Gavin Dehnert Project Co-lead Emerging Contaminants Scientist/Bander Wisconsin Sea Grant Aquatic Sciences Center Emily Cornelius Ruhs Project Co-leadEcoImmunologistField Museum of Natural History
- [Results](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfas/great-lakes-eagle-health-project/results/) - Results from the research will help guide future studies in the region and shed light on the health impacts of PFAS exposure to wildlife species and bioavailability of contaminants. Moreover, these results will show how top predator species play a role as indicator species in this region for emerging contaminants like PFAS. Understanding the impacts
- [Aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/aquaculture/) - Aquaculture is a dynamic, $21 million dollar industry in Wisconsin, with the potential to grow. Wisconsin is home to many successful aquaculture and aquaponics businesses that are poised to expand, and new businesses are yet to be formed. Nurturing the growth of Wisconsin's aquaculture industry helps provide a sustainable, domestic alternative to imported fish and
- [Aquatic invasive species (AIS)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/) - The Great Lakes have experienced ecological changes brought about by aquatic invasive species such as sea lampreys, alewives, zebra mussels, round gobies, ruffe and white perch. Wisconsin Sea Grant is a leader in research and outreach related to these aquatic nuisance species. Current efforts focus on educating the public about quagga mussels and other invasive
- [Plastic Panic!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/plastic-panic-kit/) - A grab and go teaching kit Updated Summer 2023! Model the journey water takes at a Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) through a series of hands-on steps around a tabletop model. Learn about our microplastic pollution problem, and discover what happens to the pollutants as they enter and pass through a WWTP. The kit with the
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant 2026-28 Omnibus Funding](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/omnibus-funding/) - Full proposal deadline is 3 p.m., CST, Friday, May 2, 2025 The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is inviting research and education project proposals for the next two-year grant period that begins February 1, 2026. Proposals must be led by an investigator who is a faculty member or person with principal investigator status
- [Program documents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/biennial-report/) - 24-26 Project and People Directory This handy reference includes details about the Sea Grant research projects to take place during these two years, as well as the outreach initiatives. Program Fact Sheet Sea Grant is locally focused and for more than 50 years, has been fostering the sustainable use of Wisconsin’s Great Lakes. Check out
- [About](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is a statewide program of basic and applied research, education, outreach and technology transfer dedicated to the stewardship and sustainable use of the nation's Great Lakes and ocean resources. Headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the institute is housed in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research's Aquatic Sciences Center. (See our
- [Students Ask Scientists 2025](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/students-ask-scientist-2025/) - Where Language, Communication, and Aquatic Invasive Species Management Meet Invasive species in our lakes and rivers are often a result of human behavior. People accidentally and intentionally move species around and introduce them into new habitats, where they may cause both environmental and economic harm. Luckily, with thoughtful education, human behavior can be changed and the
- [Community-Engaged Research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/community-engaged-research/) - “Nothing about us, without us, is for us.” This powerful slogan popularized by the disability rights movement, has many applications today, including community-engaged research endeavors. It is an important reminder that in order for engagement to be truly meaningful, we must engage those most affected by research activities. Communities, as defined by the Community Science
- [Collaborative Reporting Meeting](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/collaborative-reporting-meeting/) - Program Presenters Acknowledgements Links Recordings Program February 1st All times are Central Standard Time Zone 12:00 – 12:15 Welcome and charge to the group from Melissa Boyce from Wisconsin Sea Grant (WISG) and Katie Lea from Louisiana Sea Grant (LASG) 12:15 – 1:15 Susan Holmes, National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) presents the WHAT & WHY of
- [Research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/) - Science for the sustainable use and conservation of the Great Lakes is at the heart of what we do, and it is part of our charge from Congress as one of 34 state-level Sea Grant programs nationwide. Wisconsin Sea Grant plays an important role in administering state, regional, and even national scale research projects. We
- [Scholarship and fellowship opportunities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/scholarship-and-fellowship-opportunities/) - Fellowships Current and Past State Postgraduate Fellows Current and Past State Postgraduate Fellows John A. Knauss Marine (and Great Lakes) Policy Fellowship Applicant due date: February 19, 2025 (5 pm Central) The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is accepting applications from graduate students statewide for the National Sea Grant College Program’s John A.
- [Partners and collaborators](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/partners-and-collaborators/) - The work of Wisconsin Sea Grant scientists and staff is closely connected to the needs of government, industry and citizens at the local, state, regional, national and international levels. The work is done with myriad collaborators. State, regional, national, tribal and bi-national government 1854 Treaty Authority Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Bad River Band of
- [Lesson Two Feedback Form](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-2/lesson-two-feedback-form/)
- [Lesson Two Educator Feedback Form](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-2/lesson-2-educator-feedback-form/)
- [Lesson 2 Background](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/lesson-2-background/)
- [Sign up for e-news](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/sign-up-for-enews/) - Sign up for email alerts for all new news stories.
- [Greater impacts through actionable science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/greater-impacts-through-actionable-science/) - What is actionable science? At Wisconsin Sea Grant, we passionately believe in the role of science in society, and we support multidisciplinary research, education and outreach for the protection and sustainable use of Wisconsin’s water resources. Providing good, unbiased science to our public and our policy makers of the state and Great Lakes region is
- [Our Work](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/) - For more than 50 years, Wisconsin Sea Grant has been bringing science to coastal communities to foster thriving economies and lifestyles. These are the main focus areas of that work. Aquaculture Aquatic invasive species Coastal processes and engineering Education Emerging contaminants Fish and fisheries Mapping and GIS Resilient coastal communities Social science Water quality
- [Social science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/social-science/) - Milwaukee Beach Ambassador Program: Educating the public about water safety Issues of water safety in the Great Lakes have exacerbated in recent years due to a national lifeguard shortage, closing of public pools, ineffective signage, changing water levels and issues of climate-induced environmental conditions inspiring a “call to action” among four water and environmental justice-focused
- [Lesson 1 Feedback Form](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-1/lesson-1-feedback-form/)
- [Lesson 2 The Coastal Features and Processes of the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-2/)
- [Lesson 1 Background](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-1/lesson-1-background/)
- [Lesson 1](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-1/)
- [Lesson 2 Background](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/lesson-2/lesson-2-background/)
- [Coastal Engineering](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/coastal-engineering/)
- [Actionable science student opportunities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/actionable-science-student-opportunities/) - Read about actionable science here: Greater impacts through actionable science Actionable science student opportunities at Wisconsin Sea Grant Outreach staff at Wisconsin Sea Grant regularly participate in events that involve sharing the results and benefits of Sea Grant-supported research with the community. We offer travel funding to Sea Grant- and Water Resources Institute-supported graduate students
- [Resources](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/) - Sea Grant Publications Visit our publications website to find fact sheets, brochures, books, posters and more on a wide range of topics. Wisconsin Water Library This library collects, preserves and provides science-based resources in support of Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Water Resources Institute. Eat Wisconsin Fish Learn where to buy Wisconsin fish (both caught
- [Water quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is dedicated to enhancing the quality of coastal waters of lakes Michigan and Superior. We achieve this by developing local capacity to improve and protect water resources and educating Great Lakes basin residents, visitors and decision-makers about the causes and consequences of water-quality problems. Wisconsin Sea Grant provides science-based information about the
- [Virtual Beach](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/) - Virtual Beach is a free software program for Windows that enables coastal beach managers, public health professionals, and applied researchers to efficiently develop and operate water-quality models to inform beach-specific decisions on whether to issue (or lift) swim advisories/closures on a given day. What is Virtual Beach? Beaches provide coastal communities with substantial economic, social and health benefits. Along
- [Should I Create A Model For My Beach?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/should-i-create-a-model-for-my-beach/) - A predictive water quality model is a tool that may work wonderfully for predicting bacteria levels at your beach while both REDUCING the number of bacteria samples you need to collect during the swim season and STILL protecting public safety. However, a predictive model is not an appropriate tool for every beach. Using predictive water
- [Online Data Sources](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/online-data-sources/) - To develop a Virtual Beach (VB) model, one needs historical data on water quality from two or more beach seasons, together with potentially related environmental conditions, such as stream discharge, antecedent rainfall, wave height, waterfowl, etc. Depending on the beach, many if not all of these data will be available online, for free. Water Quality &
- [What is Virtual Beach?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/what-is-virtual-beach/) - Beaches provide coastal communities with substantial economic, social and health benefits. Along the U.S. Great Lakes coast, an estimated 8 million people visit beaches each year. Unfortunately, some information commonly used to evaluate water quality, communicate health risks and prioritize remediation efforts are 24 hours old, meaning swimmers can be swimming when conditions are not safe. Conversely, swimmers may
- [Special message from the Sea Grant director](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/special-message-from-the-sea-grant-director/) - April 30, 2024 The National Sea Grant College Program is a federal-state-university partnership with 34 programs across the nation, including the Wisconsin program. Because federal dollars contribute to our ability to meet the needs of Wisconsin’s coastal communities, and in service to the Great Lakes ecosystem, we pay attention to funding levels. For the federal
- [Harbor Corrosion Photo Gallery](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/harbor-corrosion-photo-gallery/) - 2007 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS - COUPON SAMPLE RETRIEVAL [masterslider id="8"] 2007 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS - DULUTH-SUPERIOR HARBOR CORROSION PICTURES 2007 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS - EXAMPLES OF CORROSION IN OTHER GREAT LAKES HARBORS & MARINAS 2006 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS MISCELLANEOUS
- [Great Lakes Gallery](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/great-lakes-gallery/) - GREAT LAKES LANDSCAPES GREAT LAKES CITIES GREAT LAKES ISLANDS AND BAYS GREAT LAKES CONNECTING WATERWAYS
- [Great Lakes, Great Read in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-great-read-in-wisconsin/) - The launch of our full website in Wisconsin has been delayed. Please check back on April 24, 2024. Welcome to the “one book, one community” program designed to inspire passion and connection to the Great Lakes Watershed through reading. Whether you live near the Great Lakes or far away, their beauty, history, and significance are
- [The Best Part of US](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/great-lakes-great-read-the-best-part-of-us/) - In the award-winning The Best Part of Us, Sally Cole-Misch ties readers to Great Lakes roots, charting the story of a young girl torn between her natural history and urban realities. Explore what shaped the story, and Sally, below before reading more about the adventures of Beth. ABOUT THE STORY Beth cherishes her family's summers
- [The Water Walker](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-great-read-the-water-walker/) - The 2024/2025 Great Lakes, Great Read selection for children's book is The Water Walker, written and illustrated by Joanne Robertson. The Water Walker weaves the author’s deep Ojibwe history with current challenges facing the Great Lakes. ABOUT THE STORY The story of a determined Ojibwe Grandmother (Nokomis) Josephine-ba Mandamin and her great love for Nibi (water). Nokomis
- [Great Lakes BioBlitz 2024](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz-2024/) - Educators, students, families, youth groups, and the general public are invited to participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz, a community science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. This bioblitz focuses on the entire Great Lakes Basin US and Canada. It runs for four weeks. Who should
- [Enjoy the St. Louis River Estuary Safely](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/enjoy-the-st-louis-river-estuary-safely/) - Between the Fond du Lac Dam and Minnesota and Wisconsin points, the St. Louis River Estuary is becoming a destination for many types of water recreation. Thanks to pollution remedies and controls combined with habitat restoration, the river is cleaner than it has been in decades. Despite these improvements, there are still safety hazards to
- [Resilient coastal communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/) - Wisconsin boasts more than 1,000 miles of Great Lakes shoreline along both Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. Wisconsin Sea Grant provides trusted, expert advice on issues related to coastal hazards, coastal engineering and watershed planning along these shorelines. Videos Watch videos related to coastal communities on our YouTube channel. Current research and outreach Browse our
- [Great Lakes BioBlitz Webinar 2024](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz-webinar-2024/) - Please join us on Zoom on April 10 to learn about how community science data is used in research. Register: https://go.wisc.edu/xjy402
- [Mapping and GIS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/mapping-and-gis/) - Many of the issues facing the Great Lakes are complex and dynamic. A science-based adaptive management approach for assessing and understanding Great Lakes coastal processes and ecosystem health across multiple scales of space and time as envisioned by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative requires new and innovative tools. Mapping data from multiple sources must be
- [Fish and fisheries](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/fish-and-fisheries/) - Great Lakes fisheries are under stress, and new management approaches must be found to cope with these difficult challenges. The list of needed research encompasses fish biology and population dynamics, habitat and ecosystem health, toxic chemical contaminants, the potential effects of climate change, socioeconomic impacts and conflict resolution. Recent Wisconsin Sea Grant-supported fisheries research has
- [Emerging Contaminants](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/) - Emerging contaminants, or contaminants of emerging concern, refers to different chemicals that can include pharmaceutical care products, household cleaning products, industrial products, agricultural products, surfactants and more. These chemicals can be consistently found throughout the environment including groundwater, surface water, drinking water, soil, and air. As emerging contaminants accumulate in the environment, they bioaccumulate in
- [Coastal processes and engineering](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/) - Natural coastal hazards along the Great Lakes affect municipalities, homeowners and businesses. As the demands of coastal development and investment continue to increase, so do the possibilities for increased loss of valuable property, habitat and life. Sound coastal engineering information on coastal erosion, waves, rip currents, changing water levels, flooding potentials, bluff instability and best
- [Aquatic Invaders Attack Pack](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/aquatic-invader-attack-pack/) - The Aquatic Invaders Attack Pack is filled with materials to help teach groups about Great Lakes aquatic invasive species (AIS), the problems they cause and what can be done about them. Each pack includes preserved specimens of some of the most problematic AIS in the Great Lakes, rugged plastic fact sheets and a classroom
- [Attack Pack: A Grab-and-Go Teaching Tool](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/attack-pack-a-grab-and-go-teaching-tool/) - The Aquatic Invaders Attack Pack is a rucksack filled with materials to help teach students and other groups about Great Lakes aquatic invasive species (AIS), the problems they cause and what can be done about them. Each pack includes preserved specimens of some of the most problematic AIS in the Great Lakes, rugged plastic fact
- [Mission and vision statements](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/mission-and-vision/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant mission statement Support and enhance the sustainable use, conservation and health of Great Lakes resources and the well-being of Great Lakes communities through research, education and outreach. Wisconsin Sea Grant vision statement A future with diverse, thriving coastal communities and ecosystems that are supported by an engaged, environmentally literate public and informed
- [Job boards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/career-resources/job-boards-and-listings/) - This page has a list of resources to assist students in their job search. If you have any recommendations for additional resources please contact Jennifer Hauxwell, Assistant Director for Research and Student Engagement at jennifer.hauxwell@aqua.wisc.edu. American Fisheries Society https://fisheries.org/employment/jobs/ Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography https://aslo.org/page/jobs California Coastal Commission http://www.coastal.ca.gov/jobs/ Cape Cod Commercial
- [National impacts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/impacts/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is one of 34 programs in the continental United States, as well as Guam, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Collectively, these programs have a large impact on the health and vitality of the nation's economy and ecosystems.
- [debry test](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/debry-test/)
- [Planning and Mapping: Geodesign to Guide Green Stormwater Infrastructure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/green-infrastructure/planning-and-mapping/) - It is challenging to communicate the benefits and costs of green stormwater infrastructure, especially in comparison to conventional “gray” infrastructure. Environmental resource managers need an easy-to-use tool to measure and visualize the incremental contributions that different green stormwater infrastructure practices can make to meet community stormwater capture and infiltration goals, combined with a way to
- [Great Lakes Basin Map](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/great-lakes-basin-map/) - This 7 foot by 10 foot vinyl Great Lakes Basin map illustrates the 2,212 mile journey from the tip of Lake Superior out to the Atlantic Ocean. The map includes a depth profile of the lakes and major rivers within the system, shows the direction and volume of flow through each of the lakes, and
- [Fish-o-pedia: A Grab-and-Go Teaching Tool](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/fish-o-pedia-a-grab-and-go-teaching-tool/) - The Fish-o-pedia Pack is an education pack filled with materials to help teach students and other groups about Great Lakes fish. Each pack includes average size vinyl cutouts of twelve native and non-native Great Lakes fish. The pack also contains the Fish-o-Pedia cards – filled with facts and figures about each of the species and
- [Professional Learning Opportunities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/professional-development-opportunities/) - Throughout the year, Wisconsin Sea Grant offers teachers the opportunity to participate in shipboard and other hands-on experiences centered around the Great Lakes Literacy Principles. The Center for Great Lakes Literacy (CGLL) is a collaborative effort led by Sea Grant educators throughout the Great Lakes watershed that provides basin-wide experiences, educational resources and networking opportunities that
- [Career resources](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/career-resources/) - Job boards Browse our list of job boards for help with your job search. Exploring career paths Choosing a career can be a daunting process. These two resources can help aid your decision-making: The National Sea Grant Program Office offers general information about careers in marine biology, oceanography, coastal engineering, social science and related fields.
- [Trash Trunk: a Grab and Go Teaching Tool](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/trash-trunk/) - The Trash Trunk is designed for both formal and informal educational settings. The loanable trunk contains an Educator’s Guide with fourteen lessons and activities reprinted from a variety of sources, informational display cards and supporting materials needed to perform the activities. The activities are presented in three sections addressing the origins of marine debris, its
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant 2023 Great Lakes Champion Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/awards/wisconsin-sea-grant-2021-great-lakes-champion-award/) - Those eligible for the inaugural WI Sea Grant 2021 Great Lakes Champion Award are a group, program, organization, business or individual demonstrating exceptional commitment to and work on behalf of the Great Lakes.
- [Great Lakes BioBlitz 2023](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz-2023/) - Educators, students, families, youth groups, and the general public are invited to participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz! What is the Great Lakes BioBlitz? A bioblitz is a community science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. This bioblitz focuses on the entire Great Lakes Basin US
- [Duluth/Superior Accelerated Corrosion Studies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/duluth-superior-accelerated-corrosion-studies/) - Discovery of the Problem and Early Work In the mid 1990’s, it was determined that the steel sheet piling in the Duluth-Superior Harbor was corroding at an accelerated rate. Based on observations of both older and new sheet pile installations, the increased rate of corrosion appears to have begun in the late 1970s. Underwater inspections
- [Search](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/search/)
- [Lake Talks speaker series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/lake-talks/) - The Lake Talks was a series of free, informal talks--either online or in communities near the Lake Michigan shoreline--that address issues of relevance to those communities or the Great Lakes as a whole. Each event included time for audience interaction and discussion. The series kicked off March 4, 2020, with an event in Green Bay.
- [50th anniversary mural](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/mural/) - Science-themed artwork unveiled Oct. 15, 2022, at Sturgeon Bay City Hall To celebrate its 50th anniversary year, Wisconsin Sea Grant unveiled a work of public art on Oct. 15, 2022, at Sturgeon Bay City Hall. It will remain above the main entrance to City Hall at least through 2023. The mural focuses on the Lake
- [Call for artists: 50th anniversary project with City of Sturgeon Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/50th-anniversary-artwork/) - Celebrating Great Lakes science and a vibrant coastal community through an original artwork in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Access a PDF version of this information (for easy printing) Go directly to the online application form (on Airtable) The application period is now closed. (All applications were due by 11:59 p.m. central time, May 15, 2022.) Summary:
- [Podcasts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/) - Listing of all our current and past podcasts.
- [Evaluating the risk from PFAS in your drinking water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/evaluating-the-risk-from-pfas-in-your-drinking-water/) - Use our online tool to interpret your PFAS drinking water results. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) uses groundwater standards and a hazard index approach to protect people from PFAS in drinking water. Our online tool compares the PFAS levels in a drinking water sample to the recommended groundwater standards, calculates the hazard index,
- [Great Lakes BioBlitz 2022](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz-2022/) - Educators, students and families, and students are invited to participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz! What is the Great Lakes BioBlitz? A bioblitz is a communal citizen-science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. This bioblitz focuses on the entire Great Lakes Basin (US) and Ontario. It
- [Great Lakes BioBlitz 2022](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz-2022-photo-contest/) - Photo Contest for photographers 18 and under We want to celebrate your outdoor photography and through it, encourage others to get outside, too. Your 2022 BioBlitz photograph(s) may be featured as a banner image next year in our BioBlitz projects. Ten winners will be chosen – one for each of the 9 local BioBlitz projects
- [Toxicology Lab](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/toxicology-lab/) - Our laboratory is studying the molecular, biochemical, organismal and ecological impacts of emerging contaminants on environmental and human heath while understanding the toxicological connections between people and their environment. Gavin Dehnert – Emerging Contaminant Scientist Bio: I went to undergraduate school at the University of Miami (FL) where I received a B.S. in marine science
- [DHS Tool](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/evaluating-the-risk-from-pfas-in-your-drinking-water/dhs-tool/)
- [Pesticides](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/emerging-contaminants/pesticides/) - Millions of kilograms of pesticides are used in both agricultural and aquatic ecosystems around the world to combat, control and eradicate nuisance species. Pesticides can enter aquatic ecosystems through direct or indirect pathways and persist for prolonged periods in the environment. Although pesticides are designed for specific purposes, they can have negative impacts on nontarget
- [Green Infrastructure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/green-infrastructure/) - Around the world, cities are adopting green infrastructure to help store, absorb and filter precipitation. Green infrastructure can be implemented on a small site scale, neighborhood scale or community-wide scale and performs two important functions — protecting water quality and reducing the quantity of stormwater runoff. This website provides tools and resources related to policy,
- [What is Green Infrastructure?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/green-infrastructure/what-is-green-infrastructure/) - There are many definitions of green infrastructure which have circulated in literature and dialogue in recent years. Many of these definitions focus on the varying benefits or uses of green infrastructure practices, such as enhancing biodiversity or filtrating polluted runoff. Our definition is simply stated as green infrastructure for urban stormwater management. Wisconsin Sea Grant,
- [Costs and Savings](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/green-infrastructure/what-is-green-infrastructure/financing/) - The costs associated with implementing green infrastructure include the initial project costs and annual maintenance costs, but also the savings achieved by using green infrastructure over other forms of stormwater management. Wisconsin Sea Grant, 2020. Collection of Green Infrastructure Costs.An internally generated spreadsheet of green infrastructure costs, including capital costs, maintenance costs and material costs
- [Policy: An Audit of Municipal Codes and Ordinances to Tackle Barriers to Green Infrastructure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/green-infrastructure/policy/) - Outdated and ambiguous local regulations can have a broad impact on implementation of green infrastructure — and often will directly or indirectly discourage or prohibit its use. Cooperation among county and municipal staff in planning, public works, urban forestry and parks is key to overcoming barriers to green infrastructure in communities. Tackling Barriers to Green
- [Videos](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/)
- [Program fact sheet](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/program-fact-sheet/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""]Sea Grant is locally focused and for more than 50 years, has been fostering the sustainable use of Wisconsin's Great Lakes. Check out some of the program's job-creation, student-supporting and stakeholder-assistance numbers with this fact sheet. Contact us at (608) 262-0905 or moira@aqua.wisc.edu if you need this material
- [Great Lakes BIOTIC Symposium](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/great-lakes-biotic-symposium/) - The Great Lakes Sea Grant Network hosted the Great Lakes Briefs on Invasive Organisms Traded in Commerce (BIOTIC) Symposium in Milwaukee, Wis., on June 3 and 4, 2014. The symposium was supported by the Wisconsin and Minnesota Sea Grant Programs and aimed to advance knowledge and understanding of organisms in trade (OIT) invasion pathway. The
- [2021 NOAA Aquaculture funding - Early Stage Propagation Strategies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/2021-noaa-aquaculture-funding-early-stage-propagation-strategies/) - Early Stage Propagation Strategies for Aquaculture Species Subject to the availability of funding, Sea Grant anticipates approximately $4,000,000 will be available for research projects and programs that will develop and refine early stage propagation strategies (e.g. reproduction, hatchery, and/or nursery strategies) for aquaculture species excluding selected marine finfish species for food. A total of 19
- [2021 NOAA Aquaculture funding - Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Juvenile Production Technologies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/2021-noaa-aquaculture-funding-marine-finfish-aquaculture-juvenile-production-technologies/) - Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Juvenile Production Technologies Subject to the availability of funding, Sea Grant anticipates approximately $5,000,000 will be available for research projects and programs that will advance marine finfish juvenile production technologies for aquaculture. The overall goal is to develop and refine reproduction/broodstock, hatchery, and/or nursery strategies enabling the reliable production of sufficient quantities
- [NOAA Environmental Literacy Program Funding Opportunity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/noaa-environmental-literacy-program-funding-opportunity/) - The NOAA Office of Education has issued a competitive funding opportunity for projects that develop the collective environmental literacy necessary for communities to take actions that build resilience to extreme weather and climate change in ways that contribute to community health, social cohesion, and socio-economic equity. This funding opportunity is soliciting two types of projects
- [Management team](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/about/management-team-biographies/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/4" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="3/4" center="no" class=""]James Hurley assumed the directorship of Wisconsin Sea Grant on May 1, 2012. Hurley has a Ph.D. in water chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to his director position, Hurley holds a 25 percent faculty appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University
- [Resources for Distance Learning](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/resources-for-distance-learning/) - During this unprecedented time, Wisconsin Sea Grant is pleased to share Great Lakes literacy resources for educators and families to use during school closures due to COVID-19. In addition to the resources below, check out the following: Explore the Great Lakes Explore Lake Sturgeon Explore the Caddisfly Explore the Burbot Explore Shipwreck Stories Explore Aquatic
- [Rip currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/rip-currents/) - Rip currents occur where a longshore current meets a physical barrier such as a peninsula, headland, long groin, harbor breakwater, nearshore reef or shoal and is deflected lakeward. Rip currents occur in fresh water, not just saltwater. These currents also occur along an open beach where there is less resistance to lakeward flow, such as
- [Great Lakes Quests](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-quests/) - Great Lakes Quests are virtual learning activities about coastal topics in Wisconsin that use interactive story maps. Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center collaborated to develop these activities. The Quests are inspired by the century-old British tradition of letterboxing, in which clue-driven activities encourage people to get out in nature to
- [Trimming Our Sails 2021](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/professional-development-opportunities/trimming-our-sails-2021/) - Take a deep dive with Sea Grant this summer and investigate maritime underwater shipwrecks and how aquatic invasive species impact water quality, the food web, and shipwrecks over a two day workshop series. Day one explores maritime archaeology and Great Lakes shipwrecks with a feature presentation by Tamara Thomsen, maritime archaeologist, photographer, researcher, and research
- [Fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/) - Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) When springtime spawning stress (along with temperature fluctuations and the fish's lack of complete adaptation to fresh water) cause die-offs, Great Lakes beaches can be covered with dead and dying fish. Read more... Bighead Carp (Aristichthys nobilis) The big head carp does not have a true stomach so it must constantly eat. Read more...
- [Great Lakes infrastructure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/great-lakes-infrastructure/) - Failing coastal wood infrastructure on the Great Lakes Aging wood infrastructure on the Great Lakes is on the rise. Explore the reasons why this is happening and what can be done about it. Climate change implications and adaptation strategies A changing Wisconsin climate will bring challenges to ports, harbors and marinas. There could be changes
- [Maintenance](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/green-infrastructure/maintenance/) - Most green infrastructure practices require some form of regular maintenance in order to continue to provide their many benefits. Here is a list of resources that can help you explore the maintenance requirements of green infrastructure. American Rivers. Staying Green: Strategies to Improve Operations and Maintenance of Green Infrastructure in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This
- [Why Green Infrastructure?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/green-infrastructure/why-green-infrastructure/) - Green infrastructure can provide many benefits to a community, including flood mitigation, improved water quality, reduced heat island effect, habitat for wildlife and socioeconomic improvements. Here is a list of resources that can help you explore and define the value of green infrastructure for your community. American Rivers, American Society of Landscape Architects, ECONorthwest and
- [Great Lakes Bioblitz 2020](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz-2020/) - CLICK FOR 2021 Great Lakes BioBlitz Educators, families, and students are invited to participate in the Great Lakes Bioblitz! The bioblitz will take place in yards and other outdoor spaces that respect the stay home and social distancing practices required at this time. What is the Great Lakes Bioblitz? A bioblitz is an event that focuses
- [Great Lakes BioBlitz 2021](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz-2021/) - Educators, students and families, and students are invited to participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz! What is the Great Lakes BioBlitz? A bioblitz is a communal citizen-science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. This bioblitz focuses on the entire Great Lakes Basin (US) and Ontario. It
- [Lake Michigan Shipwrecks and Aquatic Invasive Species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/shipwrecks-aquatic-invasive-species/) - Zebra and quagga mussels have dramatically changed the ecology of the Great Lakes. Learn about the impact they are having on the historical underwater treasures in Lake Michigan using a story map created for us by Great Lakes educator, Perry Smith, a 4th grade teacher at the Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary School in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin.
- [ROVe Pack: a grab-and-go teaching tool](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/for-educators/rove-pack-a-grab-and-go-teaching-tool/) - Middle-school students can experience the engineering process while learning about Great Lakes maritime history and underwater exploration with this loanable pack. ROVe (Remotely Operated Vehicles and Engineering) provides a rich learning experience aligned to the engineering principles found in the Next Generation Science Standards. The ROVe Pack provides the lesson plan and equipment necessary for
- [Wisconsin Coastal Beaches Workgroup](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/wisconsin-coastal-beaches-workgroup/) - The Wisconsin Coastal Beaches Workgroup (WCBW) is for professionals, researchers and funders involved in managing and improving Wisconsin’s 200+ Great Lakes beaches. The group was established in 2015 to facilitate: Information sharing Coordination and leveraging Stakeholder input Research guidance Funding connections The WCBW Steering Committee works to achieve tangible, high-priority objectives as identified by workgroup
- [Harbor dredging](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/harbor-dredging/) - Finding new beneficial use ideas Coastal Engineer Gene Clark is working with a new group of investigators on finding additional uses for harbor dredge materials. This video provides further background. List of manufacturers of portable* dredges The list is believed to be reasonably current and inclusive but some firms may have been unintentionally omitted.
- [Accelerated freshwater harbor corrosion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/accelerated-freshwater-harbor-corrosion/) - Duluth/Superior accelerated corrosion studies Steel sheet piling in the Duluth-Superior Harbor is corroding at an unusually accelerated rate. This rate of corrosion is similar to that commonly observed in saltwater ports, but not seen in freshwater environments. In addition, corrosion to this extent has not been documented in other Great Lakes ports and harbors. Based
- [Resources for property owners](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/resources-for-property-owners/) - Coastal hazards like erosion and flooding along Wisconsin’s Great Lakes coasts can threaten homes, businesses and infrastructure. Below is a list of available re­sources and tools that can help: Understand coastal hazards Assess your vulnerability Review options for addressing coastal hazards Implement Actions This list is also available as a printable PDF document While these
- [A Deep Dive Into Shipwreck Stories](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/deep-dive-into-shipwrecks-stories/) - It's time to explore the stories of Great Lakes shipwrecks using Wisconsin Sea Grant’s wisconsinshipwrecks.org website. You will learn some terms and geography of the Great Lakes and use your new knowledge to complete a crossword puzzle, go on a scavenger hunt using shipwreck clues, explore Great Lakes attractions and consider how studying shipwrecks may
- [Lake Ontario](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/lake-ontario/) - The opposite of Lake Superior in almost every way, Lake Ontario is the easternmost, lowest in elevation, smallest in surface area and perhaps the most polluted Great Lake. As the last lake in the chain, Ontario receives the accumulation of contaminants from the other Great Lakes in addition to the agricultural runoff, and urban and
- [Lake Erie](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/lake-erie/) - Lake Erie is the fourth-largest Great Lake and the world's twelfth largest freshwater lake. Erie is about 210 miles long, 57 miles wide and about 570 feet above sea level. Bordered by Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Lake Erie has 856 miles of shoreline, giving it a surface area of just over 9,900 square
- [Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/lake-michigan/) - Lake Michigan is the third largest Great Lake and the fifth largest lake in the world. Bordered by Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, it is the only Great Lake that lies entirely within the boundaries of the U.S. Its name comes from the Algonkian Indian word for it, "Michigami" (or "Misschiganin"), meaning "large body of water."
- [How They Were Made](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/how-they-were-made/) - Thousands of years ago, the melting mile-thick glaciers of the Wisconsin Ice Age left the North American continent a magnificent gift: five fantastic freshwater seas collectively known today as the Great Lakes -- Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. From the westernmost tip of Lake Superior at Duluth, Minn., to the easternmost tip of Lake Ontario
- [Explore the Caddisfly](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/explore-the-mighty-caddisfly/) - Caddisflies are aquatic insects that use materials from the stream to build themselves a protective case. Watch as Craig Halker from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) talks about the caddisflies he found in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Test your knowledge (and learn more!) Activity sheet in PDF, Word, as a Google Doc
- [Explore the Burbot](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/explore-burbot/) - Deep in the waters of the Great Lakes lives the only freshwater member of the cod family, the burbot (Lota lota). Known by many other names, including the lawyer and the eelpout, the burbot is a predator that lives near the bottom of lakes. Burbot are solitary predators that feed on smaller fish but when
- [Bighead Carp Sampling Techniques](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/bighead-carp-sampling-techniques/) - Standard fisheries sampling techniques used by most professionals may not be as effective for surveying silver and bighead carp. However, by modifying existing methods and creating new ones refined by experts, we can better sample these fish. Here, you can find demonstrations by fisheries professionals, for fisheries professionals. This series is brought to you by
- [Fish ID](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/fish-id/)
- [Color the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/color-the-great-lakes/) - For educators, families, students and any who loves the Great Lakes, Wisconsin Sea Grant staff have created coloring sheets to celebrate our great watershed. When your work of art is finished, we would love to see it! You can: Send a picture of it to askwater@aqua.wisc.edu Tweet it to @WiscWaterLib and @UWiscSeaGrant. Post your masterpiece
- [Education and Outreach](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/great-lakes-biotic-symposium/education-and-outreach/) - Habitattitude for Wisconsin: Providing an Alternative to Pet Release Tim Campbell, UW Sea GrantTodd Verboomen, East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning CommissionJamie Kozloski, Kingdom Animalia Exotic Animal Rescue Pet release occurs in Wisconsin, and while the Habitattitude recommendations are useful, the mechanism for those recommendations aren’t always present. To provide pet owners with a convenient alternative to pet
- [Regulations](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/great-lakes-biotic-symposium/regulations/) - Approaches to Regulating Invasive Species in Trade: Species vs. Pathways Stephanie Showalter Otts, National Sea Grant Law Center Two legal approaches to address invasive species–species and pathway management. The focus until very recently has been species management. Species listings can be black lists, which restrict species identified as harmful, or white lists, which restrict all species not
- [Synthesis Presentations](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/great-lakes-biotic-symposium/synthesis-presentations/) - Aquaculture The HACCP Approach to Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species by Aquaculture and Baitfish Operations Ron Kinnunen, Michigan Sea Grant Unnecessary, poorly designed or unenforceable regulations are costly to government and the industry. The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Approach (HACCP) is a preventative and flexible approach that can reduce the risk
- [Industry Perspectives](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/great-lakes-biotic-symposium/industry-perspectives/) - Horticulture Invasives Prevention - A Look Back and to the Future Craig Regelbrugge, AmericanHort AmericanHort was launched in January 2014 to represent every section of the horticulture industry. People in the industry see themselves as environmental stewards; Right Plant, Right Place. There has been a major contraction in the horticulture industry since the recession, which
- [Risk Assessment](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/great-lakes-biotic-symposium/risk-assessment/) - The Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Weed Risk Assessment Anthony Koop, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) APHIS uses the PPQ weed risk assessment (WRA) process as a way to evaluate a plant species’ probability of entry, establishment and spread and potential consequences in the U.S. to help inform regulatory decision making and provide
- [2020 NOAA/Sea Grant Aquaculture Funding Opportunity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/2020-noaa-sea-grant-aquaculture-funding-opportunity/) - Addressing Economic and Market Needs of the U.S. Aquaculture Industry Subject to the availability of funding, Sea Grant anticipates approximately $5,000,000 will be available for research projects and programs that will significantly advance the understanding of the economics of aquaculture businesses in the U.S. and address gaps regarding important market information. The overall goal is
- [Archive of scientific publications](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/archive-of-scientific-papers/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researchers have been published in prestigious peer journals. Download the WI Sea Grant Publications 1970 – present spreadsheet [table id=2 /]
- [Module 6: Making Nowcast predictions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/module-6-making-nowcast-predictions/) - Making Predictions with a Nowcast Model Open the Nowcast Predictions (PDF) directions. Watch the Making Nowcast Predictions video for an illustration of this module. Download the file: ENDDAT_URLs_BlueHarbor.xlsx. This file contains the url created for both the GBM and MLR models. The url will be copied into your project file during this module. Download and extract: VB_Blueharbor_Nowcast zip file Virtual Beach project
- [Module 5: Creating an MLR model](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/module-5-creating-an-mlr-model/) - Creating an MLR Model Open the Creating an MLR model (PDF) directions. Use the Virtual Beach project file created in step III to create this model. Watch the Creating an MLR Model video for an illustration of this module. Download and extract: VB_Blueharbor_MLR-Model zip file:Virtual Beach project file with completed GBM model saved. Your project file should look like this after
- [Module 2: Processing data to create a GBM model](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/module-2-processing-data-to-create-a-gbm-model/) - Preparing Data to Create a GBM Model Open the Preparing Data for the GBM Model (PDF) directions. Watch the Processing Data to Create a GBM model video for an illustration of this module. Download the file: VB_Training_Data_GBM.xls. This file contains data from Blue Harbor Beach, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, collected from 2009 to 2016 which will be imported into Virtual Beach while
- [Module 4: Data preparation for MLR model](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/module-4-data-preparation-for-mlr-model/) - Preparing Data to Create an MLR Model Open the Preparing Data for the MLR model (PDF) directions. Watch the Data Preparation for MLR model video for an illustration of this module. Download the file: VB_Training_Data_MLR.xls. This file contains data from Blue Harbor Beach, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, collected from 2009 to 2016 which will be imported into Virtual Beach while working through
- [Module 3: Creating a GBM model](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/module-3-creating-a-gbm-model/) - Creating a GBM Model Open the Creating a GBM model (PDF) directions. Use the Virtual Beach project file created in step I to create this model. Watch the Creating a GBM Model video for an illustration of this module. Download and extract: VB_Blueharbor_GBM-Model zip file:Virtual Beach project file with completed GBM model saved. Your project file should look like this after
- [Module 1: Beach orientation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/water-quality/virtual-beach/module-1-beach-orientation/) - Determining Beach Orientation Open the Determining Beach Orientation (PDF) directions. Watch the Beach Orientation video for an illustration of this module Download and extract: VB_Blueharbor_Beach_Orientation zip file: Virtual Beach project file with beach orientation saved. Your project file should look like this after determining the beach orientation while working through the "Beach Orientation" training module. NOTE: Sometimes the beach orientation
- [Download Wisconsin Fish ID Mobile App](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/fish-id/download-wisconsin-fish-id-mobile-app/) - Download for Android: 1) The app contains thousands of fish photos so it is nearly 300Mb. Be sure you are connected to a wi-fi network before downloading. 2) Click on the "Download for Android" button below using your Android device and the app will be downloaded and installed. Download for iOS:
- [Tips for preventing the spread of AIS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/tips-preventing-the-spread-of-ais/) - Inspect your boat and equipment and remove all aquatic plants from your trailer, propeller, anchor--anywhere they might be. Remove any visible plants, fish, animals or mud. Immature forms of animals, such as larval zebra mussels, can live in mud, dirt or sand. Some invasive plants can produce an entire new colony from a single strand barely two
- [Sea Grant Student Alumni, Mapped Across the World](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/sea-grant-student-alumni-mapped-across-the-world/) - Since 1968, when it was established, the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute has provided funding to approximately 1,100 graduate students. This map contains the results of three alumni surveys conducted in 2019, 2015, and 2010. We hope this map will allow us to recognize alumni who have been affiliated with us in the past,
- [eDrop Tutorial](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/edrop-tutorial/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/WebEx_Recordings/edrop_tutorial.mp4 This is a small overview of our online proposal and report submission tool. Notes from the video are below. Login link NOTE: if you already are in the system, from reporting on a past project or adding in a proposal for a different solicitation, you can use the same login. The site has
- [FY19 Aquaculture Federal Funding Opportunity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/research/fy19-aquaculture-federal-funding-opportunity/) - Due to the recent government shutdown, the attached aquaculture competitions have a short turnaround. There is a National Sea Grant Competition for social behavioral and economic research. In addition, Sea Grant Programs, including Wisconsin Sea Grant, are able to submit proposals in two additional competitions. The National Sea Grant Office will host an informational webinar
- [Water Science-Policy Fellowship Recordings](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/scholarship-and-fellowship-opportunities/water-science-policy-fellowship-recordings/) - Making a Difference Through a Water Science-Policy Fellowship November 16, 2018 Ever wondered what science-policy fellowships are all about? Hear about them firsthand from eight fellows serving Wisconsin at state, regional, and national levels! Carolyn Voter, Alex Latzka, Stephanie DeVries, Liz Tristano, Yi Liu, Adam Bechle, Jack Cotrone, and Shelby Brunner shared their experiences and advice for
- [Recent Webinars for Graduate Students](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/career-resources/recent-webinars-for-graduate-students/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant hosted a two-part webinar series especially for graduate students in water-related fields. These webinars are geared towards helping graduate students learn to become more impactful aquatic researchers and to optimize their graduate experiences to prepare them for the next steps along their career paths. Session 1: April 21, 2017 at 12:00pm Increasing
- [Ask the Expert](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/ask-the-expert/)
- [Lake levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/lake-levels/) - Lake Superior Charts that show the average annual water levels of Lake Superior recorded since 1860. Lake Michigan and Lake Huron Charts that show the average annual water levels of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron recorded since 1860. Lake Erie Charts that show the average annual water levels of Lake Erie recorded since
- [Actionable Science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/actionable-science/) - What is Actionable Science? Actionable Science and You, the Sea Grant-Funded PI
- [Zooplankton and crayfish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/zooplankton-crayfish/) - Bloody-Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala) The bloody-red shrimp is one of our most recent ballast water invaders. Read more... Fishhook waterflea (Cercopagis pengoi) These tiny little invasive zooplankton form clumps that can look and feel like gelatin or wet cotton. Read more... Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) This invasive crayfish can be a host for parasites and diseases, and
- [Coastal solutions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-solutions/) - Coastal shore protection structures Explore Great Lakes processes on shorelines through this fact sheet from Sea Grant's coastal engineering specialist. He then offers thoughts on structures that interact in the best possible ways with those natural processes. Construction setbacks Selection of a setback distance from a coastal bluff or bank is one of the most important decisions
- [Coastal processes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/) - Waves and nearshore currents Different types of waves and currents mean different things along a shoreline. Learn more, and learn how these waves and currents form. Storm surges, seiches and edge waves There are temporary rises in water levels that can cause flooding and shore damage. There are two main types: storm surges and seiches
- [Water decontamination](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/water-decontamination/) - Water decontamination can help prevent the spread of AIS. Watercraft decontamination is considered any steps in addition to a visual inspection and draining water. Ways to carry out watercraft decontamination include drying, a decontamination unit, pressure washing or chemical solutions. When should you consider decontamination? Details on when and how to decontaminate your boat and
- [Invasive species guide](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/) - Invasive species can disrupt the food web, out-compete native species for food and habitat, and change an environment forever. All of the species below could pose a threat to the Great Lakes. Some are well-established, and others are just arriving. Each section includes a description, photos and a summary of potential problems caused by these
- [Ghost nets](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/fish-and-fisheries/ghost-nets/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""] What’s a ghost net? Commercial and subsistence fishing is an important part of the heritage of Great Lakes communities. Fishers use nets to efficiently capture fish to feed families and people across the country. Storms, wind, shifting ice and waves can cause fishers to lose gill nets,
- [Shore Protection Structures](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-solutions/shore-protection-structures/) - Guides to Building Shore Protection Structures Here are some older guides listed below about designing and building shore protection structures on the Great Lakes and other coastal shores. They include: Help Yourself. General Information Pamphlet. A discussion of erosion problems on the Great Lakes and alternative methods of shore protection. June 1973. Revised 1978 and 1986.
- [Trap nets](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/fish-and-fisheries/trap-nets/) - Commercial fishing trap nets are set off Two Rivers/Manitowoc and Sheboygan and in Door County. The nets are designed to catch whitefish and allow other non-target species to be released unharmed. Avoid getting caught in the nets Allow the buoys a wide berth. Rather than going straight down, the buoy anchor lines may angle away
- [Partial List of Great Lakes Dredging Contractors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/partial-list-of-great-lakes-dredging-contractors/) - Some of the information about the contractors is reprinted from the World Dredging Mining & Constructuion's 44th Annual (2010) Directory of Worldwide Dredge Fleets, Suppliers and Engineers. The Directory contains information about dredging contractors in each of the states, Canada, and other countries of the world. The Directory also contains information about many of the
- [Lake Michigan Coastal Bluffs](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/lake-michigan-coastal-bluffs/) - Background In 2016 and 2017, Wisconsin Sea Grant led an integrated assessment of changing Lake Michigan water levels and their impacts on coastal bluffs and beaches between Shorewood and Port Washington in southeastern Wisconsin. Lake Michigan water levels were below the long-term average from 1999 to 2014, but began to rise, and rise rapidly, from
- [Great Lakes Hydrologic Model Response To Global Circulation Models](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/climate-change-models/great-lakes-hydrologic-model-response-to-global-circulation-models/) - Explanation for the predictions of water level changes that are based on models. Hydrologic models used at NOAA-GLERL simulate the natural responses of the Great Lakes to runoff, precipitation, evaporation, inflows and outflows. The hydrologic models have been run with input from global circulation models (GCMs) for the atmosphere under assumed global warming conditions. The
- [Beneficial Use of Dredged Material](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/beneficial-use-of-dredged-material/) - Each year, several hundred million cubic yards of material is dredged from our nations ports, harbors and marinas waterways to maintain critical channel depths for both commercial and recreational boat passage. In the Great Lakes alone, average dredging volumes from just the federally maintained channels is 3-5 million cubic yards of material per year. Nearly
- [List of Manufacturers of Portable* Dredges](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/list-of-manufacturers-of-portable-dredges/) - *Portable means that a dredge does not have to have major disassembly for over-the-road hauling between job sites. [su_row][su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""] Aquarius Systems Division of D&D Products, Inc. 200 North Harrison Street North Prairie, WI 53153 Phone: 262-392-2162 or 1-800-328-6555 Fax: 262-392-2984. sales@aquarius-systems.com http://www.aquarius-systems.com Aquatics Unlimited 2150 Franklin Canyon Road Martinez, California 94553 Toll-free
- [The formation of the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/) - How they were made Thousands of years ago, the melting mile-thick glaciers of the Wisconsin Ice Age left the North American continent a magnificent gift: five fantastic freshwater seas collectively known today as the Great Lakes -- Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Lake Superior The greatest of the Great
- [Climate Change Models](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/climate-change-models/) - Some of the results from modeling the Great Lakes hydrologic response to anticipated global warming indicate that low water levels will become common in this century and substantially lower records will be set. Significant changes in water levels may occur within a couple of decades. Other models indicate a continuation of historic, or even higher,
- [Storm Surges, Seiches and Edge Waves](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/storm-surges-seiches-and-edge-waves/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""] Storm Surges Storm surges are temporary rises in water level caused by storm winds blowing across miles of open water and dragging some water towards the down-wind shore. This causes a build-up in water level along the down-wind shore. The temporary rise in water level may also be called a
- [Waves and Nearshore Currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/waves-and-nearshore-currents/) - Different Types of Waves and Currents and How They Form Waves moving toward the shore As waves travel toward shore, they shoal. As waves shoal, the distance between wave crests decreases and the wave heights increase. When a wave gets too steep, it begins to break a bit. On rough days, the breaking tops
- [Cat Island Chain, Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/cat-island-chain/) - A chain of small islands—Cat, Willow and Bass, collectively known as the Cat Islands—once formed the backbone of extensive wildlife habitat in southern Green Bay. The islands were washed away in the 1970s by high water levels, storm waves and ice shoves. [su_row][su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""]Now, the islands are rising again. Why
- [Spiny waterflea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/zooplankton-crayfish/spiny-waterflea/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the spiny waterflea come from? Native to Northern Europe, the spiny waterflea probably arrived via ballast water. It was discovered in Lake Ontario in 1982 and is now in all of the Great Lakes and some inland lakes as well. What does the
- [Rusty Crayfish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/zooplankton-crayfish/rusty-crayfish/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the rusty crayfish come from? The rusty crayfish is actually native to the southern United States. It is believed that they were probably introduced to new areas by fishermen using them as bait. Why are rusty crayfish a problem? They are an
- [Red Swamp Crayfish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/zooplankton-crayfish/red-swamp-crayfish/) - Where did it come from? The red swamp crayfish is native to the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi River drainage. It was probably introduced through aquaculture because it is a popular food worldwide. Why is it a problem? The red swamp crayfish can be a host for parasites and diseases. It also aggressively competes
- [Fishhook waterflea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/zooplankton-crayfish/fishhook-waterflea/) - Where did the fishhook waterflea come from? The fishhook waterflea is mostly likely a ballast water introduction. It is native to Northern Europe and appeared first in Lake Ontario. It has since spread to Lakes Michigan and Erie. Why is it a problem? Fishhook waterfleas consume the same plankton that larval fish eat, which threatens
- [Bloody-Red Shrimp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/zooplankton-crayfish/bloody-red-shrimp/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""] [/su_column] [su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""] [/su_column] [su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""] [/su_column] [/su_row] Where Did It Come From? The bloody red shrimp is native to the Ponto-Caspian region of eastern Europe—the same area that zebra mussels came from. Like zebra mussels, it spread across Europe, reaching the Baltic Sea in 1992 and
- [Decontamination protocols](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/water-decontamination/decontamination-protocols/) - Clean, Drain, Dry While "Clean Drain Dry" is an effective method for reducing the risk of transporting AIS, sometimes drying the recommend 6+ days is not an option. Below are protocols for watercraft decontamination options that help reduce the risk of transporting AIS when drying is not practical. Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers One of the
- [When should you consider decontamination](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/water-decontamination/2504-2/) - If your watercraft will be out of water for six or more days, the watercraft is considered decontaminated. If you always boat on the same body of water, extra decontamination steps are not essential. Watercraft that are used on different water bodies without six days in between should consider decontamination. Altering boating behavior by only
- [Water Chestnut](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/water-chestnut/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the water chestnut come from? It was introduced to the U.S. in 1874 from a botanical garden. Native to southern Europe and Asia, the water chestnut is now established in Lake Ontario and parts of the northeastern U.S. Why
- [Purple Loosestrife](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/purple-loosestrife/) - How did it get here? Arrived in North America as early as the 1800s. Settlers brought it for their gardens, and it may also have come when ships used rocks for ballast. Purple loosestrife has spread across the 48 United States and Canada, with the exclusion of Texas. It is native to Europe and Asia.
- [Phragmites](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/phragmites/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did phragmites come from? Phragmites probably came to the United States via natural migration. Why is it a problem? Phragmites is very aggresive and has replaced much of the native reed. Phragmites forms massive monocultures in otherwise biologically diverse natural wetlands. How
- [Hydrilla](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/hydrilla/) - Where did hydrilla come from? Hydrilla is native to Australia, Africa and parts of Asia. Hydrilla was most likely introduced to Florida in 1960 via the aquarium trade. Why is it a problem? Hydrilla can severely affect water delivery systems. Hydrilla creates dense mats of vegetation that destroy fish and interfere with wildlife habitats
- [European Frogbit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/european-frogbit/) - How did frogbit get here? Frogbit is originally from Switzerland. Frogbit was brought to Canada intentionally for use at an arboretum in 1932. From Canada it spread to the United States in the 1980s. Why is frogbit a problem? Mats of frogbit can become so thick that boat traffic can be affected by the frogbit
- [Eurasian Watermilfoil](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/eurasian-watermilfoil/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did Eurasian watermilfoil come from? Eurasian watermilfoil was introduced to the United States in the 1940s as a decoration in aquariums. It may have been dumped into a lake or pond which started the spread. It is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa.
- [Curlyleaf pondweed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/curlyleaf-pondweed/) - Where did curlyleaf pondweed come from? A native of Eurasia, Africa and Australia, curlyleaf pondweed was accidentally introduced in the 1800s as an aquarium release. Why is it a problem? This invasive species starts out strong in the spring with early, rapid growth that can shade out native aquatic plants. When in full growth
- [Brazilian elodea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/brazilian-elodea/) - Where did Brazilian elodea come from? It is native to South America and was probably introduced as a result of aquarium releases or accidental shipment with aquatic plants. Why is it a problem? Brazilian elodea makes dense mats that crowd out native aquatic plants, create breeding grounds for mosquitoes, and interfere with water-based recreation, such
- [Plants](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/plants/) - Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa) Brazilian elodea is a popular aquarium plan that has found its way into the Great Lakes region. It crowds out native aquatic plants, degrades fish and waterfowl habitat and creates breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Read more... Curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) This strange aquatic invasive dies off in the middle of summer--when everything
- [Zebra Mussels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/zebra-mussels/) - Where did zebra mussels come from? Zebra mussels are believed to have come from the Caspian Sea in Europe. They arrived in the late 1980s in the ballast water of ships. Zebra mussels have spread to 20 of the United States and the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. First found in Lake St. Clair, they
- [Quagga Mussel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/quagga-mussel/) - Where did quagga mussel come from? Quagga mussels are native to the Dneiper River drainage of Ukraine. They most likely arrived in the ballast water of ocean going ships. The quagga mussel was first sighted in the Great Lakes in September 1989. Why is it a problem? Quagga are prodigious water filterers, thus removing
- [New Zealand Mud Snail](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/new-zealand-mud-snail/) - Where did the mud snail come from? The mud snail is native to New Zealand. It was first found in Idaho and Montana in 1987. New Zealand mud snails have been spread to Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon and California waters. [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Why is the mud snail
- [Golden mussel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/golden-mussel/) - Where did the golden mussel come from? The golden mussel is native to China and Southeast Asia. It probably made its way into South America via ballast water. Although it has not been detected in North America, it is predicted to be a future threat. Why is the golden mussel a problem? When the
- [Faucet Snail](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/faucet-snail/) - Where did the faucet snail come from? The faucet snail is a European native that arrived in the Great Lakes in the 1870s. It was probably introduced via vegetation in packing crates or in ballast water. Why is it a problem? Faucet snails are hosts to parasites that have caused tens of thousands of deaths
- [Chinese Mystery Snail](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/chinese-mystery-snail/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the Chinese mystery snail come from? Native to eastern Asia Established on both coasts of the US by 1965 Found in the Great Lakes in the 1940s Why is it a problem? Chinese mystery snails can clog water-intake pipes. They may also
- [Banded Mystery Snail](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/banded-mystery-snail/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""] Where did the banded mystery snail come from? The banded mystery snail is native to the southeastern part of the United States, from Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the Mississippi River to Illinois. How did it get its name? Young mystery snails are born as
- [Asiatic Clam](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/asiatic-clam/) - [su_row] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the Asiatic clam come from? The Asiatic clam is native to Southeast Asia. It is also indigenous to parts of central and eastern Australia, Africa and the Mediterranean. It was first discovered in the United States in 1938, and it had found
- [Mollusks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/) - Asiatic Clam (Corbicula fluminea) Asiatic clams are capable of self-fertilization, and one clam can lay up to 70,000 eggs a year. Read more... Banded Mystery Snail (Viviparus georgianus) This invasive snail can serve as a host for parasites that may infect fish and other wildlife, compete with native snails for food and habitat, and cause mortality
- [Alewife](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/alewife/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the alewife come from? The alewife is a saltwater species that is native to the Atlantic Coast. It was seen in Lake Ontario in the 1870s, and it spread to the rest of the Great Lakes after 1931 through the Welland Canal. Its abundance peaked
- [White Perch](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/white-perch/) - Where did white perch come from? White perch came from the Atlantic coastal region in brackish water. They first appeared in the Great Lakes in the 1940s through the Erie and Welland canals. Why is it a problem? White perch are predacious and opportunistic feeders, often feeding on the eggs of walleye. They
- [Tubenose Goby](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/tubenose-goby/) - How did the tubenose goby get here? It arrived in the late 1990s in the St. Clair River and Michigan. The tubenose goby is native to the Black and Caspian Seas in Europe. It is believed that the tubenose goby was in the ballast water of ships coming from Eastern Europe. Why are
- [Threespine stickleback](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/threespine-stickleback/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the threespine stickleback come from? The threespine stickleback is native to both coasts of the U.S. as well as Lake Ontario. It spread into Lake Michigan in the early 1980s, most likely as a result of ballast water, canals and bait-bucket transfers. It
- [Tench](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/tench/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="1/2" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [/su_row] Where did the tench come from? Tench are native to Eurasia. They were imported from Germany in 1877 by the U.S. Fish Commission for use as a food and sport fish. Tench were stocked in many lakes during the 1880s and 1890s. Although most tench
- [Sea Lamprey](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/sea-lamprey/) - What is a sea lamprey? Sea lampreys are parasitic fish (in their adult form) that attach to other fish using their sucking disk. They rasp through the victim’s scales and skin, and then feed on its body fluids. Lampreys are members of a family of ancient fishes that were around before the time of the dinosaurs.
- [Silver carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/silver-carp/) - What is the Asian carp? There are actually several species of carp that are invasive species from Asia, including the well-known common carp and even the goldfish. The "Asian carp" poised to invade the Great Lakes is the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), and it is the Asian carp meant on this website. Where did
- [Round Goby](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/round-goby/) - How did the round goby get here? The round goby appeared in the St. Clair River in 1990. The round goby spread to all of the Great Lakes by 1994. It is believed that the round goby came in the ballast water from a European ship. The round goby is native to the Black
- [Redear sunfish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/redear-sunfish/) - Where did the redear sunfish come from? Native to the southeast U.S. as far north as Illinois and Indiana, the redear sunfish has been spreading via intentional stocking and aquarium releases. Why is it a problem? Both the native pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and the redear sunfish are highly molluscivorous (mollusk eating). The redear sunfish has greater
- [Northern snakehead](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/northern-snakehead/) - Where did the northern snakehead come from? It is native to China and was introduced either from purchases at live-food markets or as aquarium pets. Individuals were discovered in other locations, but the first established population was found in Crofton, Maryland in 2002. Why is it a problem? Northern snakeheads are predators that compete
- [Grass Carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/grass-carp/) - Where did the grass carp come from? A native of eastern Asia, the grass carp was introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to control aquatic plants in fish farms. It was stocked in many locations by federal and state agencies as well as private individuals and researchers. Flooding of fish farms allowed some individuals
- [European Rudd](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/european-rudd/) - Where did European rudd come from? The European rudd is native to Europe and middle Asia. The European rudd has been reported in at least 22 states. It has also been reported in Canada, Morocco, New Zealand, Spain and Tunisia. Why is it a problem? European rudd are voracious eaters, and through their
- [Eurasian Ruffe](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/eurasian-ruffe/) - Where did the ruffe come from? The ruffe came to Lake Superior probably in the ballast water of a transoceanic ship in 1985. The ruffe is originally from fresh and brackish waters in portions of Eurasia. It is currently found in Lakes Superior, Huron, and Michigan. Why is the ruffe a problem? The
- [Blueback herring](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/blueback-herring/) - Where did the blueblack herring come from? Blueback herring are native to the Atlantic Coast. They were stocked as food for game fish in southern reservoirs, and were discovered in Lake Ontario in 1995 after entering via the New York State Canal System. Why is it a problem? If the blueblack herring becomes established
- [Bighead Carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/bighead-carp/) - Where did the big head carp come from? The big head carp is native to Asia. It was introduced to the Mississippi River when private hatchery ponds were washed out in the state of Arkansas in the 1970s or possibly they were let go into the wild when they were no longer needed
- [Black Carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/black-carp/) - Credit: Leo Nico, U.S.G.S. Where did the black carp from from? The black carp is a native of eastern Asia. It was imported for snail control in catfish farms in the early 1970s. Why is it a problem? Black carp are voracious eaters of snails and mussels. It is likely that they will change
- [Ballast water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/ballast-water/) - [su_row][su_column size="1/3" center="no" class=""][/su_column] [su_column size="2/3" center="no" class=""]Ballast water can be a way that aquatic invasive species spread. In the past, ships used soil and rock as ballast. Today, they use water because it is easier to load and unload. Prior to the early 1970s, ballast water was less of a concern because our harbors
- [Great Lakes Community Planning Resource](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-communities/great-lakes-community-planning-resource/) - Great Lakes Coastal Community Planning Resource Wisconsin communities located on the Great Lakes shoreline face a variety of challenges in developing comprehensive plans to guide future growth and development. In addition to all the elements of a comprehensive plan that inland communities must address (housing, transportation, infrastructure, land use, etc.) coastal communities also must tackle the preservation
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- [Lake Ontario Water Levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/lake-levels/lake-ontario-water-levels/) - The following graphic shows the range of average annual water levels on Lake Ontario since 1860; the year that systematic water level recording began. Sources of Information For a comparison with present, or recent, lake levels, visit Forecast Lake Levels. At this site, select Weekly Great Lakes water levels forecast or the Monthly Bulletin of lake
- [Lake Michigan and Lake Huron Water Levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/lake-levels/lake-michigan-and-lake-huron-water-levels/) - The water levels of Lake Michigan and Huron rise and fall together. These lakes are connected through the Straits of Mackinac. The first graphic shows the historic sequence of average annual water levels beginning in 1860; the first year of systematic water level recording. The vertical range of water levels in Lake Michigan (and in
- [Lake Superior Water Levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/lake-levels/lake-superior-water-levels/) - The first of the following two graphics shows average annual lake levels since 1860; the year in which systematic records were first kept. The second graphic shows the vertical range of water levels on Superior. Sources of Information For a comparison with present, or recent, lake levels, visit Forecast Lake Levels. At this site, select Weekly
- [Lake Erie Water Levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/lake-levels/lake-erie-water-levels/) - The water levels in the graphic shown below are average annual water levels recorded since 1860; the first year of systematic data gathering. These levels are given in meters above International Great Lakes Datum, 1985 (IGLD 1985). Sources of Information For a comparison with present, or recent, lake levels, visit Forecast Lake Levels. At this site,
- [Rip Current Process](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/rip-currents/rip-current-process/) - Rip currents occur where a longshore current meets a physical barrier such as a peninsula, headland, long groin, harbor breakwater, nearshore reef, or shoal, and is deflected lakeward. These currents also occur along an open beach where there is less resistance to lakeward flow, such as places where the breaking waves are lower, or where
- [Minimum Setback Distance](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-construction-setbacks/minimum-setback-distance/) - The distance from the edge of a coastal bluff or bank (or other reference point) to a building or other structure is called a setback distance. Selection of a setback distance is one of the most important decisions that a homeowner or builder can make when building a coastal home. The setback distance may determine
- [Construction Setbacks - An Introduction](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-construction-setbacks/construction-setbacks-an-introduction/) - How to Choose Appropriate Setbacks and Limitations The distance from the edge of a coastal bluff or bank (or other reference point) to a building or other structure is called a setback distance. Selection of a setback distance is one of the most important decisions that a homeowner or builder can make when building a
- [Rainbow Smelt](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/fish/rainbow-smelt/) - Where did the rainbow smelt come from? Rainbow smelt are native to the Atlantic Coast and Lake Champlain. They were stocked in Crystal Lake, Mich., and escaped from there to the Great Lakes. Why is it a problem? Rainbow smelt prey upon many native game fish, including lake trout, cisco, whitefish and walleye. They contributed
- [Discuss issues with Great Lakes Failing Infrastructure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/discuss-issues-with-great-lakes-failing-infrastructure/) - Most Prevelant Catagories of Structure Materials and Failure Mechanisms Wood Structures: Many of the early harbor entrance breakwaters were constructed with an underwater timber crib base filled with rock. On top of the structure a cap of either stone or concrete would be added as a superstructure above the water surface. Often unseen due to
- [Climate Change Implications and Adaptation Strategies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/climate-change-implications-and-adaptation-strategies/) - The three major climate change impacts that are most relevant to ports, harbors and marinas are water level, storm, and precipitation and temperature changes. Nearly all Great Lakes ports, harbors and marinas will need to adapt to the region’s changing climate over the next few decades and beyond. Most facilities will have to adapt to
- [Infiltration Intakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-solutions/infiltration-intakes/) - Guidance on the Use and Design of Great Lakes Infiltration Intakes The following informational Sea Grant Pennant and Engineering Notes #1, #2 and #4 were prepared in the 1990s by Philip Keillor, Coastal Engineer (University of Wisconsin Sea Grant), addressing various Great Lakes infiltration intake design features with special reference to their potential uses for
- [Carl J. Weston Memorial Scholarship Winners](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/scholarship-and-fellowship-opportunities/weston-scholarship-winners/) - Thanks to the generous legacy left by Dr. and Mrs. Carl B. Weston, the Carl J. Weston Memorial Scholarship awards talented undergraduates $750 in financial support. The undergraduates must be conducting research under the guidance of a principal investigator on a Sea Grant project. Here, we record the list of current and past winners. Year
- [Harbor Corrosion Documents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/harbor-corrosion-documents/) - Miscellaneous Articles Finding Solutions To A Mysterious Harbor Corrosion Problem Investigating Underwater Steel Corrosion Mystery in Minnesota Miscellaneous Data Harbor Structure Harbor Water Analysis Project Reports Accelerated Fresh Water Corrosion Study - August 2009 Accelerated Fresh Water Corrosion Study - March 2007 Cofferdam Applied Coating Trial - October 2009 DSPA Corrosion Investigation Report - March
- [Dredging Trade Associations/Publications](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/dredging-trade-associations-publications/) - International Dredging Review P.O. Box 1487 Fort Collins,Colorado 80522 IDR is a bi-monthly trade magazine. An annual dredging directory is published. Phone: 970-484-9562. Fax: 970-484-5778 Email: idr@juno.com http://www.dredgemag.com Journal of Dredging Engineering Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Box 5797 Vancouver, WA 98668-5797 Email: Weda@juno.com http://gba-inc.com/weda/jde1-1.html World Dredging Mining & Construction PO Box 17479 Irvine, CA 92623-7479 Phone: 949-553-0836
- [Contaminated Sediment Cleanup](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/contaminated-sediment-cleanup/) - To learn more about sediment cleanup in the Great Lakes, check out these websites: Progress has been made in sediment remediation. As of 1998, partial or complete cleanups have been undertaken at 33 sites in six Great Lakes states. Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office's web site at: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/sediments.html. Look for
- [What is Dredging?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/what-is-dredging/) - Dredging of material can be done either hydraulically or mechanically. Hydraulic dredges use hydraulic pumps to produce a slurry of the dredged material, are typically used when there is much material to remove and it can be easily transported long distances via a pipeline attached to the dredge. Sometimes a cutterhead is attached to the
- [Historic Minimum and Maximum Levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/historic-minimum-and-maximum-levels/) - Historic Minimum Monthly Mean Water Levels 1918 to 2001. Levels relative to International Great Lakes Datum, 1985. Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Lake Feet Meters Record Year Superior -1.8 -0.5 1926 Huron* -1.4 -0.4 1964 Michigan* -1.4 -0.4 1964 St. Clair -1.8 -0.5 1936 Erie -1.0 -0.3 1936 Ontario -1.4 -0.5 1934 *the two
- [Great Lakes Storm of 2001 - Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/great-lakes-storm-of-2001-lake-superior/) - During the night of Nov. 26, 2001, and all the next day, a storm blew over western Lake Superior. At Devils Island Light (34 m or 112 feet above the lake, 105 km or 65 miles NE of Duluth), from 3 p.m. CST on Jan. 26 and all day on Jan. 27, winds blew from
- [Great Lakes Hydrologic Model Response To Global Circulation Models](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/coastal-processes-and-engineering/coastal-processes/great-lakes-hydrologic-model-response-to-global-circulation-models/) - Explanation for the predictions of water level changes that are based on models. Hydrologic models used at NOAA-GLERL simulate the natural responses of the Great Lakes to runoff, precipitation, evaporation, inflows and outflows. The hydrologic models have been run with input from global circulation models (GCMs) for the atmosphere under assumed global warming conditions. The
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- [Great Lakes and Marine Education Resources](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/) - Wisconsin Water Library Established in 1964 by the UW Water Resources Institute, the Wisconsin Water Library (formerly known as the Water Resources Library) is unique among UW-Madison's many libraries for its collection of almost 30,000 volumes of water-related information about the Great Lakes and the waters of Wisconsin. The library includes a curriculum collection, dozens
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- [Storm Surges, Seiches and Edge Waves](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/storm-surges-seiches-and-edge-waves/) - Storm Surges Storm surges are temporary rises in water level caused by storm winds blowing across miles of open water and dragging some water towards the down-wind shore. This causes a build-up in water level along the down-wind shore. The temporary rise in water level may also be called a storm set-up, wind set-up, storm-induced
- [Rip Currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/rip-currents/) - Rip currents occur where a longshore current meets a physical barrier such as a peninsula, headland, long groin, harbor breakwater, nearshore reef, or shoal, and is deflected lakeward. These currents also occur along an open beach where there is less resistance to lakeward flow, such as places where the breaking waves are lower, or where
- [Lake Huron](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/resources/the-formation-of-the-great-lakes/lake-huron/) - The second-largest Great Lake, Lake Huron, has a surface area of 23,000 square miles -- slightly smaller than West Virginia -- making it the fifth-largest freshwater lake in the world. Its name comes from early French explorers, who dubbed it "Lac des Hurons" (Lake of the Huron Indians). Bordered by the province of Ontario and
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- [GL eagle contact](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=gl-eagle-contact) - Sean Strom Project Lead Fish and WildlifeToxicologistWisconsin Department of Natural Resources Emily Cornelius Ruhs Project Co-leadEcoImmunologistField Museum of Natural History
- [TEST elementor email](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=test-elementor-email) - The Unexpected Lesson of Starry Stonewort In 2014, Tom Reck was chairman of the Little Muskego Lake District when an invasive species made an unexpected appearance. It was the first time starry stonewort, an invasive macroalgae, had been found in Wisconsin. “The problem was, we didn’t really know what was going to happen,” Reck recalled.
- [The story of starry - template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-story-of-starry-template) - The Unexpected Lesson of Starry Stonewort In 2014, Tom Reck was chairman of the Little Muskego Lake District when an invasive species made an unexpected appearance. It was the first time starry stonewort, an invasive macroalgae, had been found in Wisconsin. “The problem was, we didn’t really know what was going to happen,” Reck recalled.
- [Introduced episode template - captivate player](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=introduced-episode-template-captivate-player) - Episode 21, December 16, 2024 The beetle, the fabric, and the seamstress Transcript How can art help communicate invasive species science? Today, we’ll meet an artist on a journey to turn some thrifted fabric into a biocontrol bug that is larger than life! Artist Astrid Hopper Lofton with her art piece, Cella. Tim Campbell’s art
- [Introduced episode - captivate player](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=introduced-episode-captivate-player) - Episode 20, November 11, 2024 Names that rock Transcript Introduced is back for Season 3! In this episode, we explore the names we use for invasive species. How do species get their names? And what real-life consequences can these names bring? GLIFWC’s Hannah Panci has been visiting this lake almost every week for the last 5 years. She
- [introduced credits section update 20241028](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=introduced-credits-section-update-20241028) - Credits Bonnie Willison | Executive Producer Video and Podcast Producer What I do at Sea Grant Bonnie produces videos and podcasts about Great Lakes science and outreach for Wisconsin Sea Grant. Jenna Mertz | Writer, Producer Writer What I do at Sea Grant Jenna writes about the research and outreach work of Wisconsin Sea Grant
- [introduced 20241028](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=introduced-20241028) - Introduced Introduced is an award-winning podcast featuring stories about the Great Lakes, introduced species and the people working to protect our waters. The podcast is brought to you by Wisconsin Sea Grant, with support from the Great Lakes Commission. Listen to Introduced wherever you get your podcasts. Latest Episodes Listening through time Today, on the
- [WI Water News episode template - captivate player](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=wi-water-news-episode-template-captivate-player) - Episode 59, 7/16/24 Lake and River Foams Study Reveals High PFAS Levels Transcript In a new study, natural foams and water surface microlayers of 43 Wisconsin rivers and lakes were found to contain 36 compounds in a group of chemicals known as PFAS. While PFAS were detected in both the foam and the water surface,
- [the fish dish episode template 20240529](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-fish-dish-episode-template-20240529) - Episode 16, 5/30/24 100% Great Lakes Fish Initiative Transcript In this episode we discuss the 100% Great Lakes Fish Initiative, which is a campaign aimed at commercial fishers to better use all parts of the fish they catch. Sharon and Marie speak with campaign leaders David Naftzger and John Schmidt with the Great Lakes St.
- [Fellows Page 20240522](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=fellows-page-20240522) - 2024 Wisconsin Sea Grant, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program Katherine Gannon Keillor Fellow – Coastal resilience University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection Samuel Brockschmidt Water Resources Fellow – Groundwater atrazine 2023 Wisconsin Sea Grant, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Mike Small Keillor Fellow – Coastal wetlands Wisconsin Sea
- [fish dish episode template updated](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=fish-dish-episode-template-updated) - Episode 14, 1/31/24 Growing Atlantic Salmon in Wisconsin Transcript The Fish Dish travels to Superior Fresh, an aquaponics business located on 800 acres of rolling woodland and prairie in Hixton, Wisconsin. They’ve been raising Atlantic salmon and growing salad greens in their indoor facilities since 2017. The business reports it’s the largest of its kind
- [WI Water News podcast episode template 20211013](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=wi-water-news-podcast-episode-template-20211013) - Episode 37, 9/2/21 Lake Michigan Bluff Restoration https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Chin-Wu-Bluff-Project.mp3 Transcript It’s not often that a Sea Grant research project proposal contains the word “forgiveness.” However, that’s one of the missions of a multi-Sea-Grant-program endeavor taking place in three communities along the Lake Michigan coast. Record-high water levels, severe storm surges and shoreline armoring have caused significant
- [The water we swim in Season 2 ep template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-water-we-swim-in-season-2-ep-template) - Episode 1, 5/11/22 2. Public Trust: Fighting Fires https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/French-Island-Episode-2.mp3 Transcript In this episode, we return to French Island, a community near La Crosse in Western Wisconsin, to learn more about how local drinking water became contaminated with PFAS. For decades, firefighting foams made from PFAS were used at the local airport for routine training and
- [Me and Debry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=me-and-debry) - A Grab-and-Go Education Kit For: Grade 5 – adultTopic: Marine Debris Prevention Me and Debry is a half-hour, whimsical, audience participation, theatrical performance about litter (marine debris) prevention. The rhyming script was written by David Daniel of American Players Theatre. It is designed for both formal and informal educational settings. The play “stars” two
- [Social Science page template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=social-science-page-template) - https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Midwest-crappie-hunters_1.mp3 Listen: Widget Wiggle (mp3) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit
- [The Water We Swim In - episode template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-fish-dish-episode-template-20211111-2) - Episode 1, 5/11/22 Fresh water, old problems https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1.-Fresh-water-old-problems.mp3 Transcript When most people think of water and environmental justice, they think of the Flint water crisis. On the introductory episode of The Water We Swim In, hosts Bonnie and Hali talk to UW-Madison’s Dr. Manny Teodoro, who has been studying environmental justice and water since before
- [The water we swim in - series template 20220404](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-water-we-swim-in-series-template-20220404) - The Water We Swim In Stories about the Great Lakes and the People Working Toward Equity Meet the Wisconsinites and Great Lakes advocates working toward equity in a society where environmental injustice, racism, ableism and economic injustice are the waters we swim in. Join Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Bonnie Willison and Hali Jama as we bring
- [The Water We Swim In series template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-fish-dish-series-template-20211104-2) - The Fish Dish For the latest “dish” about Great Lakes fish, you’ll want to listen to “The Fish Dish.” The podcast, co-hosted by longtime coworkers and friends Sharon Moen and Marie Zhuikov, introduces you to the people behind Wisconsin’s fishing and aquaculture industries. Each episode includes a “Fish-o-licious” section where Moen and Zhuikov cook a
- [The Water We Swim In - credits section](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-water-we-swim-in-credits-section) - Credits Bonnie Willison | Host Video Producer What I do at Sea Grant As the videographer and digital storyteller, Bonnie uses her video and animation skills to showcase the stories of Wisconsin Sea Grant. Hali Jama | Host Student Podcast Producer What I do at Sea Grant Hali brings her background in social justice, business and
- [The fish dish series template 20211104](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-fish-dish-series-template-20211104) - The Fish Dish For the latest “dish” about Great Lakes fish, you’ll want to listen to “The Fish Dish.” The podcast, co-hosted by longtime coworkers and friends Sharon Moen and Marie Zhuikov, introduces you to the people behind Wisconsin’s fishing and aquaculture industries. Each episode includes a “Fish-o-licious” section where Moen and Zhuikov cook a
- [WI Water News Series Template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=wi-water-news-series-template) - Wisconsin Water News Wisconsin is a state shaped by water. From its western border defined by the Mississippi River to two of the five lakes that make up the world’s largest freshwater system to its north and east, the state is awash in this valuable commodity. The interior is defined by more than 15,000 lakes
- [introduced series template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=introduced-series-template) - Introduced Feral goldfish. An illegal crayfish trade gone wrong. An electric underwater fence that stuns fish in their tracks. On Introduced, we dive into stories of the aquatic invaders that are costing us millions and changing the lakes, streams, and wetlands we cherish and rely on. Join us each week as we learn how these
- [The Fish Dish episode template 20211111](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-fish-dish-episode-template-20211111) - Episode 1, 11/4/21 Craig Hoopman and Greek-Style Lake Whitefish https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Craig-Hoopman2.mp3 Transcript Eat Wisconsin Fish Outreach Specialist Sharon Moen spent part of her summer visiting commercial fishers and fisheries managers in the Bayfield, Wisconsin, area. One of them was Craig Hoopman of Craig Hoopman Fisheries. He shares his beginnings in the business, current challenges, plus his
- [Fish Dish Episode Template 20211111](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=fish-dish-episode-template-20211111) - Episode 1, 11/4/21 Craig Hoopman and Greek-Style Lake Whitefish https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Craig-Hoopman2.mp3 Transcript Eat Wisconsin Fish Outreach Specialist Sharon Moen spent part of her summer visiting commercial fishers and fisheries managers in the Bayfield, Wisconsin, area. One of them was Craig Hoopman of Craig Hoopman Fisheries. He shares his beginnings in the business, current challenges, plus his
- [The Fish Dish series template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-fish-dish-series-template) - The Fish Dish For the latest “dish” about Great Lakes fish, you’ll want to listen to “The Fish Dish.” The podcast, co-hosted by longtime coworkers and friends Sharon Moen and Marie Zhuikov, introduces you to the people behind Wisconsin’s fishing and aquaculture industries. Each episode includes a “Fish-o-licious” section where Moen and Zhuikov cook a
- [The fish dish episode template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=the-fish-dish-episode-template) - Episode 1, 11/4/21 Craig Hoopman and Greek-Style Lake Whitefish https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Craig-Hoopman2.mp3 Transcript Eat Wisconsin Fish Outreach Specialist Sharon Moen spent part of her summer visiting commercial fishers and fisheries managers in the Bayfield, Wisconsin, area. One of them was Craig Hoopman of Craig Hoopman Fisheries. He shares his beginnings in the business, current challenges, plus his
- [Introduced podcast episode template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=introduced-podcast-episode-template) - Episode 19, July 1, 2021 Listening through time https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Listening-through-time.mp3 Transcript On Listening through time, we talk about climate change, which threatens to upend everything western science understands about native and invasive species. First, we join the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission climate change team as they carefully observe the relationships between the seasons
- [scholarships and templates (old)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=scholarships-and-templates-old) - Fellowships John A. Knauss Marine (and Great Lakes) Policy Fellowship Applications due February 18, 2022 (5 p.m. Central). The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is accepting applications from graduate students statewide for the National Sea Grant College Program’s John A. Knauss Marine (and Great Lakes) Policy Fellowship Program. The program, established in 1979,
- [scholarship and fellowship opportunities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=scholarship-and-fellowship-opportunities-2) - Fellowships John A. Knauss Marine (and Great Lakes) Policy Fellowship Applications due February 18, 2022 (5 pm Central). The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is accepting applications from graduate students statewide for the National Sea Grant College Program’s John A. Knauss Marine (and Great Lakes) Policy Fellowship Program. The program, established in 1979, provides
- [Default Kit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=default-kit-2)
- [WI Water News episode template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=wi-water-news-episode-template) - Episode 37, 9/2/21 Lake Michigan Bluff Restoration https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Chin-Wu-Bluff-Project.mp3 Transcript Text Version It’s not often that a Sea Grant research project proposal contains the word “forgiveness.” However, that’s one of the missions of a multi-Sea-Grant-program endeavor taking place in three communities along the Lake Michigan coast. Record-high water levels, severe storm surges and shoreline armoring have
- [podcast series template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=podcast-series-template) - Wisconsin Water News Wisconsin is a state shaped by water. From its western border defined by the Mississippi River to two of the five lakes that make up the world’s largest freshwater system to its north and east, the state is awash in this valuable commodity. The interior is defined by more than 15,000 lakes
- [audio item template](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=audio-item-template) - Providing a “Road Map” for Aquaculture, 5/17/18 If you plan to start an aquaculture business in Wisconsin, you’re in luck. Wisconsin is one of the only U.S. states that is mapped out with the aquaculture industry in mind. The mapping tool is available on the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility’s web site. Chris Hatleb, professor of
- [podcast copy YG](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=podcast-copy-yg) - Episode 11, March 29, 2019 Meteotsunami-Generated Rip Currents https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Central_Sands2.mp3 Conditions from a July 4, 2003, storm that caused seven drownings on Lake Michigan came under scrutiny by Wisconsin Sea Grant scientists who are studying a storm-induced wave called a meteotsunami — a contraction of the term meteorological tsunami, which means a wave caused by weather.
- [podcast episode – all](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=podcast-episode-all) - Episode 11, March 29, 2019 Meteotsunami-Generated Rip Currents https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Central_Sands2.mp3 Conditions from a July 4, 2003, storm that caused seven drownings on Lake Michigan came under scrutiny by Wisconsin Sea Grant scientists who are studying a storm-induced wave called a meteotsunami — a contraction of the term meteorological tsunami, which means a wave caused by weather.
- [Scholarship and fellowship opportunities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=scholarship-and-fellowship-opportunities) - Fellowships John A. Knauss Marine (and Great Lakes) Policy FellowshipApplication Deadline: Feb. 19, 2021 The National Sea Grant College Program’s John A. Knauss Marine (and Great Lakes) Policy Fellowship Program was established in 1979. It provides a unique educational experience to applicants who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in
- [Default Kit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/?elementor_library=default-kit)

## News

- [Education works: Boaters who know the ‘Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers!’ rules are doing their part to stop AIS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/education-works-boaters-who-know-the-stop-aquatic-hitchhikers-rules-are-doing-their-part-to-stop-ais/) - The study found that boaters who were more aware of Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! and Clean Drain Dry brands removed plants from their boats more often than those who weren't aware.
- [Lake Superior community leaders work together on coastal resilience projects; funding for 2026 projects available](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-superior-community-leaders-work-together-on-coastal-resilience-projects-funding-for-2026-projects-available/) - A program from Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve offers local officials a chance to tackle those challenges together.
- [Great Lakes, Great Read program announces 2026 book selections](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-great-read-program-announces-2026-book-selections/) - The three books delve into lighthouses, sturgeon, and shipwrecks of the Great Lakes.
- [Apply for the 2026 Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/apply-for-the-2026-shipboard-science-immersion-on-lake-superior/) - Educators, apply for the 2026 Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Superior!
- [Outdoor learning series connects elders, students, and the land](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/outdoor-learning-series-connects-elders-students-and-the-land/) - The series invites University of Wisconsin-Green Bay students and staff to learn about natural areas on campus.
- [Measuring the impact of PFAS on Wisconsin’s fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/measuring-the-impact-of-pfas-on-wisconsins-fish/) - Researcher Tisha King-Heiden is studying how a new generation of PFAS affect sturgeon, walleye, and fathead minnows.
- [Saxon Harbor recertifies as a Wisconsin Clean Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/saxon-harbor-recertifies-as-a-wisconsin-clean-marina/) - The marina has new bioretention areas, native plantings, and vegetated buffers that protect against erosion and flooding.
- [Spearfishing video nets WAVE Visual Excellence and Judges Choice awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/spearfishing-video-nets-wave-visual-excellence-and-judges-choice-awards/) - Bonnie Willison also won awards for her videos on aquatic plants and fire stewardship along Lake Superior.
- [Port Washington achieves 15 years of certification as a Wisconsin Clean Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/port-washington-achieves-15-years-of-certification-as-a-wisconsin-clean-marina/) - The marina was the first one certified in 2010.
- [Dispatches from a sentinel species: Measuring PFAS and overall health in bald eagles](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/eagles/) - The Great Lakes Eagle Health Project has been keeping tabs on bald eagles for over 30 years.
- [Researchers and communities working together](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-and-communities-working-together/) - The Water Partnership Workshop brought together community members and scientists to set future research priorities.
- [Guts and glory: Thinking beyond the fillet](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/guts-and-glory-thinking-beyond-the-fillet/) - The 100% Wisconsin Fish contest award winners proposed creative ways to use fish.
- [Join us for Students Ask Scientists on January 14](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-january-14/) - Professor Ben Peterson will discuss how mercury becomes toxic in aquatic environments.
- [Alverno College students explore Great Lakes aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/alverno-college-students-explore-great-lakes-aquaculture/) - They toured several aquaculture facilities and helped collect data on Atlantic salmon.
- [Stormwater infrastructure tour puts the ‘green’ in Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/stormwater-infrastructure-tour-puts-the-green-in-green-bay/) - The East River Collaborative's field tour showcased bioswales, permeable pavement, and native plant gardens across the city.
- [WCER’s Field Day collaborates with Wisconsin Sea Grant to develop shipwrecks game](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wcers-field-day-collaborates-with-wisconsin-sea-grant-to-develop-shipwrecks-game/) - “Legend of the Lost Emerald” is an immersive, point-and-click adventure game for kids.
- [Join us for "Students Ask Scientists" on November 6](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-november-6/) - Anna Hill will talk about how scientists track fish in Lake Michigan.
- ['Story of Water' spotlights sturgeon at Wisconsin Science Festival](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/story-of-water-spotlights-sturgeon-at-wisconsin-science-festival/) - On Oct. 25, 2025, kids and families can enjoy sturgeon activities and book talks about all things fish.
- [The Swale Tale](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-swale-tale/) - How an unusual Door County landscape is helping researchers learn how Great Lake water levels affect groundwater and forests in coastal areas Landscapes tell a story. That can be obvious to the casual observer traveling around the state, whether it’s taking a scenic fall drive through the Driftless Area in southwest Wisconsin, exploring the potholes
- [SkipperBud’s Oshkosh Marina certifies as Wisconsin Clean Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/skipperbuds-oshkosh-marina-certifies-as-wisconsin-clean-marina/) - SkipperBud’s Oshkosh Marina has received a Wisconsin Clean Marina designation from Wisconsin Sea Grant and its partners for the marina’s efforts to prevent pollution and protect fish, wildlife, and public health. Wisconsin’s Clean Marina Program launched in 2010 to promote clean and safe waterways for the state’s marine industry through best practices while meeting state
- [Summer students learn the ropes of fish farming](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-students-learn-the-ropes-of-fish-farming/) - Twelve interns got hands-on experience at aquaculture facilities across the state.
- [Join us for "Students Ask Scientists" on October 7](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-october-7/) - Ashley Lemke will discuss 10,000 years of underwater archeology in the Great Lakes.
- [Submit your ideas to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-your-ideas-to-the-100-wisconsin-fish-contest/) - The contest is seeking creative ideas on how to use all parts of Great Lakes fish.
- [Student Stories from the Field: A Summer with Freshwater@UW](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-summer-with-freshwateruw/) - From monitoring water quality in Lake Michigan tributaries to coring trees in Door County, the students in the Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program had a summer full of discovery. This year, the program supported 31 undergraduate students as they explored water chemistry, emerging contaminants, groundwater, fisheries, and more, gaining hands-on research experience that helped them envision
- [New children’s book celebrates sturgeon conservation in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-childrens-book-celebrates-sturgeon-conservation-in-wisconsin/) - “Saving our Sturgeon: Protecting Wisconsin’s Ancient Fish,” tells the story of how conservation efforts rescued the famous fish from extinction.
- [New study shows Americans searching for ways to reduce PFAS exposure through drinking water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-study-shows-americans-searching-for-ways-to-reduce-pfas-exposure-through-drinking-water/) - The research team analyzed Google search data to find the types of questions people are asking about PFAS.
- [Aquatic Invasive Species Snapshot Day returns August 9](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquatic-invasive-species-snapshot-day-returns-august-9/) - The event invites volunteers to search for aquatic invasive species in rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
- [Developing a faster way to detect E. coli and identify its source at public beaches](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/developing-a-faster-way-to-detect-ecoli/) - Ryan Newton's research will help protect public health and prevent future E.coli contamination at beaches.
- [Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/shipboard-science-immersion-on-lake-michigan/) - Three Wisconsin educators chosen to join Sea Grant aboard EPA’s research vessel on Lake Michigan
- [New video captures wild rice revival project in Lake Winnebago](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-video-captures-wild-rice-revival-project-in-lake-winnebago/) - The waters of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin’s largest inland lake, were once teeming with wild rice – so abundant that historical accounts describe boats struggling to pass through the beds. This native aquatic plant, known as "mayom" in the Mohegan language and “manoomin” in the Ojibwe language, has deep cultural and ecological significance, supporting fish, waterfowl,
- [Podcast tells story of seventh graders who launched Clean Boats, Clean Waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/podcast-tells-story-of-seventh-graders-who-launched-clean-boats-clean-waters/) - "Introduced" explains how three students started the popular boat inspection program.
- [Door County shipwreck listed on National Register of Historic Places](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/door-county-shipwreck-listed-on-national-register-of-historic-places/) - The Little Harbor launch likely transported vacationers, fruit pickers, and anglers around the peninsula.
- [Getting kids hooked on fish farming](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/getting-kids-hooked-on-fish-farming/) - Sea Grant is bringing fish and aquaculture into the classroom.
- [Giving back to Wisconsin’s waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/giving-back-to-wisconsins-waters/) - UW–Madison institutions work with tribes to investigate pollution and address misconceptions
- [Sea Grant welcomes new coastal resilience specialist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-welcomes-new-coastal-resilience-specialist/) - Carrie Malone will work with Milwaukee communities to build resilience to flooding, changing water levels and other coastal hazards.
- [Watch: How tree rings and community conversations are bringing fire back](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/watch-how-tree-rings-and-community-conversations-are-bringing-fire-back/) - https://youtu.be/KUKIw1eSwEI Research into centuries-old fire-scarred trees in northern Wisconsin is helping shape current fire management practices for tribal and state partners. The project, We are all gathering around the fire, or Nimaawanji’idimin giiwitaashkodeng in Anishinaabemowin, combines dendrochronology, Native Experiential Knowledge (NEK), and community engagement to uncover the intertwined ecological and cultural history of this Lake
- [When art and science join forces](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/when-art-and-science-join-forces/) - This season of Introduced features three episodes exploring art and science.
- [2025 Shipboard Science on Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/2025-shipboard-science-workshop-on-lake-michigan/) - Teachers are encouraged to apply for the 2025 Shipboard Science Workshop aboard the Lake Guardian ship on Lake Michigan.
- [Podcast shares the unexpected lessons of starry stonewort](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/podcast-shares-the-unexpected-lessons-of-starry-stonewort/) - Experts reveal what they've learned after a decade of managing starry stonewort in Little Muskego Lake.
- [Coloring and sticker book teaches kids about fish farming](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/coloring-and-sticker-book-teaches-kids-about-fish-farming/) - The “Wisconsin Aquaculture Coloring and Sticker Activity Book" is the first of its kind.
- [Sea Grant research project inspires children’s book](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-research-project-inspires-childrens-book/) - A new children's book is a celebration of hope, healing and lessons we can learn from the land. It offers a look at the role fire historically played on Wisconsin and Minnesota points along Lake Superior.
- [Aquaculture outreach extraordinaire wins award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquaculture-outreach-extraordinaire-wins-award/) - The Aquaculture Information Exchange recently named Emma Hauser an extension/outreach extraordinaire.
- [A new use for an old technology](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-new-use-for-an-old-technology/) - Mohan Qin and Haoran Wei, researchers at UW-Madison, are working to revolutionize nanoplastic sampling in the Great Lakes.
- [When it comes to aquatic plant management, words matter](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/when-it-comes-to-aquatic-plant-management-words-matter/) - Millions of dollars are spent every year in Wisconsin to manage unwanted aquatic plants. Despite this, little funding or effort is dedicated to education specific to aquatic plant management. A Sea Grant study aimed at filling this information gap by identifying internet search terms.
- [Head to Tail Fish Showcase invites producers and consumers to think beyond the fillet](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/head-to-tail-fish-showcase-invites-producers-and-consumers-to-think-beyond-the-fillet/) - The 100% Great Lakes Fish initiative is finding new ways to use the whole fish.
- [Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference returns Feb. 21-22](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-aquaculture-conference-returns-feb-21-22/) - The conference will bring together fish farmers, researchers, educators and vendors across the state and region.
- [New Sea Grant communications director returns to roots in science communication](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-sea-grant-communications-director-returns-to-roots-in-science-communication/) - Andrew Savagian is the new assistant director for communications.
- [NOAA Sea Grant invests $4.25 million to further a resilient future](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/noaa-sea-grant-invests-4-25-million-to-further-a-resilient-future/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant has new federal funding to support staff with expertise in economics, urban and regional planning, geospatial analysis, policy analysis, law, anthropology and Indigenous knowledge to address coastal adaptation and resilience issues.
- [Climate change creates uphill battles at downhill ski areas in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/climate-change-creates-uphill-battles-at-downhill-ski-areas-in-wisconsin/) - A recent study found that Wisconsin ski hills face multiple challenges due to changing snow conditions from climate disruption, plus changes in skier behavior. However, the state’s ski operators are adapting to meet these challenges.
- [Sea Grant announces new projects to address community needs regarding contaminants of emerging concern](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-announces-new-projects-to-address-community-needs-regarding-contaminants-of-emerging-concern/) - Gavin Dehnert was awarded a grant from National Sea Grant to study eaglets, game fish and water in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan for evidence of PFAS contamination.
- [Award-winning podcast returns with new stories about aquatic invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/award-winning-podcast-returns-with-new-stories-about-aquatic-invasive-species/) - The third season of "Introduced" dives into science, art and community.
- [Great Lakes Science Café offered in Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-science-cafe-offered-in-green-bay/) - Explore the intersection of science and writing about the Great Lakes during a science café at 6-9 p.m., Nov. 8, Paradise North Distillery in Green Bay.
- [UW–Madison grad among 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship finalists](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-madison-grad-among-2025-knauss-marine-policy-fellowship-finalists/) - Elizabeth Berg, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is one of 88 early-career professionals who will spend the next year working alongside federal agencies or legislative offices in Washington, D.C.
- [Everyone Can Bird, Fall Event Scheduled](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/everyone-can-bird-fall-event-scheduled/) - Birders of all skills and abilities are invited to “Everyone Can Bird: Fall Migration,” 9:45 – 11:45 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 12, at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, 3980 E. Skyline Parkway, Duluth, Minnesota.
- [Great Lakes, Great Read 2024-2025 Program announces free webinar series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-great-read-2024-2025-program-announces-free-webinar-series/) - Great Lakes, Great Read, the “one book, one community” program designed to inspire passion and connection to the Great Lakes Watershed through reading, will kick off the season with a series of three webinars.
- [Wisconsin sport fish carry suite of new viruses](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sport-fish-carry-suite-of-new-viruses/) - Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have detected a suite of new viruses in five species of Wisconsin sport fish. Although none pose a threat to human health, one is a type of coronavirus usually associated with birds. It was found in healthy walleyes from Wisconsin lakes.
- [Reflecting on a summer at Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/reflecting-on-a-summer-at-sea-grant/) - Four students enjoyed productive summers at Sea Grant.
- [A Great Lakes, Great Read Storytelling Workshop](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-great-lakes-great-read-storytelling-workshop/) - Learn the art and craft of telling a Great Lakes story. Crafting experiences into powerful memories to share is an art. Join Jen Rubin, storytelling expert and producer of Love Wisconsin, Oct 4-5 in Ashland for an interactive workshop that will help storytellers share their love for the Great Lakes.
- [Eat Wisconsin Fish videos win communication award at Sea Grant Week](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/eat-wisconsin-fish-videos-win-communication-award-at-sea-grant-week/) - The nine-part series showcases commercial fishing and fish farming businesses in Wisconsin.
- [Great Lakes Maps Find Their Way Into NOAA Historical Collection](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-maps-find-their-way-into-noaa-historical-collection/) - A set of 76 historical Great Lakes charts have made their way into a collection of the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, thanks to the efforts of Wisconsin's Water Library and partners.
- [A fish farm field trip for Wisconsin decision-makers highlights challenges and future of aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-fish-farm-field-trip-for-wisconsin-decision-makers-highlights-challenges-and-future-of-aquaculture/) - The tour brought together fish farmers and lawmakers to discuss fish farming in Wisconsin.
- [Using Sound to Connect People to Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/using-sound-to-connect-people-to-green-bay/) - On a sunny morning in mid-June, the Phoenix, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s research vessel, headed out onto the bay. Aboard were Sea Grant researchers Emily Tyner and Bill Sallak and a small mound of recording equipment. Tyner and Sallak’s project is associated with the development of a national estuarine research reserve on the bay. They planned to record natural noises from the bay, particularly bird sounds from the Cat Island Chain. They hope their audio project will connect the community to the bay, which has been shunned in the past due to environmental issues. The boat tour was only supposed to last for three hours but like in the theme song for the “Gilligan’s Island” television show, a mishap was involved.
- [Everyone Can Bird, Second of Three Accessible Birding Events](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/everyone-can-bird-second-of-three-accessible-birding-events/) - All are invited to attend the second in a series of three free events designed for birders of all skills and abilities. Join “Everyone Can Bird: Graduation to Migration,” 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the Millennium Trail off N. 28th Street and Wyoming Avenue, Superior, Wisconsin.
- [Two Wisconsin marine debris projects funded by NOAA](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/two-wisconsin-marine-debris-projects-funded-by-noaa/) - A project that deals with microplastic accumulation in the Great Lakes food web and another that will work with Milwaukee’s fashion community to reduce microplastic debris in waterways were awarded funding recently by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- [East River Collaborative garners a visit from the governor and new grant funding](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/east-river-collaborative-garners-a-visit-from-the-governor-and-new-grant-funding/) - Gov. Tony Evers visits with the East River Collaborative team.
- [Gauging risk with rain gauges: Flood resilience fellow recruits volunteer weather observers at Door County event](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/gauging-risk-with-rain-gauges-flood-resilience-fellow-recruits-volunteer-weather-observers-at-door-county-event/) - Former Keillor Fellow addresses the need for more rainfall data in northeast Wisconsin.
- [Lake and river foams study reveals high PFAS levels, even though underlying water may be less contaminated](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-and-river-foams-study-reveals-high-pfas-levels-even-though-underlying-water-may-be-less-contaminated/) - A new PFAS study found that natural foams on water contain high concentrations of the contaminants.
- [Northeastern Wisconsin communities build flood resilience at the local and watershed level](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/northeastern-wisconsin-communities-build-flood-resilience-at-the-local-and-watershed-level/) - The East River Collaborative brings communities together to clean, slow and capture stormwater.
- [Checking beach health virtually](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/checking-beach-health-virtually/) - We've updated video tutorials and training modules that accompany Virtual Beach, a free Windows software program developed by the U.S. EPA for beach managers to make beach monitoring more timely and cost-effective.
- [PFAS in municipal drinking water: New grant designed to improve risk communication in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/pfas-in-municipal-drinking-water-new-grant-designed-to-improve-risk-communication-in-wisconsin/) - A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison received a grant from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant to study PFAS messaging to water users in Wisconsin with a special focus on Latinos.
- [Heading for the St. Louis River? Local groups offer water safety tips](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/heading-for-the-st-louis-river-local-groups-offer-water-safety-tips/) - Thanks to pollution remedies and controls combined with habitat restoration, the St. Louis River is cleaner than it has been in decades. Despite these improvements, there are still safety hazards people should consider before recreating. Local partners offer tips for appropriate precautions.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant staff contribute to special “Oceanography” journal issue](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-staff-contribute-to-special-oceanography-journal-issue/) - Sea Grant research and outreach projects took center stage in the latest issue of “Oceanography,” the official journal of The Oceanography Society. The issue includes articles written by four Wisconsin Sea Grant staff members.
- [Hart wins prestigious outreach award in honor of service to Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/hart-wins-prestigious-outreach-award-in-honor-of-service-to-wisconsin/) - David Hart has been named the winner of the 2024 Robert and Carroll Heideman Award for Excellence in Public Service and Outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- [Sea Grant communications director plunges into retirement](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-communications-director-plunges-into-retirement/) - Moira Harrington, Wisconsin Sea Grant assistant director for communications, recently announced plans to retire, effective June 14. Rather than tiptoe into the waters of retirement gradually, Harrington will dive right in, making the decision only three months beforehand.
- [Great Lakes, Great Read shared-reading initiative announces book selections](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-great-read-shared-reading-initiative-announces-book-selections/) - A children's book and a selection written for adults were named today as the two community reads for a new Great Lakes Basin initiative meant to foster connections between communities and the lakes as well as deepen learning.
- [Day of the Badger returns April 16–17](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/day-of-the-badger-returns-april-16-17/) - Join us in celebrating Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Water Resources Institute with Day of the Badger on April 16-17.
- [Everyone Can Bird, First of Three Accessible Birding Events](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/everyone-can-bird-first-of-three-accessible-birding-events-2/) - All are invited to attend the first in a series of three free events designed for birders of all skills and abilities. Join “Everyone Can Bird: Spring Migration,” 9:30 – 11:30 a.m., Sunday, May 5, at Chambers Grove Park in Duluth, Minnesota.
- [Training the next generation of Great Lakes commercial fishers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/training-the-next-generation-of-great-lakes-commercial-fishers/) - The Great Lakes Future Fishers Initiative will train those new to the Great Lakes commercial fishing and processing industry.
- [Muskies and the St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/muskies-and-the-st-louis-river/) - The next River Talk will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, with “Muskies and the St. Louis River,” an in-person presentation by Keith Okeson with Lake Superior Chapter of Muskies Inc.. His talk will be held at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.).
- [New federal funding will boost holistic PFAS research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-federal-funding-will-boost-holistic-pfas-research/) - Sea Grant Interim Director Christy Remucal will lead a new Center of Excellence in PFAS Environmental Science on the UW-Madison campus.
- [Northern Waters Smokehaus and Zenith Books featured on Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Fish Dish Podcast](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/northern-waters-smokehaus-and-zenith-books-featured-on-wisconsin-sea-grants-fish-dish-podcast/) - The latest informative and fun 27-minute episode of The Fish Dish Podcast features interviews with the creators of “Smoke on the Waterfront: The Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook,” and with a staff member from Duluth, Minnesota’s Zenith Bookstore, who reviewed the book. A finalist for a 2024 Minnesota Book Award, the cookbook offers recipes for the Smokehaus’ famous fish and smoked meats.
- [Carp, Cats, Perch and Pearls: Wisconsin’s Unsung Commercial Fishery](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/carp-cats-perch-and-pearls-wisconsins-unsung-commercial-fishery/) - Carp, Cats, Perch and Pearls: Wisconsin’s Unsung Commercial Fishery By Sharon Moen Wisconsin Sea Grant exists because the state’s boundaries include parts of lakes Superior and Michigan, which are viewed as inland seas by the U.S. government. Commercial fishing for food happens in these waters and Sea Grant works to help these fisheries succeed. However,
- [Wisconsin & Minnesota Aquaculture Conference showcases the latest in fish farming education and research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-minnesota-aquaculture-conference-showcases-the-latest-in-fish-farming-education-and-research/) - The Wisconsin & Minnesota Aquaculture Conference will be held March 22-23 and features research, demonstrations and tours of local fish farming facilities.
- [What Lies Below? Underwater Mapping](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/what-lies-below-underwater-mapping/) - The next River Talk will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, with “What Lies Below? Underwater Mapping Near and in the St. Louis River Estuary,” an in-person and virtual presentation by Brandon Krumwiede with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His talk will be held at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.).
- [Negative emotions drive preference for herbicide treatments for aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/negative-emotions-drive-preference-for-herbicide-treatments-for-aquatic-invasive-species-in-wisconsin-lakes/) - A new study published by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found that fear is a large driver in lakeshore property owners’ preferences for herbicide treatments of aquatic invasive plants over other management options, even if those treatments may harm native plants and animals.
- [Invasive Species Language Workshop designed to get people talking](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/invasive-species-language-workshop-designed-to-get-people-talking/) - Registration is open for an “Invasive Species Language Workshop” that be held online and in-person on Feb. 27-28. A virtual half-day of webinar presentations will be followed by a full-day workshop in Washington, D.C., where attendees will draft guidelines and research priorities for inclusive communication and naming conventions.
- [“Skill, tenacity, humility and compassion”: Jim Hurley, director of the Aquatic Sciences Center, to retire](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/skill-tenacity-humility-and-compassion-jim-hurley-director-of-the-aquatic-sciences-center-to-retire/) - Director Jim Hurley is retiring on Oct. 13.
- [Podcast miniseries highlights stories of Wisconsin communities impacted by PFAS pollution](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/publictrust/) - This week, Wisconsin Sea Grant and Midwest Environmental Advocates launched Public Trust, a new podcast miniseries that explores Wisconsin’s response to PFAS contamination. Host Richelle Wilson visits communities impacted by these toxic “forever chemicals” to understand how local residents have been affected and what they’re doing to secure their rights to clean water. The miniseries
- [St. Louis River Summit Celebrates an Enduring Future](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/st-louis-river-summit-celebrates-an-enduring-future/) - Our partner, the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve is holding its 14th annual St. Louis River Summit March 6-7 with in-person sessions at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjacket Union and field trip options on March 8.
- [Sea Grant to fund $4.6 M in Great Lakes research, education and outreach](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-to-fund-4-6-m-in-great-lakes-research-education-and-outreach/) - Sea Grant announces a $4.6 million investment in Great Lakes research, education and outreach over two years.
- [A deep dive into the double centerboard schooner shipwrecks of the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-deep-dive-into-the-double-centerboard-schooner-shipwrecks-of-the-great-lakes/) - Maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen uncovers the story of double centerboard schooners in Lake Michigan.
- [Northern Wisconsin communities benefit from climate change program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/northern-wisconsin-communities-benefit-from-climate-change-program/) - Hear what leaders in several northern Wisconsin counties and cities worked on for the 2023 Lake Superior Climate Champions Program.
- [Applications open for community climate support program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/applications-open-for-community-climate-support-program/) - A program for community leaders in northern Wisconsin who are looking for ways to address climate change is available through Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- [Moen honored by Wisconsin’s commercial fishers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/moen-honored-by-wisconsins-commercial-fishers/) - The Wisconsin Commercial Fisherman’s Association honored Sharon Moen with an award last week.
- [Marine debris play script available for free](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/marine-debris-play-script-available-for-free/) - What is marine debris, what are its impacts and what can we do about it? These are the central messages of a play written on behalf of Wisconsin Sea Grant that is now available for others to use for free, complete with props.
- [Keillor Fellow helps Great Lakes communities plan for coastal hazards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/keillor-fellow-helps-great-lakes-communities-plan-for-coastal-hazards/) - Keillor Fellow Helena Tiedmann is helping coastal communities build resilience to coastal hazards.
- [Persistent Pollution: Researchers investigate the key to E. coli bacteria survival in Lake Michigan beach sand and water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/persistent-pollution-researchers-investigate-the-key-to-e-coli-bacteria-survival-in-lake-michigan-beach-sand-and-water/) - Researchers Sandra McLellan and Gyaneshwar Prasad are finding ways to decomplicate beach managers’ lives by determining what factors could limit long-term survival of E. coli on beaches.
- [2023 year in review](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/2023-year-in-review/) - Celebrate 2023 and the Great Lakes.
- [Great Lakes, Great Read program announced](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-great-read-program-announced/) - Community read focused on water to kick off in 2024.
- [Hoping for snow: Wisconsin snow data project captures snowflake images and students’ attention](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/hoping-for-snow-wisconsin-snow-data-project-captures-snowflake-images-and-students-attention/) - Michael Notaro with the University of Wisconsin-Madison is teaching Wisconsin school children the similarities in snowflakes to share the wonder of nature and information about the Great Lakes climate, but also to expand an international environmental database.
- [Everyone can bird final outing on Oct. 14](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/everyone-can-bird-final-outing-on-oct-14/) - All are invited to attend the last in a series of three events designed for birders of all skills and abilities. Join “Everyone Can Bird: World Migratory Bird Day,'' 9:30-11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 14, at. Hawk Ridge in Duluth.
- [River Talks resume with “Duluth’s Lost Industries”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-resume-with-duluths-lost-industries/) - The River Talks, a series of informal science presentations, returns at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, for the season with “Duluth’s Lost Industries Along the St. Louis River,” an in-person presentation by local historian and author, Tony Dierckins. His talk will be held at the Lake Superior Estuarium
- [New Wisconsin Sea Grant aquaculture outreach specialist formulates “right diet for the right fish”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-wisconsin-sea-grant-aquaculture-outreach-specialist-formulates-right-food-for-the-right-fish/) - Dong-Fang Deng's research helps fish get the nutrients they need.
- [Sea Grant-hosted water quality panel discussed solutions on phosphorus use](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-hosted-water-quality-panel-discussed-solutions-on-phosphorus-use/) - A Sea Grant-sponsored late August panel explored the promise and downsides of phosphorus use.
- [Event celebrated Great Lakes friends, champions, researchers and students](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/event-celebrated-great-lakes-friends-champions-researchers-and-students/) - Recent Fellows Convocation and Awards Event celebrated students, researchers and champions.
- [Keillor Fellow, reviewing resilience of coastal wetlands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/keillor-fellow-reviewing-resilience-of-coastal-wetlands/) - A fellow is spending a year and a half rating the vulnerability of Lake Superior wetlands to climate change.
- [Convening CHAOS to spot signs of shoreline erosion  ](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/convening-chaos-to-spot-signs-of-shoreline-erosion/) - Debuting a new tool to spot signs of shoreline erosion on Lake Superior.
- [Summer scholars dip toes into water-related careers: Part one](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-scholars-dip-toes-into-water-related-careers-part-one/) - Twelve summer scholars from across the country worked on coastal and water resources projects across Wisconsin.
- [Making Sense of Algal Blooms](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/making-sense-of-algal-blooms/) - The next River Talk will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, with “Making Sense of Algal Blooms in the St. Louis River Estuary,” an in-person presentation by Euan Reavie with the Natural Resources Research Institute. His talk will be held at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.).
- [Water librarian releases torrent of information, programming and goodwill](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-librarian-releases-torrent-of-information-programming-and-goodwill/) - Anne Moser wins Wisconsin Library Association President's Volunteer Award.
- [Filling water shoes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/filling-water-shoes/) - Young people have options of further schooling or entering the workforce. Two new grants will enable Sea Grant staff to help students sort through those choices.
- [Summer scholars dip toes into water-related careers: Part two](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-scholars-dip-toes-into-water-related-careers-part-two/) - Part two of a series profiling the summer scholars working on coastal and water resources projects.
- [Aug. 31 event and livestream to explore phosphorus in aquatic ecosystems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aug-31-event-and-livestream-to-explore-phosphorus-in-aquatic-ecosystems/) - Sea Grant is sponsoring a panel about phosphorus and harmful algal blooms on Aug. 31. It will be in person at Memorial Union in Madison and also livestreamed.
- [Providing access for all to a national lakeshore](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/providing-access-for-all-to-a-national-lakeshore/) - How do you make a park in the middle of Lake Superior accessible to people with disabilities? Natalie Chin and Marie Zhuikov from our staff had the chance to travel to Stockton Island in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore to see first-hand what the park is doing to make it more accessible.
- [Lack of housing looms large as barrier to nature-based jobs in northern Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lack-of-housing-looms-large-as-barrier-to-nature-based-jobs-in-northern-wisconsin/) - A report published recently by Wisconsin Sea Grant cites a lack of housing as a major barrier to development of nature-based jobs in Wisconsin’s northern tier. A recent webinar provided more insights from people who contributed to the report.
- [Remucal named interim director of Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/remucal-named-interim-director-of-sea-grant/) - Prominent water contaminants researcher Christy Remucal takes over as Sea Grant director.
- [Plastics learning kit educates and enthralls](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/plastics-learning-kit-educates-and-enthralls/) - “Plastic Panic” is a grab-and-go teaching kit that formal and nonformal educators can use to teach about plastic pollution in the Great Lakes, specifically, microplastics.
- [Sea Grant education on fishery expected to lead to $15 million in exports to Sweden](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-education-on-fishery-expected-to-lead-to-15-million-in-exports-to-sweden/) - Sea Grant education leads to a $15 million market for Great Lakes commercial fisheries.
- [Sea Grant staff member wins national award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-staff-member-wins-national-award/) - Sea Grant's Sharon Moen won a national communications award last week.
- [Webinar and report available about nature-based jobs in northern Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/webinar-and-report-available-about-nature-based-jobs-in-northern-wisconsin/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is organizing a webinar and has produced a report regarding the status of nature-based jobs in Wisconsin’s northern tier, which includes Douglas, Ashland, Bayfield and Iron counties. The webinar will be held July 18 and the report is available for free download.
- [New exhibit at Wisconsin Maritime Museum showcases history and management of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-exhibit-at-wisconsin-maritime-museum-showcases-history-and-management-of-sea-lamprey-in-the-great-lakes/) - A new exhibit at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum showcases the history and impact of sea lamprey in the Great Lakes.
- [New aquaculture guide helps fish farmers raise walleye for commercial production](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-aquaculture-guide-helps-fish-farmers-raise-walleye-for-commercial-production/) - The new "Walleye Culture Guide" helps fish farmers raise walleye indoors using recirculating aquaculture systems.
- [Summer loving and the research is fine](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-loving-and-the-research-is-fine/) - The 2023 Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholars Program kicked off last week.
- [Deadline approaching: Nominate a Great Lakes champion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/deadline-approaching-nominate-a-great-lakes-champion-2/) - Nominate a Great Lakes champion.
- [Updated Wisconsin Clean Marina Guidebook benefits boaters and marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/updated-wisconsin-clean-marina-guidebook-benefits-boaters-and-marinas/) - It's National Safe Boating Week and a good time to spotlight an updated tool, the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program guidebook.
- [Sea Grant impact in Green Bay: More than $8.8 million invested in research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-impact-in-green-bay-more-than-8-8-million-invested-in-research/) - In more than 50 years, Wisconsin Sea Grant has funded 91 research projects totaling more than $8.8 million.
- [How and where to find birds in the Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/how-and-where-to-find-birds-in-the-estuary/) - The final River Talk of the season will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 with “How and Where to Find Birds in the St. Louis River Estuary,” an in-person presentation at the Lake Superior Estuarium Confluence Room given by Steve Kolbe with the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute.
- [Undergraduate researcher evaluates adaptation tool to combat Great Lakes coastal hazards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/undergraduate-researcher-evaluates-adaptation-tool-to-combat-great-lakes-coastal-hazards/) - Undergraduate researcher looking at adaptative pathways as a method to address coastal hazards in the Great Lakes region.
- [Milwaukee marine debris prevention program to expand](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/milwaukee-marine-debris-prevention-program-to-expand/) - New funding will allow continued work on marine debris prevention.
- [Gaining a big picture of bluff erosion and sand movement along Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/gaining-a-big-picture-of-bluff-erosion-and-sand-movement-along-lake-michigan/) - Lucas Zoet with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Geoscience and his research team are looking at bluff erosion and sediment movement at two Wisconsin sites along Lake Michigan in a holistic way to better understand erosion rates and where the eroding sediment goes.
- [Everyone can bird, first of three accessible birding events](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/everyone-can-bird-first-of-three-accessible-birding-events/) - The first in a series of three events designed for birders of all skills and abilities is happening soon. Join “Everyone Can Bird: Spring Arrivals,'' 9:30-11:30 a.m., Saturday, May 6, at Boy Scout Landing Public Water Access, 11 Commonwealth Ave., Duluth.
- [Margaret Ellis: Bringing a voice back to the land](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/margaret-ellis-bringing-a-voice-back-to-the-land/) - Margaret Ellis is the latest person to fill the First Nations Graduate Assistantship with Wisconsin Sea Grant and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity. Ellis has all the qualifications that look good on paper, plus others that are just as meaningful.
- [Love the lakes? Nominate the next Wisconsin Sea Grant Great Lakes Champion Award-winner](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/love-the-lakes-nominate-the-next-wisconsin-sea-grant-great-lakes-champion-award-winner/) - To raise awareness about the importance of the Great Lakes to Wisconsin’s culture and economy, Wisconsin Sea Grant announced today it will confer a Great Lakes Champion Award this summer. A call for nominations is now open at seagrant.wisc.edu/championaward. Those eligible for the award are any group, program, organization, or individual that displays: A demonstrated
- [Art as a Voice for Science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/art-as-a-voice-for-science/) - The River Talks will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12 with “Art as a Voice for Science,” an in-person and virtual presentation at the Lake Superior Estuarium given by Adam Swanson, local muralist and environmental artist whose work has been exhibited internationally.
- [Kewaunee Marina overcoming challenges for Clean Marina certification](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/kewaunee-marina-overcoming-challenges-for-clean-marina-certification/) - Staff at the city marina in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, were interested in voluntarily gaining certification as a clean marina, but several challenges faced them. Lucky for them, the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program not only certifies marinas in the state as environmentally friendly, it also helps them get to that point by providing guidance, training and technical assistance in adopting best management practices that reduce pollution and protect Wisconsin’s waterways.
- [River History and Winter Stories](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-history-and-winter-stories/) - The River Talks will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 with “History of the Upper Estuary and Fond du Lac Neighborhood: River History and Winter Stories,” an in-person presentation at the Lake Superior Estuarium Confluence Room (3 Marina Drive, Barker’s Island in Superior) given by Christine Carlson, historian, and Mark McConnell, an Elder with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.
- [Unique collaboration helps marinas install green infrastructure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/unique-collaboration-helps-marinas-install-green-infrastructure/) - Nature-based techniques installed at marinas can minimize water pollution, eliminate flooding and improve aesthetics. New video offers details.
- [EPA Fellow Emily Pavlovic: Up-close and personal with birds](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/epa-fellow-emily-pavlovic-up-close-and-personal-with-birds/) - Emily Pavlovic’s love of birds led her to a fellowship in avian toxicology at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division.
- [Allie Pesano: On a treasure hunt for birds](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/allie-pesano-on-a-treasure-hunt-for-birds/) - Allie Pesano's love of birds has her researching the impacts of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) on the reproductive success of birds in the Duluth area.
- [We’ve got fleas!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/weve-got-fleas/) - The River Talks will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 with “We’ve Got Fleas! Invaders and Nonlocal Beings on Water and Land,” a Zoom-only presentation given by Kelsey Taylor with Fond du Lac Natural Resource Management Division and Zach Stewart with Douglas County. Taylor will share information about invasive species, or nonlocal beings,
- [Water equity podcast wins two national awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-equity-podcast-wins-two-national-awards/) - The Water We Swim In is a multi-episode podcast series created and hosted by Bonnie Willison, Sea Grant’s digital storyteller, along with student Hali Jama. The series recently won two awards in the inaugural national Signal Awards competition. In the diversity, equity and inclusion category, the series won both a bronze award and the listener’s The Water We Swim in recently won two national podcasting awards.
- [Eating snails, for science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/eating-snails-for-science/) - Sea Grant's fisheries specialist recently joined a top chef for the collection of nonnative snails for a tasty meal. It will air on a nationally broadcast program on the Outdoor Channel in January.
- [New study: Northeastern Wisconsin PFAS plume moves into Green Bay via groundwater](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-study-northeastern-wisconsin-pfas-plume-moves-into-green-bay-via-groundwater/) - Sea Grant-funded research has found PFAS and PFOA, known as forever chemicals and detrimental to human health, have spread into the Great Lakes via a contaminated site in northeastern Wisconsin.
- [River Talks: Using fire to heal the land](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-using-fire-to-heal-the-land/) - The River Talks will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Lake Superior Estuarium in Superior, with “Nimaawanji'idimin Giiwitaashkodeng: Working with Fire to Heal the Land on Wisconsin and Minnesota Points,” an in-person and Zoom presentation by Evan Larson, University of Wisconsin-Platteville and Melonee Montano, Red Cliff tribal member and University of Minnesota graduate student.
- [New hire Alison Mikulyuk part of a connective thread of water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-hire-alison-mikulyuk-part-of-a-connective-thread-of-water/) - Alison Mikulyuk is the new Water@UW coordinator.
- [A Taste of Wisconsin Waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-taste-of-wisconsin-waters/) - A Wisconsin Sea Grant event held in Madison this fall celebrated Wisconsin’s water, from drinking water to water on which businesses rely for their livelihoods. These include commercial fishing and aquaculture operations.
- [The stories trees tell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-stories-trees-tell/) - A research project on Wisconsin and Minnesota points seeks to combine tree-ring data with Indigenous Experiential Knowledge.
- [Willison’s strong video production skills snag two awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/willisons-strong-video-production-skills-snag-two-awards/) - Bonnie Willison recently won two video production awards.
- [Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholars Program opportunities now open](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/freshwateruw-summer-research-scholars-program-opportunities-now-open/) - 2023 Freshwater@UW Summer Research Scholars Program opportunities--31 of them--are now open for review and application.
- [A Lifetime of Education—Retired Outreach Specialist James Lubner](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-lifetime-of-education-retired-outreach-specialist-james-lubner/) - Ask Jim Lubner about his 33-year career as a boating safety and education outreach specialist at Wisconsin Sea Grant (and what led to those years), and he’ll tell you about Lake Michigan. “Living in the Bay View area of Milwaukee, I’m never very far from Lake Michigan. I see it on a regular basis and
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant gratitude for 50 years shines in a new 50th anniversary video](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-gratitude-for-50-years-shines-in-a-new-50th-anniversary-video/) - A brand-new video celebrates Wisconsin Sea Grant's 50 years of service.
- [For new Keillor Fellow, social equity is an important element of coastal community resilience](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/for-new-keillor-fellow-social-equity-is-an-important-element/) - Hannah Paulson, the newest J. Philip Keillor Wisconsin Coastal Management-Sea Grant Fellow, brings strong interests in both social equity and nature-based solutions for stabilizing shorelines.
- [Whimsical marine debris play debuts in Door County](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/whimsical-marine-debris-play-debuts-in-door-county/) - What empowers people to help the environment and rhymes at the same time? Answer: “Me and Debry,” a half-hour, whimsical, audience-participation play about litter (marine debris) in the Great Lakes. The script for the play will soon be available for others to use.
- [Known by many for much, Anne Moser is now known as an award-winner](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/known-by-many-for-much-anne-moser-is-now-known-as-an-award-winner/) - Anne Moser was named the 2022 Nonformal Educator of the Year by the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education.
- [Aquatic invasive species staff member recognized as Lake Leader](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquatic-invasive-species-staff-member-recognized-as-lake-leader/) - Scott McComb recently completed training through the Wisconsin Lake Leaders Institute, culminating in an October graduation with members of his cohort.
- [River Talks: Tell us what you love about the river](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-tell-us-what-you-love-about-the-river/) - The River Talks will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, at the Lake Superior Estuarium, with “Tell us What you Love About the River,” an in-person presentation by Molly Wick, Lake Superior Reserve Margaret A. Davidson Fellow, who will describe a study she designed to help environmental managers understand how the community benefits from local lakes, rivers and streams and how this work could help make those benefits more accessible to everyone.
- [Accessible birding event delivers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/accessible-birding-event-delivers/) - Barker’s Island in the Duluth-Superior Harbor was the site of a free, bird-focused morning recently. People of all ages and ability levels attended an accessible birding outing led by experts from the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory and the Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve.
- [Science-themed artwork to be unveiled Oct. 15 at Sturgeon Bay City Hall](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/science-themed-artwork-to-be-unveiled/) - The public artwork will celebrate Wisconsin Sea Grant's 50th anniversary. The artists' concept takes a look at the base of the Lake Michigan food web, as well as human enjoyment of the lake.
- [River Talks resume with “Wild Stories”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-resume-with-wild-stories/) - On Oct. 12, the River Talks return for the season with “Wild Stories of Wildlife on the St. Louis River."
- [A Great Lakes champion and prolific researcher of Green Bay dies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-great-lakes-champion-and-prolific-researcher-of-green-bay-dies/) - A pioneering researcher of the Green Bay ecosystem recently died. He received many years of Sea Grant funding to further understanding of the bay.
- [Family-friendly environmental play debuts in Door County](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/family-friendly-environmental-play-debuts-in-door-county/) - “Me and Debry,” a half-hour, whimsical, audience participation play about litter (marine debris) in the Great Lakes, will debut at 10:30 a.m., Oct. 9, at the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin.
- [Free accessible birding outing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/free-accessible-birding-outing/) - Join the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve on Sept. 21, for a free, bird-focused morning. People of all ages and abilities are welcome at an accessible birding outing led by experts at the Lake Superior Estuarium on Barker’s Island in Superior.
- [Great Lakes Aquaculture Days to focus on fish health](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/glad-focuses-on-fish-health/) - The event takes place Oct. 26-27 and includes online and in-person components.
- [Keillor Fellow reflects on horizon-expanding experience assisting Great Lakes coastal communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/keillor-fellow-rau-reflects/) - Emily Rau reflects on her year-long experience as a Keillor Fellow stationed at the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program.
- [American Fisheries Society honors journal article based on Sea Grant-funded research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/afs-honors-journal-article/) - The article revealed a more accurate and complex picture of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) in state waters than previously understood.
- [Summer scholars benefit from mentoring during internship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-scholars-benefit-from-mentoring-during-internship/) - Ten students just completed a formative summer internship.
- [Reviving rice: Large collaborative effort will investigate possible wild rice restoration around Lake Winnebago](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/reviving-rice-lake-winnebago/) - The Lake Winnebago InterTribal Connectivity Project is bringing together resources, equipment and knowledge from a vast network of partners to consider future plans for wild rice in the area.
- [Noordyk named a Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/noordyk-named-a-lake-michigan-champion-of-conservation/) - The Lake Michigan Stakeholders named Julia Noordyk, Sea Grant’s water quality and coastal communities specialist, a Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation at a recent awards ceremony. Julia Noordyk's work for coastal communities is recognized.
- [Uncountable contribution--Linda Campbell retires](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uncountable-contribution-linda-campbell-retires/) - The one and only Linda Campbell has retired--in July--from the Aquatic Sciences Center after 40 years at ASC and 49 total years working for the people of Wisconsin at the state and university level. Although we will never be able to quantify her immense contributions, we had to try.
- [Finalists announced for the 2023 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/finalists-announced-for-the-2023-john-a-knauss-marine-policy-fellowship-program/) - The largest class of Knauss finalists in recent years includes Wisconsin's Mary Solokas, a recent UW-Madison graduate in freshwater and marine sciences.
- [Disaster preparedness project in northeastern Wisconsin will build on earlier flood resilience work](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/disaster-preparedness-project-in-northeastern-wisconsin-will-build-on-earlier-flood-resilience-work/) - Funding from the National Sea Grant Office and NOAA's Disaster Preparedness Program will allow Wisconsin Sea Grant to strengthen communities' resilience to flooding by looking at who lives in the most flood-prone areas of a city.
- [Great Lakes shipwreck game wins international competition](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-shipwreck-game-wins-international-competition/) - The Legend of the Lost Emerald earned a gold medal at the 2022 International Serious Play Awards Program. The immersive adventure game was one of nine educational games developed for K-12 learners that was cited for excellence.
- [Scientific buoy locations adjusted in the Apostle Islands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/scientific-buoy-locations-adjusted-in-the-apostle-islands/) - For the summer of 2022, eight buoys have been deployed in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore to aid paddler and boater safety.
- [Research reveals a more accurate picture of the occurrence of VHSV in Wisconsin waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/research-reveals-a-more-accurate-picture-of-the-occurrence-of-vhsv-in-wisconsin-waters/) - Newly published research shows that VHSV, which can cause affected fish to die, can be found further inland and in more bodies of water in Wisconsin than previously known.
- [Lake Superior Climate Champions program available for communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-superior-climate-champions-program-available-for-communities/) - A new program for community leaders in northern Wisconsin who are looking for ways to address climate change is available through Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- [Summer of research kicks off](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-of-research-kicks-off/) - Water@UW-Madison Summer Research Opportunity Program offers students 10 weeks of water science and mentoring.
- [Hard work, joy and more than a bit of luck add up to an accomplished coastal engineering career](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/hard-work-joy-and-more-than-a-bit-of-luck-add-up-to-an-accomplished-coastal-engineering-career/) - To commemorate our 50th anniversary, we're catching up with former staff members, such as coastal engineer Gene Clark.
- [Launch of new podcast about equity and the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/launch-of-new-podcast-about-equity-and-the-great-lakes/) - A brand-new podcast series will explore water and equity.
- [Meet the Knauss fellows: Theresa Vander Woude](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-knauss-fellows-theresa-vander-woude/) - This Knauss Fellow is working at the intersection of environmental policy and human dimensions.
- [A visit to Wisconsin’s oldest intact shipwreck](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-visit-to-wisconsins-oldest-intact-shipwreck/) - A recent discovery yielded Wisconsin's oldest intact shipwreck--a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe.
- [River Talk series ends season with exploration of Sea Grant’s past and future](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-series-ends-season-with-exploration-of-sea-grants-past-and-future/) - Let there be cake! On Wednesday, May 11, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in person at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wisconsin) and from 7 to 8 p.m. on Zoom, Sea Grant Director Jim Hurley will present, “Sea Grant at 50: Looking Back, Moving Forward,” examining the formation of this science-based organization devoted to the sustainable use and protection of Great Lakes resources. He’ll also discuss Sea Grant’s current work and where it is headed as it looks ahead to the next 50 years.
- [Learn how to stay safe from harmful algal blooms at “Lake Talks” presentation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/learn-how-to-stay-safe-from-harmful-algal-blooms-at-lake-talks-presentation/) - On May 12, Jordan Murray, a Wisconsin Water Resources Science-Policy Fellow, will share steps you can take to avoid exposure to HABs and keep yourself, loved ones and pets healthy while enjoying Wisconsin’s abundant lakes.
- [Thinking through the lens of the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/thinking-through-the-lens-of-the-great-lakes/) - Wisconsin is home to five teacher mentor/mentee pairs who have a passion for the Great Lakes. They are sharing their expertise in a program that benefits the educators and their students that's organized by the Center for Great Lakes Literacy.
- [Online shipwreck game educates players](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/online-shipwreck-game-educates-players/) - A free online video game for children about a Great Lakes shipwreck is now available. “The Legend of the Lost Emerald,” is a point-and-click adventure game designed for players grades 4-6.
- [Meet the Knauss Fellows: Elizabeth McNamee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-knauss-fellows-elizabeth-mcnamee/) - Meet Elizabeth McNamee, who is spending her Knauss Fellowship year at the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. Knauss Fellow Elizabeth McNamee is combining science and policy at the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.
- [Meet the Knauss Fellows: Becky Curtis](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-knauss-fellows-becky-curtis/) - Meet one of Wisconsin's four 2022 Knauss Fellows.
- [Annual symposium explores water-science-humanities-people connections](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/annual-symposium-explores-water-science-humanities-people-connections/) - Sign up now for water symposium happening on April 22, 2022.
- [“Introduced” podcast wins national award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/introduced-podcast-wins-national-award/) - A podcast series about aquatic invasive species won gold in a national competition.
- [Freshwater steel corrosion occurring beyond Lake Superior harbors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/freshwater-steel-corrosion-occurring-beyond-lake-superior-harbors/) - Owners of steel structures on inland lakes and a river in northern Minnesota are reporting the same kind of corrosion as seen in the Duluth-Superior Harbor and other harbors along Lake Superior.
- [Black ash and birds featured at River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/black-ash-and-birds-featured-at-river-talks/) - The next River Talk will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, via Zoom. Alexis Grinde with the Natural Resources Research Institute and Cole Wilson with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present, “Black ash and birds: conserving critical habitat in the St. Louis River Estuary.”
- [Lake Talks series to explore Sea Grant’s past and future](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-talks-series-to-explore-sea-grants-past-and-future/) - The focus of the April 28 Lake Talk will be the organization itself, as Wisconsin Sea Grant celebrates its 50th anniversary year.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant to celebrate 50th anniversary with public artwork](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-with-public-artwork/) - A call for artists seeks creative, engaging proposals related to the Great Lakes and science. Sea Grant is partnering with the City of Sturgeon Bay on this effort.
- [Water science is the focus of a new undergraduate research program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-science-is-the-focus-of-a-new-undergraduate-research-program/) - The Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program and its sister organization the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) Tuesday received a $358,000 two-year grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin to set up summer undergraduate research experiences for students on University of Wisconsin System campuses. The experiences will focus on freshwater science. Sea Grant Director
- [Herbicide study finds good news, bad news for use of fluridone in lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/herbicide-study-finds-good-news-bad-news-for-use-of-fluridone-in-lakes/) - In a study recently published in the journal “Aquatic Toxicology,” researchers found that while concentrations of the herbicide fluridone similar to those used when it’s applied to lakes to control Eurasian watermilfoil and hydrilla did not kill fathead minnows, it can impact fish health in more subtle ways.
- [Lake Talks series to explore sustainable, land-based fish farming](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-talks-series-to-explore-sustainable-land-based-fish-farming/) - On Thursday, March 17, an online panel will discuss a type of fish farming known as recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). Attendees will learn about RAS research happening in Wisconsin and nationally, and how aquaculture and wild-caught fisheries can go hand in hand to provide domestic fish for U.S. consumers.
- [Sea Grant-supported work on the bay of Green Bay published in Journal of Great Lakes Research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-supported-work-on-the-bay-of-green-bay-published-in-journal-of-great-lakes-research/) - Newly published research sheds light on how the bay of Green Bay has changed over time. Until this effort, the benthos of lower Green Bay had not been comprehensively studied since 1978.
- [New science communication tool available](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-science-communication-tool-available/) - Looking for help communicating about science to a nonscientist audience? A new publication is available to help students and researchers.
- [Construct wild rice knockers at River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/construct-wild-rice-knockers-at-river-talks/) - The next River Talk will take place Tuesday, March 8, at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjacket Union as part of the St. Louis River Summit. Marne Kaeske with the 1854 Treaty Authority will present, “Bawa'iganaakoog (Wild Rice Harvesting Sticks)."
- [Great Lakes tributary rivers play important role in bringing PFAS to the drinking water source of millions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-tributary-rivers-play-important-role-in-bringing-pfas-to-the-drinking-water-source-of-millions/) - Sea Grant-funded research shows that large rivers can be an important source of PFAS to lakes, even if their PFAS concentrations are low.
- [Meet the Knauss fellows: Samm Newton](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-knauss-fellows-samm-newton/) - Meet 2022 Knauss Fellow Samm Newton.
- [Sarah Brown looks forward to coordinating CHAOS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sarah-brown-looks-forward-to-coordinating-chaos/) - Ever since she was a child, Sarah Brown has been interested in what makes people tick. She pursued that interest and intends to make good use of it in her new role as a J. Philip Keillor Wisconsin Coastal Management-Sea Grant Fellow for Lake Superior.
- [Great Lakes stewardship continues with new projects worth $2.8 million over two years](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-stewardship-continues-with-new-projects-worth-2-8-million-over-two-years/) - #post_excerptTwo years of research projects will explore topics like PFAS, microplastics and harmful algal blooms.
- [Lake Talks series to explore Wisconsin’s marine sanctuary devoted to shipwrecks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-talks-series-to-explore-wisconsins-marine-sanctuary-devoted-to-shipwrecks/) - The Feb. 17 event takes place on Zoom. Speaker Russ Green will present "What’s Next for the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary?" and take audience questions.
- [River Talks offers update on Spirit Lake project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-offers-update-on-spirit-lake-project/) - The next River Talk will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, February 9, via Zoom. Mark Loomis, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office, will present, “Update on the Spirit Lake Great Lakes Legacy Act Project.”
- [Collaborative network for recirculating aquaculture moves into next phase](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/collaborative-network-for-recirculating-aquaculture-moves-into-next-phase/) - With USDA support, a network focused on raising Atlantic salmon in land-based systems is moving into an exciting new phase.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant and Covid-19](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/operations-during-covid-19/) - While COVID-19 has disrupted our face-to-face operations, Sea Grant staff are working remotely and remain ready to serve the public through email and the phone.
- [CALM aims to bring calm to communities facing coastal hazards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/calm-aims-to-bring-calm-to-communities-facing-coastal-hazards/) - #post_excerptNew coastal resilience initiative along Lake Michigan to serve communities.
- [Sea Grant offering 10-week undergraduate summer internships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-offering-10-week-undergraduate-summer-internships/) - Undergraduate students can apply now for summer 2022 internships.
- [River Talks to feature stories of Spirit Island](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-to-feature-stories-of-spirit-island/) - The next River Talk will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, January 12, in person at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wisconsin). Jeff Savage, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa cultural center and museum director, will share “Stories of Spirit Island.”
- [Study in Nature shows reduction of mercury pollution in waterways reaps  relatively quick benefit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/study-in-nature-shows-reduction-of-mercury-pollution-in-waterways-reaps-relatively-quick-benefit/) - The journal Nature today publishes a study about reducing mercury pollution improves fish contamination levels.
- [Advocate for Great Lakes science dies at 97](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/advocate-for-great-lakes-science-dies-at-97/) - In 1966, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Sea Grant College Act, it’s because of Robert Ragotzkie that not just oceans and the salty coasts were included in the law. The Great Lakes were also provided with resources to conduct research on and offer education and outreach related to the world’s largest source of
- [Sea Grant recognized for video production](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-recognized-for-video-production/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant’s videographer Bonnie Willison recently captured a video award through a regional competition coordinated by an organization called Madison Media Professionals. The group presents WAVE Awards, which honor excellence in the video production industry as well as in web, audio, video and graphic design. The 2021 competition received over 90 entries, including materials
- [Public health is personal for fellow working on harmful algal blooms](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/public-health-is-personal-for-fellow-working-on-harmful-algal-blooms/) - Spurred on by memories of a significant bloom that affected her hometown of Toledo in 2014, Jordan Murray works to keep Wisconsinites and their pets safe from harmful algal blooms.
- [An Indigenous story map experience about water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/an-indigenous-story-map-experience-about-water/) - A new website details what Indigenous communities in the Upper Midwest are doing to conserve and protect water. Named Bimaadiziwin Nibi, Water is Life, the story map is divided into sections, each centered around a different environmental issue.
- [New Lake Herring Aquaculture Manual Provides Direction for Restoration Programs](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-lake-herring-aquaculture-manual-provides-direction-for-restoration-programs/) - If you visited the Great Lakes section of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago in the past, perhaps you saw them: a school of herring swimming around and around like a silver tornado. Besides providing a mesmerizing sight, these small, torpedo-shaped fish are vital to the Great Lakes food chain. Their populations are in trouble in
- [Fall “Lake Talks” conclude with a discussion of place and identity in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/fall-lake-talks-conclude-with-a-discussion-of-place-and-identity-in-the-great-lakes/) - Minneapolis-based poet Moheb Soliman will discuss his writing in conversation with Sea Grant's Anne Moser on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. on Zoom.
- [The Fish Dish: New podcast mixes friends, fun and food](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-fish-dish-new-podcast-mixes-friends-fun-and-food/) - For the latest “dish” about Great Lakes fish, you’ll want to listen to “The Fish Dish.” The podcast, co-hosted by longtime coworkers and friends Sharon Moen and Marie Zhuikov, introduces you to the people behind Wisconsin’s fishing and aquaculture industries.
- [River Talks to feature Marten Trail plan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-to-feature-marten-trail-plan/) - The next River Talk will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, November 10 via Zoom. Samuel Geer will present, “Revealing the Invisible: Experiencing and Interpreting the St. Louis River along Waabizheshikana (The Marten Trail).”
- [From gridiron to shipwrecks to advisory council: Russ Green contributes to Lake Michigan care](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/from-gridiron-to-shipwrecks-to-advisory-council-russ-green-contributes-to-lake-michigan-care/) - Russ Green, who heads a brand-new national marine sanctuary in Lake Michigan, joins Sea Grant's Advisory Council.
- [Lake Talks series to explore books for young readers with an Ojibwe and Great Lakes focus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-talks-series-to-explore-books-for-young-readers-with-an-ojibwe-and-great-lakes-focus/) - On Thursday, Nov. 11, the Lake Talks series will present the topic "Maadagindan! (Start Reading!) Literature for Young People about the Great Lakes and Ojibwe Culture" with a trio of panelists.
- [Treating lakes for Eurasian watermilfoil with herbicides can harm young fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/treating-lakes-for-eurasian-watermilfoil-with-herbicides-can-harm-young-fish/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Gavin Dehnert earned his Ph.D. by studying the effects of commercial 2,4-D herbicide exposure on the development and behavior of freshwater fish at different life stages. Now, he’s taking his research out of the lab and into the natural environment, where 2,4-D is used to treat lakes for the invasive plant, Eurasian watermilfoil.
- [Sea Grant staffer appointed to Wisconsin Council on Tourism](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-staffer-appointed-to-wisconsin-council-on-tourism/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant's Natalie Chin was recently appointed by Governor Tony Evers to the Wisconsin Council on Tourism.
- [Outdoor guide online training program offered for free](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/outdoor-guide-online-training-program-offered-for-free/) - #post_excerptA new international training program for outdoor guides and outfitters is now available online for northwestern Wisconsin. The program, named Guide and Outfitter Recognized Professional (GORP) is being offered on Nov. 1 by Wisconsin Sea Grant in conjunction with Oregon Sea Grant.
- [NOAA Sea Grant Liaisons address critical research areas across federal agencies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/noaa-sea-grant-liaisons-address-critical-research-areas-across-federal-agencies/) - The new liaisons include one focused on aquatic invasive species, in cooperation with Wisconsin Sea Grant and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
- [Sea Grant staffer is part of a $2.8 million NSF project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-staffer-is-part-of-a-2-8-million-nsf-project/) - Deidre Peroff, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s social scientist outreach specialist, is part of a new project designed to foster community-engaged learning and environmental stewardship in Milwaukee.
- [River Talks resume with Barker’s Island tour](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-resume-with-barkers-island-tour/) - The River Talks series returns for the season with “Greener and Cleaner: How a Marina Takes Big Strides Toward Cleaner Water,” an in-person tour of environmental improvements on Barker’s Island in Superior at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13.
- [Lake Talks series to explore Wisconsin shipwrecks with maritime archaeologist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-talks-series-to-explore-wisconsin-shipwrecks-with-maritime-archaeologist/) - Caitlin Zant will present "Shipwrecks of Wisconsin" the evening of Thursday, Oct. 14.
- [Methylmercury water concentrations low, but Great Lakes fish consumption advisories persist—new research documents one probable culprit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/methylmercury-water-concentrations-low-but-great-lakes-fish-consumption-advisories-persist-new-research-documents-one-probable-culprit/) - A new study shows although Great Lakes methylmercury water concentrations are low, fish consumption advisories persist.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant awarded $334,000 to support state’s commercial fishing and aquaculture industries](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-awarded-334000-to-support-states-commercial-fishing-and-aquaculture-industries/) - Resilience planning and workforce development are emphasized in the funded projects.
- [Researchers investigate the impact of water birds on Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-investigate-the-impact-of-water-birds-on-green-bay/) - Robert Wolf and Amy Howe with UW-Green Bay are coordinating a small army of students and government agency researchers to count and observe the behavior of birds that eat fish in the lower Green Bay area around Cat Island, an area that Howe likens to the “Serengeti of Lake Michigan” due to the sheer abundance of wildlife.
- [Keillor Fellow to integrate climate change planning into Great Lakes and coastal wetlands projects](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/keillor-fellow-to-integrate-climate-change-planning-into-great-lakes-and-coastal-wetlands-projects/) - Dr. Nicole Ward is passionate about both freshwater ecosystems and the human dimensions of environmental decisions.
- [Rivers2Lake Program continues connecting teachers and students to the Lake Superior Watershed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/rivers2lake-program-continues-connecting-teachers-and-students-to-the-lake-superior-watershed/) - Teachers from northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota received firsthand experience in their watershed recently, thanks to the Rivers2Lake Education Program run by the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve.
- [Series of informal science talks returns with a focus on flood resilience in Wisconsin communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/series-of-informal-science-talks-returns-with-a-focus-on-flood-resilience-in-wisconsin-communities/) - Speaker Jackson Parr will discuss the Flood Resilience Scorecard and how it helps Wisconsin communities prepare for flooding events and their aftermaths.
- [Project tackles broken coastlines by strengthening community relationships on Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/project-tackles-broken-coastlines-by-strengthening-community-relationships-on-lake-michigan/) - A two-year project by three Sea Grant programs seeks to address complex erosion issues on Lake Michigan through an integrated physical, social and community approach.
- [Vicky and Bud Harris named Wisconsin Wildlife Federation conservationists of the year](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/vicky-and-bud-harris-named-wisconsin-wildlife-federation-conservationists-of-the-year/) - Vicky and Bud Harris have a long affiliation with Sea Grant, and commitment to the Green Bay ecosystem. They are recent award winners.
- [New research provides guidance for effective public messaging about invasive species prevention](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-research-provides-guidance-for-effective-public-messaging-about-invasive-species-prevention/) - Researchers found that a direct, factual approach was effective and avoided the unwanted connotations that other types of message framing may have.
- [Aquaculture Days virtual event connects public with fish farmers and local fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquaculture-days-virtual-event-connects-public-with-fish-farmers-and-local-fish/) - Great Lakes Aquaculture Days 2021 shines a spotlight on six unique fish-farming operations in the region. Participants in this free event will learn about a range of aquaculture methods.
- [Sea Grant wins communications awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-wins-communications-awards-2/) - Sea Grant won two communications awards in an international competition sponsored by Apex. Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communications effectiveness. APEX Grand Awards honor the outstanding works in each main category, while APEX Awards of Excellence recognize exceptional entries in each of the individual
- [“A River of Poems” Book Spans the World](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-river-of-poems-book-spans-the-world/) - Poets from around the world responded to our call for river poems for our River Talks speaker series. We compiled their chosen submissions into a booklet that is available for free download.
- [UW-Milwaukee researchers enlist antibodies to understand spiny waterflea diet](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-milwaukee-researchers-enlist-antibodies-to-understand-spiny-waterflea-diet/) - Recently published findings in the journal Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, of the Association for the Science of Limnology and Oceanography, shed light on what spiny waterfleas are eating in Lake Michigan.
- [Four Wisconsin finalists among those chosen for the 2022 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/four-wisconsin-finalists-among-those-chosen-for-the-2022-john-a-knauss-marine-policy-fellowship-program/) - The latest class of finalists for the prestigious program includes four from Wisconsin: Becky Curtis, Elizabeth McNamee, Samm Newton and Theresa Vander Woude.
- [New marine sanctuary adds protections for historic Lake Michigan shipwrecks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-marine-sanctuary-adds-protections-for-historic-lake-michigan-shipwrecks/) - In late June, NOAA designated the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary in the fresh, cold waters of Lake Michigan.
- [Sea Grant Advisory Council member to deliver Capitol Hill briefing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-advisory-council-member-to-deliver-capitol-hill-briefing/) - Deb DeLuca, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, is part of a panel that will deliver a virtual Capitol Hill briefing.
- [New aquaculture paper produced; will be first in a series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-aquaculture-paper-produced-will-be-first-in-a-series/) - Dr. Ryan Newton's paper describes the importance of microorganisms in freshwater aquaponics.
- [Beach Ambassadors fill vital role on Milwaukee beach](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/beach-ambassadors-fill-vital-role-on-milwaukee-beach/) - This summer on Bradford Beach in Milwaukee, swimmers might notice people in light blue T-shirts pushing an ice cream cart across the sand. Instead of frozen treats, the cart contains brochures and other information that beachgoers need to keep safe.
- [Unique coastal engineering education pilot project coming to Racine](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/unique-costal-engineering-education-pilot-project-coming-to-racine/) - Sea Grant's Anne Moser and Adam Bechle are beginning a project in Racine, Wisconsin, designed to connect middle-school students to their watershed by exploring coastal engineering concepts.
- [Study will examine effects of reduced ice coverage on Great Lakes marine transportation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/study-will-examine-effects-of-reduced-ice-coverage-on-great-lakes-marine-transportation/) - Climate researchers predict that by the year 2050, there will be relatively little ice on the Great Lakes that will impede the navigation of ships. Richard Stewart at the University of Wisconsin-Superior is looking into what this means for Great Lakes marine transport.
- [Plastic-free program targets Milwaukee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/plastic-free-program-targets-milwaukee/) - Sea Grant's Deidre Peroff and Belle Pappalardo are working with Milwaukee Riverkeeper to educate students about the issue of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes.
- [New watershed education program uses mentoring and collaboration to share information with communities along Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-watershed-education-program-uses-mentoring-and-collaboration-to-share-information-with-communities-along-lake-michigan/) - A new Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded education project addresses the need for skilled water workers by engaging undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay at Manitowoc in research and connecting the students to their communities.
- [Maritime archaeology initiative will bring Wisconsin's historic lumber trade alive for learners of all ages](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/maritime-archaeology-initiative-will-bring-wisconsins-historic-lumber-trade-alive-for-learners-of-all-ages/) - Wisconsin Historical Society archaeologists will lead the effort.
- [Underwater photography program for students and at-risk youths expands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/underwater-photography-program-for-students-and-at-risk-youths-expands/) - A unique program in northern Wisconsin uses the healing value and inspiration of spending time in water to aid youths facing significant mental health challenges and to educate middle and high school students. Thanks to funding from Wisconsin Sea Grant, the program is expanding its reach, and connecting teens with freshwater science.
- [A fight to keep Milwaukee pool open uses Sea Grant data and strong partnerships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-fight-to-keep-milwaukee-pool-open-uses-sea-grant-data-and-strong-partnerships/) - A Sea Grant mapping project provided pivotal information about the location of pools in Milwaukee, which helped a park friends group convince the Milwaukee County Board to keep the pool open and make their budget cuts elsewhere.
- [Trash Trunk filled with learning treasures](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/trash-trunk-filled-with-learning-treasures/) - Our new Trash Trunk This learning kit focuses on trash found in our waterways, otherwise known as marine debris. Its free lessons are applicable for learners at levels kindergarten through adult in both formal and informal educational settings.
- [Investigating the fate of PFAS in Green Bay and Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/investigating-the-fate-of-pfas-in-green-bay-and-lake-michigan/) - Christina Remucal is investigating the fate of PFAS in Green Bay and Lake Michigan sediments and water for two years through a Wisconsin Sea Grant project. She also used her expertise to help craft the recent PFAS Action Plan for the state.
- [Real-time wave information expands for paddlers and boaters in the Apostle Islands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/real-time-wave-information-expands-for-paddlers-and-boaters-in-the-apostle-islands/) - Before venturing onto Lake Superior in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, paddlers and boaters should check WISC-Watch, which stands for Water Information for a Safe Coast Watch.
- [If you see bright yellow-green water off Park Point this summer, it’s OK](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/if-you-see-bright-yellow-green-water-off-park-point-this-summer-its-ok/) - Local water researchers studying dangerous currents want the public to know they’ll be active on the Lake Superior beaches of Park Point this summer.
- [Video, teaching tool and annual report win awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/video-teaching-tool-and-annual-report-win-awards/) - In less than four minutes, Sea Grant’s videographer Bonnie Willison breaks down research on Great Lakes historical food webs and a keystone fish species in those webs—the cisco. Willison made liberal use of both her video shooting and editing skills, as well as engaging and educational animations, in Past, Present and Future Ciscoes: Wisconsin Sea
- [Sea Grant wins communications awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-wins-communications-awards/) - Sea Grant won two communications awards in an international competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, an association that shares strategies and tactics to engage alumni, donors, prospective students, parents, government officials, community leaders and those in the private sector to support education. The podcast series Introduced, produced by Bonnie Willison
- [“Fish to Fork” event provides tips for grilling Great Lakes fish and seafood](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/fish-to-fork-event-provides-tips-for-grilling-great-lakes-fish-and-seafood/) - At noon on June 23, an online event will help fish and seafood lovers learn how to prepare appealing meals on the grill.
- [Keillor Fellow will enhance flood resilience in Wisconsin communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/keillor-fellow-will-enhance-flood-resilience-in-wisconsin-communities/) - Jackson Parr will work with approximately 30 communities to help them assess their resilience to flooding hazards and take steps to safeguard their residents.
- [Meet the summer 2021 interns](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-summer-2021-interns/) - #post_excerptSeven young people make up a cohort of summer 2021 Sea Grant interns doing work in fields of their interest and to the benefit of coastal communities and habitats.
- [Great Lakes artist takes science to TikTok/new Sea Grant video](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-artist-takes-science-to-tiktok-new-sea-grant-video/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant videographer Bonnie Willison recently joined Geo Rutherford, artist and educator, for beachcombing at Milwaukee’s Bradford Beach on Lake Michigan. While Rutherford searched for washed-up items that could offer clues to what’s going on in the obscure depths of the Great Lakes, Willison captured shots that are now part of a just-released video in Sea
- [EPA Fellow’s world travels lead to Duluth](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/epa-fellows-world-travels-lead-to-duluth/) - Prarthana Shankar is the latest EPA Fellow. She's working to understand the risks that per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances pose to freshwater fish and ecosystems.
- [Nontraditional student is latest EPA fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/nontraditional-student-is-latest-epa-fellow/) - At an age when most people are comfortably ensconced in their careers, Mayasich enrolled in the University of Minnesota Duluth to earn her Ph.D. Her work paid off and now she is one of the latest fellows in a partnership between the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division in Duluth, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its Aquatic Sciences Center.
- [Scott McComb ready to take on aquatic invasive species role in southeast Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/scott-mccomb-ready-to-take-on-aquatic-invasive-species-role-in-southeast-wisconsin/) - McComb, who began May 3, brings experience in conservation, planning and working with a range of stakeholders.
- [Free gift](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/free-gift/) - Subscribe to the Sea Grant blog from now until July 1, 2021, to receive a nifty welcome gift.
- [Sea Grant hires new emerging contaminants staff scientist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-hires-new-emerging-contaminants-staff-scientist/) - To address contaminants of emerging concern that pose threats to Great Lakes ecosystems and public health in Wisconsin, Sea Grant created an emerging contaminants scientist position. After a nationwide search, Gavin Dehnert was hired.
- [Wisconsin Point field trip wraps up the River Talk season](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-point-field-trip-wraps-up-the-river-talk-season/) - The River Talk series wraps up for the season with a field trip on Wisconsin Point at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 12. Thomas Howes, natural resources manager for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, will lead the outing entitled, “Ojibwe connection to Wisconsin Point: Past, present and future.”
- [Next Lake Talk will examine Great Lakes tourism's role in Wisconsin's economy](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/next-lake-talk-will-examine-great-lakes-tourisms-role-in-wisconsins-economy/) - Acting Secretary Anne Sayers and Office of Outdoor Recreation Director Mary Monroe Brown of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism will speak Thursday, May 6.
- [Free, online symposium on hot water topics: PFAS, climate change and COVID/water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/free-online-symposium-on-hot-water-topics-pfas-climate-change-and-covid-water/) - The free symposium will take place May 7.
- [St. Louis River tourism and new water trail talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/st-louis-river-tourism-and-new-water-trail-talk/) - The next River Talk will take place via Zoom at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 14. “Discovering the magic of the estuary: Bringing tourists to the St. Louis River,” will feature Nikky Farmakes, director of marketing and social media for the Superior-Douglas County Chamber of Commerce and Travel Superior, and Kris Eilers, executive director of the St. Louis River Alliance.
- [New  video explores greening of Milwaukee to combat heat island and flooding](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-video-explores-greening-of-milwaukee-to-combat-heat-island-and-flooding/) - In a concise and informative video released today, Wisconsin Sea Grant presents the science behind the effectiveness of green infrastructure—rain gardens or green roofs, for instance. Green infrastructure can turn down the heat and improve water quality and habitat by absorbing heavy rainfall and diverting it from a sewer system. The question is, what combination
- [Every person is a decision maker](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/every-person-is-a-decision-maker/) - Now retired from her position as a water quality specialist in Green Bay, Vicky Harris reflects on her 50-year on-again off-again relationship with Sea Grant.
- [Informal science talk to address PFAS in the Green Bay watershed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/informal-science-talk-to-address-pfas-in-the-green-bay-watershed/) - On Thursday, April 15, Dr. Sarah Balgooyen will talk about what are frequently dubbed "forever chemicals."
- [“Lake Talks” series returns for spring 2021 with presentation on invasive species communication](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-talks-series-returns-for-spring-2021-with-presentation-on-invasive-species-communication/) - On Thursday, March 18, at 7 p.m., Tim Campbell will speak about "What cartoon zebra mussels taught me about invasive species communication."
- [Friends, fellows, undergrads, a champion and a duo of change agents: an afternoon of celebration](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/friends-fellows-undergrads-a-champion-and-a-duo-of-change-agents-an-afternoon-of-celebration/) - On Feb. 22, Wisconsin Sea Grant and the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute held a fellows convocation and award event.
- [A River of Poems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-river-of-poems/) - The next River Talk will take place via Zoom at 7 p.m. (Central Time) Wednesday, March 3. During “A River of Poems,” a dozen poets from around the world and across the country will read their powerful, provocative and beautiful poems about rivers – the St. Louis River or others.
- [Sea Grant’s coastal engineer to discuss Great Lakes levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grants-coastal-engineer-to-discuss-great-lakes-levels/) - Adam Bechle will speak March 4 at a virtual meeting of the American Water Resources Association Wisconsin Section.
- [Explore the St. Louis River exhibits and animals at the Great Lakes Aquarium](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/explore-the-st-louis-river-exhibits-and-animals-at-the-great-lakes-aquarium/) - The next River Talk will take place via Zoom at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10. Alexis Berke with the Great Lakes Aquarium will present, “A virtual visit: Explore the St. Louis River exhibits and animals at the Great Lakes Aquarium.”
- [New Sea Grant Advisory Council members help guide program with their expertise](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-sea-grant-advisory-council-members/) - Deb DeLuca, Madelyn Leopold, Becky Sapper and Lori Tate joined the Advisory Council in fall 2020.
- [Water shapes Weston Scholarship winner's choices](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-shapes-weston-scholarship-winners-choices/) - Celeste Gunderson, a junior at UW-Madison, is the recipient of the 2020 Carl J. Weston Scholarship from Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant offering 10-Week undergraduate summer internships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-offering-10-week-undergraduate-summer-internships/) - The internships come with a $5,000 stipend, and applications are due Thursday, Feb. 25.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant flies its biennial report flag](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-flies-its-biennial-report-flag/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant shared an online version of its 36-page 2018-20 biennial report.
- [Coastal wetlands: Dynamic ecosystems of Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/coastal-wetlands-dynamic-ecosystems-of-lake-superior/) - The next River Talk will take place via Zoom at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13. Kelly Beaster and Reed Schwarting with the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior will present, “Coastal wetlands: Dynamic ecosystems of Lake Superior.”
- [Deadline approaching: nominate a Great Lakes champion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/deadline-approaching-nominate-a-great-lakes-champion/) - Nominations are due by midnight on Jan. 16, 2021 for the first-ever Great Lakes Champion Award.
- [New video illuminates how ancestral and present-day ciscoes provide understanding of the Great Lakes food web](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-video-illuminates-how-ancestral-and-present-day-ciscoes-provide-understanding-of-the-great-lakes-food-web/) - An informative new video illuminates the varied coregonines, commonly known as cisco, that have pulsed through Great Lakes waters for 12,000 years.
- [Flood Resilience Scorecard can help communities plan for high water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/flood-resilience-scorecard-can-help-communities-plan-for-high-water/) - To help communities cope and prepare for higher intensity storms and more rainfall, Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has developed a Flood Resilience Scorecard.
- [Meet Sharon Moen, new Eat Wisconsin Fish outreach specialist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-sharon-moen-new-eat-wisconsin-fish-outreach-specialist/) - Moen's efforts will serve commercial fishermen, charter fishermen, processors and aquaculture operators, as well as consumers, retailers and those in the culinary world.
- [Sea Grant aquaculture fellow begins two-year position in Bayfield to boost research capacity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-aquaculture-fellow/) - Dr. Patrick Blaufuss began his position in September at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility.
- [Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash of Wetlands With Lake Levels, Invasives and Humans](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go-the-clash-of-wetlands-with-lake-levels-invasives-and-humans/) - The River Talk series is partnering with Café Scientifique Twin Ports with a virtual talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, via Zoom. Dustin Haines, research coordinator with the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, will speak.
- [Love the lakes? A first-ever Wisconsin Sea Grant Great Lakes Champion Award is in the works](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/love-the-lakes-a-first-ever-wisconsin-sea-grant-great-lakes-champion-award-is-in-the-works/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant announced it will confer the award in early 2021.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant to host virtual “Lake Talks” this fall](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-to-host-virtual-lake-talks-this-fall/) - Four online events in the Lake Talks series will take place this fall; the first is Sept. 10.
- [Port Washington Marina recertified as a Wisconsin Clean Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/port-washington-marina-recertified-as-a-wisconsin-clean-marina/) - Port Washington Marina has been recertified as a Wisconsin Clean Marina. The marina was the first to join the program in 2010 and has continued to uphold a high standard of environmental stewardship.
- [Sea Grant-funded graduate student goes from round gobies to a zoo-filled menagerie](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-funded-graduate-student-goes-from-round-gobies-to-a-zoo-filled-menagerie/) - A former Sea Grant-funded student has been up close with cheetahs, hippos and octupi in his new job with the Milwaukee County Zoo, yet continues to find his past research with round gobies meaningful.
- [First to fill a First Nations Graduate Assistant position](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/first-to-fill-a-first-nations-graduate-assistant-position/) - Stephanie King of Oneida, Wisconsin, is breaking new ground. Not only is she first to fill a position with Wisconsin Sea Grant designed to strengthen relationships with First Nation tribes in the Green Bay area, she is in the first cohort of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s First Nations Education Doctoral Program.
- [Water levels: Erosion, wild rice and geese](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-levels-erosion-wild-rice-and-geese/) - Two speakers will offer virtual talks at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, via Zoom to kick-off a new season of River Talks. Brandon Krumwiede, Great Lakes geospatial coordinator with NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, will present, “Water Level Change Impacts in the St. Louis River Estuary.” Hannah Burgstaler, freshwater fellow at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, will present, “St. Louis River Estuary Water Level and Canada Geese Population Effect on Manoomin Survival Rate.”
- [New EPA Fellow uses math to predict toxicity for fish and other wildlife](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-epa-fellow-uses-math-to-predict-toxicity-for-fish-and-other-wildlife/) - A passion for math, natural resources and community outreach led Nathan Pollesch to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Duluth, where he is working on an analytical model that can predict the effects of pesticides on wildlife populations.
- [Great Lakes Aquaculture Day to highlight regional fish farmers, chefs and extension specialists](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-aquaculture-day-announced/) - A free, virtual event on Oct. 10 is open to fish farmers, those interested in the industry, fish consumers and the general public.
- [South Shore Yacht Club recertified as a Wisconsin Clean Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/south-shore-yacht-club-recertified-as-a-wisconsin-clean-marina/) - South Shore Yacht Club of Milwaukee has been recertified as a Wisconsin Clean Marina. The yacht club has upheld the best-management practices set by the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program since it was first certified in 2014.
- [East River Watershed study to address flooding and pollution](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/east-river-watershed-study-to-address-flooding-and-pollution/) - In March 2019, a massive snowmelt combined with heavy rain over frozen ground disrupted lives and flooded homes along the East River near and in Green Bay. Now, a new partnership seeks to address conditions that caused the flooding and increase community resiliency.
- [Training videos for fisheries managers cover techniques for sampling invasive carp species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/training-videos-for-fisheries-managers-cover-techniques-for-sampling-invasive-carp-species/) - The collection of 17 training videos grew out of a workshop that took place in Kentucky last year.
- [Secretion system is key to understanding the bacterium causing columnaris disease, a woe for freshwater fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/secretion-system-is-key-to-understanding-columnaris-disease/) - Sea Grant-funded researchers are working towards a vaccine that could prevent columnaris disease in farmed fish. The disease affects many freshwater species, including yellow perch.
- [Managing beaches during a pandemic: A webinar opportunity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/managing-beaches-during-a-pandemic-a-webinar-opportunity/) - A webinar on Aug. 12 offers the opportunity for beach managers and outdoor recreation professionals to share how COVID-19 has impacted their jobs on state and local levels.
- [Sea Grant hiring for a marketing and outreach position](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-hiring-for-a-marketing-and-outreach-position/) - Applications are due by Aug. 28 for a new, one-year position focused on the Eat Wisconsin Fish initiative.
- [Madeline Island Yacht Club is Wisconsin’s newest Clean Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/madeline-island-yacht-club-is-wisconsins-newest-clean-marina/) - Madeline Island Yacht Club has been certified as a Wisconsin Clean Marina. As such, the yacht club promotes environmentally responsible business practices to minimize pollution and improve water quality.
- [New Keillor Coastal Management Fellow hopes to bridge the gap between science and policy](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-keillor-coastal-management-fellow-hopes-to-bridge-the-gap-between-science-and-policy/) - Lydia Salus, the new J. Philip Keillor Wisconsin Coastal Management Sea Grant Fellow, is tackling the challenge of developing resilience in coastal communities across the Great Lakes region.
- [Report evaluates effectiveness of watercraft inspectors' AIS prevention actions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/report-compares-ais-prevention-actions/) - Research compared two methods for removing aquatic invasive species from watercraft, as well as two periods of time spent on removal, and found no significant difference.
- [Sea Grant announces 2021 finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-announces-2021-finalists-for-the-john-a-knauss-marine-policy-fellowship-program/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is pleased to announce two Wisconsin finalists among the next class of the national John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program, Stephanie Houser and Rachel Johnson.
- [Stayin' alive: Long-surviving E. coli strains make identifying contaminated beaches more complex than previously thought](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/long-surviving-e-coli-strains/) - Some strains of E. coli can survive for a long time in beach sand, meaning that the presence of E. coli is not necessarily an indicator of recent fecal pollution and contaminated water.
- [Eight interns aid Wisconsin Sea Grant programs for ten weeks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/eight-interns-aid-wisconsin-sea-grant-programs-for-ten-weeks/) - Over the course of ten weeks, eight interns are coming together to share their experiences. Their Wisconsin Sea Grant internships, targeted toward underserved and indigenous communities, are taking place this summer.
- [Sea Grant’s Willison wins award for video in global competition](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grants-willison-wins-award-for-video-in-global-competition/) - The video Voices of the Coast, Mary Lou Schneider captured a silver award in a competition run by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
- [Passion for fish leads student to water resources science-policy fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/passion-for-fish-leads-student-to-water-resources-science-policy-fellowship/) - The Wisconsin Water Resources Science-Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship fits Gavin Dehnert's passion for water and desire to make a difference in water quality through policy work.
- [Undergraduate research scholars tackle issues relevant to Great Lakes communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/undergraduate-research-scholars-tackle-issues-relevant-to-great-lakes-communities/) - UW-Madison students Rykia Amos and Celeste Gunderson conducted original research under the mentorship of Wisconsin Sea Grant's David Hart.
- [Minnesota and Wisconsin educators invited to land-based water workshop](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/minnesota-and-wisconsin-educators-invited-to-land-based-water-workshop/) - Educators in Minnesota and Wisconsin are invited to sign up for a virtual workshop about how people influence the Great Lakes.
- [Introducing "Introduced," Sea Grant's newest podcast](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/introducing-introduced-sea-grants-newest-podcast/) - Launching May 27, "Introduced: Aquatic invaders and stories from our changing waters" will cover a range of topics related to aquatic invasive species in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes.
- [Wisconsin’s Knauss Fellow broadens horizons through policy and communications work on ocean issues](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsins-knauss-fellow-broadens-horizons/) - In Wisconsin, Joe Naughton studied hydrology and urban water issues. Now, as a Knauss Fellow, he's expanding his knowledge of ocean issues, policy and communication.
- [What’s in store for Great Lakes water levels? Find out online](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/whats-in-store-for-great-lakes-water-levels-find-out-online/) - The recorded version of a Zoom webinar gives Lake Michigan coastal residents valuable information about water level forecasts, emergency management activities and much more.
- [Deterring geese on the St. Louis River to protect wild rice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/deterring-geese-on-the-st-louis-river-to-protect-wild-rice/) - The River Talk series is going online for the final talk for this academic year. On May 13, Sam Hansen, former undergraduate research fellow with the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, will present a talk via Zoom.
- [Aquatic Sciences Center plays key role in Water@UW-Madison symposium](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquatic-sciences-center-plays-key-role-in-wateruw-madison-symposium/) - The virtual symposium takes places Tuesday, May 5 and touches upon a wide array of water issues.
- [Sea Grant research addresses the growing crisis of PFAS exposure, finds PFAS in rainwater](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-research-addresses-the-growing-crisis-of-pfas-exposure-finds-pfas-in-rainwater/) - A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded project has helped improve the state’s capability to test for PFAS and led to the discovery of their widespread presence in rainwater across the country.
- [Lake Talks series postponed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-talks-series-postponed/) - Due to public health concerns surrounding COVID-19, the remaining events in the spring Lake Talks speaker series will be rescheduled for the fall.
- [New walleye study aims to make it a viable fish for U.S. recirculating aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-walleye-study-at-uwsp-nadf/) - New research conducted by the UW-Stevens Point Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility will focus on out-of-season spawning of walleye so they may be grown year-round in indoor recirculating aquaculture systems.
- [River Talk series postponed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-series-postponed/) - The River Talk series is postponed until further notice due to concerns to our speakers and guests related to the COVID-19 virus.
- [Wisconsin fish farmers look to boost their marketing savvy and stay on top of current science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-fish-farmers-boost-marketing-savvy/) - In early March, the Wisconsin Aquaculture Association held its annual conference, placing a special emphasis this year on diversifying markets and understanding consumers.
- [Canceled: Experts host additional panels about Great Lakes water levels and their impact](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/experts-host-additional-panels-about-great-lakes-water-levels-and-their-impact/) - Public informational meetings will take place in in Manitowoc, Somers and Mequon on March 17, 18 and 19.
- [In-person sessions on Great Lakes water levels replaced by March 18 webinar](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/in-person-sessions-on-great-lakes-water-levels-replaced-by-march-18-webinar/) - Due to COVID-19 concerns, three face-to-face meetings have been replaced by a webinar that will help the public understand what's in store for Great Lakes water levels this spring and summer.
- [Environmental improvements coming to Barker’s Island](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/environmental-improvements-coming-to-barkers-island/) - Updates to reduce stormwater runoff on Barker's Island in Superior are scheduled for the next two summers.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant kicks off new series of public talks with March 4 Green Bay event](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-kicks-off-new-series-of-public-talks-with-march-4-green-bay-event/) - A new series called The Lake Talks will take place in communities on or near Lake Michigan and touch upon issues of importance to the Great Lakes.
- [Akinomaage: Teaching From the Earth](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/akinomaage-teaching-from-the-earth/) - At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, Vern Northrup, member of the Fond du Lac Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa, will present "Akinomaage: Teaching From the Earth."
- [Educator workshop shares Ojibwe culture and history](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/educator-workshop-shares-ojibwe-culture-and-history/) - Nineteen educators learned more about Ojibwe culture, treaty rights and water ecology by attending a workshop and pow wow in Carlton, Minnesota.
- [Survey of Wisconsin boaters gauges success of boater education about invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/survey-gauges-success-of-boater-education/) - A survey of Wisconsin boaters reveals that a majority "usually" or "always" take steps to prevent the spread of AIS when boating—a credit to Wisconsin's efforts to promote environmentally responsible boating behaviors.
- [Tea and sunlight: Exploring how nature breaks down pollution in the St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tea-and-sunlight-exploring-how-nature-breaks-down-pollution-in-the-st-louis-river/) - Researchers funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant have found that various amounts and types of dissolved organic matter combined with sunlight can break down different pollutants in the St. Louis River.
- [Connecting teachers and students to the Lake Superior Watershed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/connecting-teachers-and-students-to-the-lake-superior-watershed/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is helping to fund an educational program designed to show teachers and students how nature can be a classroom.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant to provide more than $5.8 million for Great Lakes research, education and outreach over two years](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-to-provide-more-than-5-8-million-for-great-lakes-research-education-and-outreach-over-two-years/) - The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program today announced the award of more than $5.8 million in Great Lakes research, education and outreach dollars for 2020-22 as part of a federal-state partnership. Sea Grant will fund 15 research, three education and 32 outreach projects on six University of Wisconsin campuses and at a
- [Promoting tribal health by protecting and restoring manoomin (wild rice) in the St. Louis River and beyond](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/promoting-tribal-health-by-protecting-and-restoring-manoomin-wild-rice-in-the-st-louis-river-and-beyond/) - The River Talk series continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at the Lake Superior Estuarium. Nancy Schuldt, water protection coordinator with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, will be the presenter.
- [Three-year, nationally funded salmon aquaculture project kicks off with northern Wisconsin meeting](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/salmon-aquaculture-project-kickoff/) - This Sea Grant effort will support the growth of the sustainable, land-based Atlantic salmon industry in the United States.
- [Eat Wisconsin Fish cooking videos feature unlikely stars](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/eat-wisconsin-fish-cooking-videos-feature-unlikely-stars/) - Fun cooking videos highlight Wisconsin-raised fish--and Wisconsin Sea Grant staff!
- [Experts host panel in Green Bay about projected Great Lakes water levels and their impact](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/experts-host-panel-in-green-bay-about-projected-great-lakes-water-levels-and-their-impact/) - The public is invited to an informational meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Brown County STEM Innovation Center in Green Bay.
- [Sea Grant and Water Resources win awards for podcasts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-and-water-resources-win-awards-for-podcasts/) - Two Wisconsin Water News podcast episodes were named award-winning by an international communications competition known as AVA Digital Awards.
- [The Duluth Seaway Port Authority – A Career Journey](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-duluth-seaway-port-authority-a-career-journey/) - The River Talk series continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Lake Superior Estuarium. Deb DeLuca, director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, will present, “The Duluth Seaway Port Authority – A Career Journey.”
- [A mercury mystery in Hells Canyon: Wisconsin researchers awarded USGS grant for project in eutrophic reservoirs](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-mercury-mystery-in-hells-canyon-wisconsin-researchers-awarded-usgs-grant-for-project-in-eutrophic-reservoirs/) - Trina McMahon, a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her team were recently awarded a National Competitive Grant from the USGS in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources. They are using the three-year grant to study the “weird” methylmercury conditions in reservoirs on the Snake River in Hells Canyon.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant speakers and projects featured during Door County Reads events](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-speakers-and-projects-featured-during-door-county-reads-events/) - The community read event for Door County kicks off on Feb. 3. Activities will feature presentations by Anne Moser and Julia Noordyk with Wisconsin Sea Grant, plus a talk and gallery show of underwater photos by students from Northwest Passage who were funded through a Sea Grant project.
- [Megan Hoff seeks to balance people, the planet and prosperity in graduate assistantship at UW-Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/megan-hoff-seeks-to-balance-people-the-planet-and-prosperity-in-graduate-assistantship-at-uw-green-bay/) - In her studies, master’s degree student Megan Hoff pursues a balance between people, the planet and prosperity. She foresees her career ultimately following that same philosophy and is working with Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Julia Noordyk in Green Bay to make that possible. Noordyk hired Hoff last fall as the first-ever graduate assistant in one of Sea Grant’s field offices.
- [Sea Grant-funded research helped shape career of NOAA economist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-funded-research-helped-shape-career-of-noaa-economist/) - Dr. Jennifer Raynor, a UW-Madison graduate, applies a unique lens to her role as a research economist with NOAA Fisheries.
- [Meet our new education coordinator: Ginny Carlton](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-our-new-education-coordinator-ginny-carlton/) - Carlton, who has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and environmental resources from UW-Madison, will work out of the Sea Grant Office in Madison.
- [Clean Boats, Clean Waters program builds on prior success to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/clean-boats-clean-waters-program-builds-on-prior-success-to-prevent-the-spread-of-aquatic-invasive-species/) - Thanks to effective programs designed to combat the spread of AIS, the rate of new invasions is not increasing and boater surveys show that boaters take prevention actions at a high rate.
- [Wisconsin joins Great Lakes-wide “AIS Landing Blitz” campaign with other states and two Canadian provinces](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-joins-great-lakes-wide-ais-landing-blitz-campaign-with-other-states-and-two-canadian-provinces/) - The public awareness campaign will reach boaters during one of the busiest times of the year, the Fourth of July weekend.
- [Under the Surface -- A Photographic Journey of Hope and Healing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/under-the-surface-a-photographic-journey-of-hope-and-healing/) - The photo exhibit, “Under the Surface – A Photographic Journey of Hope and Healing,” is currently showing at the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota, and will soon be coming to Madison, Wisconsin, or a town near you.
- [Sea Grant Photography Project Focuses Kids on Water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-photography-project-focuses-kids-on-water/) - An underwater photography project designed to engage troubled children in freshwater science is showing such success that the founders are working to expand its reach to youths in coastal communities.
- [Sea Grant wins awards for videos](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-wins-awards-for-videos/) - Sea Grant videographer Bonnie Willison captured three awards through a regional competition coordinated by an organization called Madison Media Professionals.
- [New Keillor Fellow to study movement of firefighting chemicals in watershed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-keillor-fellow-to-study-movement-of-firefighting-chemicals-in-watershed/) - Sarah Balgooyen is using her funding as a J. Philip Keillor Water Science Fellow to determine how much PFAS contamination in Marinette is moving toward Green Bay and if it’s going to be an issue for Lake Michigan.
- [Wisconsin DNR considering rule change on Lake Michigan whitefish trawling](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-dnr-considering-rule-change-on-lake-michigan-whitefish-trawling/) - Sea Grant research led by Fisheries Specialist Titus Seilheimer may spur a rule change that would allow trawling for whitefish in a portion of Lake Michigan.
- [Aquatic invasive species are short-circuiting benefits from mercury reduction in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquatic-invasive-species-are-short-circuiting-benefits-from-mercury-reduction-in-the-great-lakes/) - According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loading in the Great Lakes region have largely not produced equivalent declines in the amount of mercury accumulating in large game fish.
- [Largest PCB cleanup in the world winding down](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/largest-pcb-cleanup-in-the-world-winding-down/) - Sea Grant Contributed to Fox River Effort For three decades beginning in the 1950s, seven Fox River Valley paper mills manufactured or recycled carbonless copy paper. Like so many processes and products of the modern world, carbonless copy paper represented human ingenuity. Multiple copies of documents could be created at a single stroke and the
- [Superior resident is first EPA UW-Madison research fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/superior-resident-is-first-epa-uw-madison-research-fellow/) - EPA-UW-Madison Research Fellow Ryan Lepak is looking at sources of methylmercury in fish and how it accumulates in and moves through the Great Lakes environment.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant announces involvement in federally funded aquaculture research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-announces-involvement-in-federally-funded-aquaculture-research/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant will participate in three recently announced federally funded aquaculture projects that will support a sustainable, domestic food supply and decrease America’s seafood trade deficit.
- [Entangled in plastic: New Madison exhibit highlights marine debris](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/entangled-in-plastic-new-madison-exhibit-highlights-marine-debris/) - To raise awareness about the complex cultural and material nexus that is “plastic,” Wisconsin Sea Grant has collaborated with the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which is presenting, “Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials.” The free exhibit opened on Sept. 13 and runs through Jan. 5, 2020.
- [Influencing industry and research: Ballast water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/influencing-industry-and-research-ballast-water/) - The River Talk series continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Lake Superior Estuarium. Matt TenEyck, director of the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute, will present, “Influencing Industry and Research: Ballast Water.”
- [UW-Madison embarks on new partnership with EPA to train next generation of scientists](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-madison-embarks-on-new-partnership-with-environmental-protection-agency-to-train-next-generation-of-scientists/) - A new training program will support trainees at three levels (undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) while strengthening cooperation between the EPA and UW-Madison.
- [Harbor Centre Marina re-certified as a Wisconsin Clean Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/harbor-centre-marina-re-certified-as-a-wisconsin-clean-marina/) - Harbor Centre Marina in Sheboygan was recently recognized for its environmentally responsible business practices to minimize water pollution by being re-certified as a Wisconsin Clean Marina.
- [New Coastal Management Fellow ready to seek out his niche](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-coastal-management-fellow-ready-to-seek-out-his-niche/) - A recent master's graduate of the University of Michigan, Adam Arend is ready to expand his professional experience in the freshwater world.
- [Water Careers and Bloody Red Shrimp Headline River Talk Series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-careers-and-bloody-red-shrimp-headline-river-talk-series/) - The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Minnesota and Wisconsin Sea Grant programs are starting the seventh year of science café-type evening talks about the St. Louis River Estuary in October. Jenney Sherren, freshwater fellow at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, will present, “I’ve Seen the Light: Working to Detect Bloody Red Shrimp in the St. Louis River,” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at the Estuarium.
- [New research updates historical studies of lower Green Bay benthos to answer current questions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-research-updates-historical-studies-of-lower-green-bay-benthos-to-answer-current-questions/) - The efforts of a research team led by Chris Houghton will shed light on the food web in lower Green Bay and carry implications for Area of Concern listing in the area.
- [Investigating the mystery of rising silica levels in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/investigating-the-mystery-of-rising-silica-levels-in-the-great-lakes/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researchers are looking into the mystery of why silica levels are going up in Lake Michigan, which may also account for why they are going up in lakes Huron and Superior, as well.
- [Sea Grant staffer researches effective communication techniques using AIS example](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-staffer-researches-effective-communication/) - An unorthodox, entertaining video coupled with effective promotion is a cost-effective way to educate people about an important issue, researchers found.
- [Growing aquaculture and science literacy: Outreach specialist attends summit to promote K-12 aquaculture education](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/growing-aquaculture-and-science-literacy/) - Emma Wiermaa traveled to Maryland in July for the Sea Grant Aquaculture Education Network Summit. She sees great potential for both hands-on science education and workforce development.
- [Researchers examine environmental implications of Buddhist practice of life release](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-examine-environmental-implications-of-buddhist-practice-of-life-release/) - Researchers are working on guidance that will help natural resource managers understand the Buddhist practice of life release and its potential implications for the environment.
- [Providing a “Road Map” for Aquaculture in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/providing-a-road-map-for-aquaculture-in-wisconsin/) - If your New Year’s resolution is to start an aquaculture business in Wisconsin, you’re in luck. Wisconsin is one of the only U.S. states that is mapped out with the aquaculture industry in mind. The new mapping tool is available on the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility's web site.
- [The Art and Science of Sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-art-and-science-of-sturgeon/) - A Japanese professor’s concern about the condition of the ocean’s coral reefs translated into a unique melding of freshwater art and science once he found himself in the Great Lakes.
- [Sea Grant Helps City Clean Up Its Zoning Code “Monster”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-helps-city-clean-up-its-zoning-code-monster/) - The city of Superior is beginning a process this summer, led by Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Julia Noordyk, to review and update city codes and ordinances to reduce stormwater pollution.
- [Wild Rice is Focus of NOAA Grant, Outreach Efforts in Lake Superior States](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wild-rice-is-focus-of-noaa-grant-outreach-efforts-in-lake-superior-states/) - NOAA announced recently that the Sea Grant programs in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota will receive funds to create a Manoomin (wild rice) toolkit. Leading the effort in Wisconsin will be Deidre Peroff, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s social scientist. Read more...
- [Research in Real Life: Two Wisconsin Teachers to Cruise Lake Ontario](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/research-in-real-life-two-wisconsin-teachers-to-cruise-lake-ontario/) - Two Wisconsin teachers will join a dozen others from around the Great Lakes on a week-long research cruise on Lake Ontario with scientists. The R/V Lake Guardian will depart from Buffalo, New York, on July 9, ending in Youngstown, New York, on July 15, with stops in ports along the way to learn about the ecology, history and economy of the lake.
- [Wisconsin Clean Marina Program Granted a Boatload of Money](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-clean-marina-program-granted-a-boatload-of-money/) - A program designed to reduce pollution and protect Wisconsin’s waterways was recently awarded $200,000 from the Fund for Lake Michigan. It’s the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program, which has operated since 2009. The three-year grant will allow for increased staff time and a renewed focus on encouraging more marinas and boatyards in the state to become certified.
- [Milwaukee River Race Proceeds Swimmingly](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/milwaukee-river-race-proceeds-swimmingly/) - In the first swim held in the Milwaukee River in potentially 100 years, 68 people entered the water for a mile-and-a-half race called the Cream City Classic. All but one finished, and nobody got sick.
- [The drama of docks: Sea Grant expertise aids Wisconsin court decisions on beach erosion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-drama-of-docks-sea-grant-expertise-aids-wisconsin-court-decisions-on-beach-erosion/) - Gne Clark, Wisconsin Sea Grant's coastal engineer, is a go-to source for expertise on beach erosion issues. This is the story of one case involving a group of pier structures on Madeline Island that went all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
- [Scientists discover that meteotsunamis can cause rip currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/scientists-discover-that-meteotsunamis-can-cause-rip-currents/) - Drownings during a tragic day on Lake Michigan in 2003 came under scrutiny recently by Wisconsin Sea Grant scientists who are studying a storm-induced wave called a meteotsunami. Their results were published in “Scientific Reports.” The article details findings that a storm formed a moderate-height meteotsunami, which is what went on to cause the unexpected rip currents. Although these conditions may not be rare, this is the first time researchers have verified a meteotsunami-generated rip current.
- [Listen to the People of the Sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/listen-to-the-people-of-the-sturgeon/) - Perhaps you’ve read the book, "People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish.” Now you can listen to audio of the people who made the book possible.
- [Clean water and more: Fixing beaches helps the environment and economy](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/clean-water-and-more-fixing-beaches-helps-the-environment-and-economy/) - Greg Kleinheinz, with the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, is in the middle of a project that looks at the effectiveness of beach redesigns on 10 Wisconsin beaches.
- [Breaking new ground to stop Kenosha Dunes erosion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/breaking-new-ground-to-stop-kenosha-dunes-erosion/) - Kenosha Dunes is the subject of a unique erosion-control project on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
- [From old to new: Three Wisconsin teachers to gain unique perspectives on Lake Guardian research cruise](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/from-old-to-new-three-wisconsin-teachers-to-gain-unique-perspectives-on-lake-guardian-research-cruise/) - Three Wisconsin teachers will join a dozen others from around the Great Lakes on a week-long research cruise in July on Lake Erie with scientists aboard the Environmental Protection Agency’s R/V Lake Guardian. Hear how two of them are bringing their experiences from an educational cruise on an historic ship to their experience aboard this more modern ship.
- [Over the moon over manoomin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/over-the-moon-over-manoomin/) - Sarah Dance, a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently awarded a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant to fund research into wild rice in Wisconsin.
- [Wisconsin unveils updated plan for management of aquatic invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-unveils-updated-plan-for-management-of-aquatic-invasive-species/) - The new AIS management plan focuses on pathways of invasion, rather than specific species, and reflects both new threats and new control options and beneficial partnerships.
- [New Lake Superior Office agent to focus on climate and tourism](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-lake-superior-office-agent-to-focus-on-climate-and-tourism/) - Natalie Chin has begun work in our Superior Office, focusing on climate change and tourism.
- [Educators to set sail for science workshop on Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/educators-to-set-sail-for-science-workshop-on-lake-superior/) - Eight educators from Minnesota and eight from Wisconsin will sail aboard a three-masted schooner from St. Ignace, Michigan, through the Soo Locks to Duluth, Minnesota, August 5-12, 2019. Their guides aboard the Denis Sullivan will combine native and Western water-science in a hands-on teach-the-teacher experience.
- [Sea Grant announces new coastal engineer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-announces-new-coastal-engineer/) - Adam Bechle is a busy man in his new job as Wisconsin Sea Grant's coastal engineer. He's helping the organizations across the state with erosion and flooding issues.
- [Sea Grant staffer seeks to combat purple loosestrife in southeast Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-staffer-seeks-to-combat-purple-loosestrife-in-southeast-wisconsin/) - Molly Bodde is working to control this invasive plant through a chemical-free method that uses beetles to eat purple loosestrife.
- [New teaching tool available about Great Lakes fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-teaching-tool-available-about-great-lakes-fish/) - A new educational pack is filled with materials to help teach students and other groups about Great Lakes fish.
- [Maritime archaeology fellow studies scow schooners, humble vessels that provided an entry into the maritime trades for many](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/maritime-archaeology-fellow-studies-scow-schooners-humble-vessels-that-provided-an-entry-into-the-maritime-trades-for-many/) - Tori Galloway is conducting a comparative analysis of scow schooner construction and use on the Great Lakes.
- [Sea Grant announces 2020 finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-announces-2020-finalists-for-the-john-a-knauss-marine-policy-fellowship-program/) - The 2020 finalists include Joe Naughton of Brookfield, Wis.
- [Sea Grant fisheries specialist lends helping hand with teacher professional development program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-fisheries-specialist-lends-helping-hand-with-teacher-professional-development-program/) - A teacher professional development program related to watersheds and ecosystems continues, now with a special focus on meeting the needs of students with disabilities.
- [Wisconsin fish will be in the spotlight at national “Fish Fry”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-fish-will-be-in-the-spotlight-at-national-fish-fry/) - To highlight fish from the Great Lakes region, Wisconsin Sea Grant will serve Atlantic salmon and greens from Superior Fresh in Hixton and smoked whitefish from Susie Q Fish Co. in Two Rivers at the annual NOAA Fish Fry on June 5 in Washington, D.C.
- [UW-Madison engineer examines the environmental impact of aquaponics in cold climates](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-madison-engineer-examines-the-environmental-impact-of-aquaponics-in-cold-climates/) - With Sea Grant support, Andrea Hicks is studying the carbon footprint of aquaponics in cold climates like Wisconsin's.
- [Safer Lake Michigan surf thanks to kiosk with world’s first “traffic lights” to warn beachgoers about rip currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/safer-lake-michigan-surf-thanks-to-kiosk-with-worlds-first-traffic-lights-to-warn-beachgoers-about-rip-currents/) - Recreational enthusiasts flocking to North Beach in Port Washington will be much safer thanks to new "traffic lights” mounted atop an informational kiosk that will brightly indicate the presence, or absence, of dangerous waves and rip currents.
- [Great Lakes anglers have new resource for identifying salmon and trout species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-anglers-have-new-resource-for-identifying-salmon-and-trout-species/) - A new guide helps anglers identify salmon and trout species of the Great Lakes, which can often look quite similar.
- [ASC bids adieu as Terri Liebmann retires](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/terri-liebmann-retires/) - On July 3, Terri Liebmann wraps up her 20-year career with Wisconsin Sea Grant, where her institutional knowledge has been invaluable.
- [Dangerous currents workshop scheduled for Ashland](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/dangerous-currents-workshop-scheduled-for-ashland/) - People concerned about dangerous currents along the South Shore of Lake Superior are invited to a free workshop on the topic from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, May 24 at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin.
- [Former Knauss Fellow named a policy director at leading sportfishing association](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/former-knauss-fellow-named-a-policy-director-at-leading-sportfishing-association/) - Danielle Cloutier, Wisconsin Sea Grant's 2017 Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, has taken a new position with the American Sportfishing Association.
- [Newton Creek contamination is topic of next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/newton-creek-contamination-is-topic-of-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series wraps up for the season at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 8, at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Drive, Superior, Wis.). Lorena Rios Mendoza with University of Wisconsin-Superior will present, “Newton Creek: Is there contamination after an explosion?”
- [Free resources for May 4 fishing opener](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/free-resources-for-may-4-fishing-opener/) - As anglers are readying gear for the opening of the 2019 fishing season on May 4, they can add a free guide and downloadable app to their lures, lines and bobbers. Wisconsin Sea Grant offers a downloadable four-page guide on selecting lure colors to increase the odds of reeling in a catch. The resource,
- [Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference connects producers, researchers and others to enhance the industry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-aquaculture-conference-connects-producers-researchers-and-others-to-enhance-the-industry/) - The annual conference, held Feb. 15-16 in Eau Claire, brought together current aquaculture producers both large and small, those looking to enter the field, journalists, researchers and others interested in maintaining a healthy industry.
- [Milwaukee and Chicago forecasters have a new tool to monitor potential flash flooding](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/milwaukee-and-chicago-forecasters-have-a-new-tool-to-monitor-potential-flash-flooding/) - Flash flooding can happen quickly, posing a threat to life and property. But, if weather predictions can pinpoint locations at higher risk, emergency managers and residents may be more prepared to heed flash flood warnings.
- [Vintage science demonstrates research impacts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/vintage-science-demonstrates-research-impacts/) - 1988 was a very good year for Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded research papers. Project Assistant Molly Daniels surveyed 48 years’ worth of peer-reviewed journals – going back to 1970 – and identified 1988 as having the greatest number of citations: 1,857. The popularity of one particular paper accounts for most of 1988’s good vintage. That was
- [Grant will help marinas access green infrastructure and improve water quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/grant-will-help-marinas-access-green-infrastructure-and-improve-water-quality/) - This year, a team from the Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin Sea Grant programs are embarking on a venture to help marinas make their facilities more environmentally sustainable by harnessing the power of green infrastructure. The three-year, three-state project was awarded $809,000 in 2018 by the Great Lakes Protection Fund,
- [Soil health is topic of next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/soil-health-is-topic-of-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Drive, Superior, Wis.). Jane Anklam with University of Wisconsin-Extension and Doug Soldat with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Soil Science will present, “Is this Dirt Clean?”
- [Next River Talk explores volunteers helping to restore muskie fishing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/next-river-talk-explores-volunteers-helping-to-restore-muskie-fishing/) - “Muskie Fishing a Restored River,” is the title of the March River Talk. The talk will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Yellowjacket Union at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
- [A flight of Great Lakes learning](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-flight-of-great-lakes-learning/) - An exhibit at the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison from now until July offers a wealth of learning about the Great Lakes. On the airport terminal’s ground floor near the ticket counters, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Graphic Designer Yael Gen has covered five 63-by-48-inch display cases with expansive and colorful photomurals representing themes of sustainability,
- [Theresa Qualls hired as Wisconsin Clean Marina Program coordinator](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/theresa-qualls-hired-as-wisconsin-clean-marina-program-coordinator/) - Theresa Qualls is coming back to her work roots with her hire as the Clean Marina Program coordinator for Wisconsin. Qualls helped get the program started with former coordinator, Victoria Harris. The Clean Marina Program is designed to reduce pollution from marinas to protect Wisconsin’s waterways.
- [Knauss Fellowship celebrates 40 years in 2019](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/knauss-fellowship-celebrates-40-years-in-2019/) - Since 1982, the marine-science and marine-policy career hopes and dreams of 28 Wisconsin scholars were sparked and nurtured into a blaze due to something known as the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, which celebrates a 40-year anniversary this year. The nationally competitive 12-month Washington, D.C.-based fellowship matches graduate students with an interest in ocean,
- [Green Bay soothsayers seek to project scenarios for ecosystem restoration](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/green-bay-soothsayers-seek-to-project-scenarios-for-ecosystem-restoration/) - They are diverse group—a geoscientist, limnologist and natural resources educator. Also on the team is a water chemist, biologist, civil engineer and watershed scientist. As collaborators on a Sea Grant-funded effort to envision conditions in Green Bay, you could also say they are soothsayers. It’s a project called Transitioning Science to Management: Developing Models and
- [Wisconsin high schoolers get hands-on experience with yellow perch](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/through-visit-with-sea-grant-aquaculture-specialist-wisconsin-high-schoolers-get-hands-on-experience-with-yellow-perch/) - Students from Freedom High School in Outagamie County had a rewarding field trip to Milwaukee, where they visited Sea Grant Aquaculture Specialist Fred Binkowski, who gave them a taste of hands-on work with yellow perch.
- [Take five: Marine debris with Titus Seilheimer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/take-five-marine-debris-with-titus-seilheimer/) - Sea Grant Fisheries Specialist Titus Seilheimer shares helpful tips for reducing plastic marine debris.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant offers legal guidance on watercraft decontamination](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-offers-legal-guidance-on-watercraft-decontamination/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant and the National Sea Grant Law Center are providing guidance to those operating or planning to operate a watercraft inspection and decontamination (WID) program in Wisconsin.
- [Designing Living Shorelines for Northern Climes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/designing-living-shorelines-for-northern-climes/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is cooperating with Canadian counterparts to develop guidelines and a network of engineers, known as a community of practice, who are interested in living shorelines for cold regions -- and they would like more to join them.
- [Weston scholarships encourage promising undergraduate researchers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/weston-scholarships-encourage-promising-undergraduate-researchers/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is pleased to announce the three newest recipients of the Carl J. Weston Memorial Scholarship: Loretha Jack, Briana Shea and Chelsea Volpano. The scholarship recognizes talented undergraduate researchers working on Sea Grant-supported projects.
- [Emergency management topic of next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/emergency-management-topic-of-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Drive, Superior, Wis.). John Sager with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Dean Johnston with the U.S. Coast Guard, Dave Sletten with Douglas County and Kevin Mustonen with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, will present “Handling Hazards and Dealing With Disasters: Emergency Management in the Estuary.”
- [Big Thanks for the big lakes, and other state waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/big-thanks-for-the-big-lakes-and-other-state-waters/) - We are always grateful for Wisconsin waters. Thanksgiving is a chance to say an extra thank-you.
- [Free Mobile Wisconsin Fish Identification Tools Now Available](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/free-mobile-wisconsin-fish-identification-tools-now-available/) - Carry 174 Wisconsin fish in your pocket with our downloadable apps. A mobile website with finger-friendly design is also available.
- [New Coastal Management Fellow values two-way exchange between scientists and stakeholders](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-coastal-management-fellow-values-two-way-exchange-between-scientists-and-stakeholders/) - Sea Grant welcomes Dr. Yi Liu, the new J. Philip Keillor Coastal Management-Sea Grant Fellow. Among other duties, she will work on updates to the Coastal Processes Manual. Liu recently completed a doctorate in civil engineering at Virginia Tech.
- [Wisconsin DNR seeking comments on Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-dnr-seeking-comments-on-aquatic-invasive-species-management-plan/) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking comment on a draft version of its statewide aquatic invasive species management plan. This is the first revision of the plan since it was initially drafted in 2003. The comment period is open now through August 31, 2018.
- [Swimming into bookstores and hubs for online sale is a new paperback edition of “People of the Sturgeon”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/swimming-into-bookstores-and-hubs-for-online-sale-is-a-new-paperback-edition-of-people-of-the-sturgeon/) - A popular and award-winning Sea Grant book about a conservation success story is now available in paperback.
- [Morgan Witte joins Aquatic Sciences Center as a project assistant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/morgan-witte-joins-aquatic-sciences-center-as-a-project-assistant/) - Get to know Morgan Witte, a master's student in library and information science who is working primarily with the Wisconsin Water Library.
- [“Chocolate Milk” Sediment Plumes Featured in Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/chocolate-milk-sediment-plumes-featured-in-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.). Elizabeth Minor, a professor with the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory, will present: “Lake Superior Storm Stories: A Biogeochemist’s View of the Plumes.”
- [And the Student Becomes the Master](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/and-the-student-becomes-the-master/) - This fall, Wisconsin Sea Grant bid farewell to a longtime and treasured employee, Kathy Schmitt Kline. She's played many roles in the organization, all in service to Great Lakes stakeholders.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant awarded federal research funds to aid development of the land-based salmon-farming industry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-awarded-federal-research-funds-to-aid-development-of-the-land-based-salmon-farming-industry/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant has been awarded a grant from the national office of Sea Grant, housed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to support the further development of sustainable, land-based Atlantic salmon aquaculture.
- [A Career Solving Wicked, Sticky and Humongous Coastal Engineering Problems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-career-solving-wicked-sticky-and-humongous-coastal-engineering-problems/) - Gene Clark, Wisconsin Sea Grant's coastal engineer, is planning to retire in 2019. Read about his standout accomplishments, which include the Sea Caves Watch Project, the freshwater steel corrosion issue in Lake Superior and the beneficial reuse of material dredged from Great Lakes harbors. We will miss him!
- [Groundwater Issues Headline River Talk Series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/groundwater-issues-headline-river-talk-series/) - The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Minnesota and Wisconsin Sea Grant programs are starting the sixth year of science café-type evening talks about the St. Louis River Estuary in October. The talk, “Shedding Light on Groundwater,” is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. at the Estuarium (3 Marina Drive, Superior, Wis.). The speaker is Kelsey Prihoda, a researcher with the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
- [Tap Talks Series Taps Into Community Science Learning](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tap-talks-series-taps-into-community-science-learning/) - A free monthly series of two-way science conversations where researchers on topics like butterflies, water, politics and Wisconsin's deer herd will welcome questions. The Tap Talks are slated for 4 p.m. on second Sundays, September 2018 through May 2019.
- [Sea Grant-funded research guides proposed South Shore Beach alternatives in Milwaukee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-funded-research-guides-proposed-south-shore-beach-alternatives-in-milwaukee/) - Research done by Wisconsin Sea Grant and the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has informed Milwaukee County officials' exploration of potentially moving South Shore Beach. Research has shown that relocating the beach just 150 meters south of its current spot would significantly improve water quality.
- [Story Hours Engage Children in Water Issues](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/story-hours-engage-children-in-water-issues/) - Wisconsin Water Librarian Anne Moser has made it her outreach mission to improve literacy and library use among underserved children as part of the “Make a Splash—Read” campaign. This week, she brought her story hour road show to the Neenk Chungra Head Start Program in the Wisconsin Dells.
- [Hurley reflects on time at ASC](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/hurley-reflects-on-time-at-asc/) - In February, deputy director Jim Hurley will assume the role of director of the environmental health division at the State Lab of Hygiene.
- [High schoolers compete in Lake Sturgeon Bowl](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/high-schoolers-compete-in-lake-sturgeon-bowl/) - Teams of marine-science-minded teens competed in Milwaukee on Feb. 5. Marshfield High School again captured a victory in the Lake Sturgeon Bowl. The team now moves to a spring National Ocean Sciences Bowl battle in Galveston, Texas, hoping to win their third crown. Last year, the team's prize was a trip on a sea-going schooner. Students and teachers across Wisconsin are eligible to participate in this annual science-literacy competition.
- [Perch, patented: UW Sea Grant scientist awarded patent on groundbreaking spawning method](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/perch-patented-uw-sea-grant-scientist-awarded-patent-on-groundbreaking-spawning-method/) - The United States Patent Office has awarded Fred Binkowski, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Aquaculture Specialist, a patent on the process he developed for out-of-cycle spawning for yellow perch.
- [UW Sea Grant Researcher: PBDEs harming Northern Leopard Frogs Near Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grant-researcher-pbdes-harming-northern-leopard-frogs-near-great-lakes/) - Dr. William Karasov's research shows commonly used manufacturing flame retardant increases mortality, stunts growth of tadpoles.
- [UW Sea Grant revamps website, adds Facebook page, Twitter feed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grant-revamps-website-adds-facebook-page-twitter-feed/) - Students, educators and researchers now have three new and easy ways to connect with UW Sea Grant.
- [2011 Sturgeon-Spearing Season Concludes; Explore New Ways to Keep the Season Alive](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/2011-sturgeon-spearing-season-concludes-explore-new-ways-to-keep-the-season-alive/) - While the 2011 sturgeon-spearing season ended on Feb. 27, there are other ways to keep the season alive.
- [Taking Five With an Asian Carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/taking-five-with-an-asian-carp-2/) - Think you know everything about this finned, flying menace? You may want to think again.
- [Sea Grant Expert to be at March 14 DNR Trap Net Hearing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-expert-to-be-at-march-14-dnr-trap-net-hearing/) - For 10 years, Wisconsin Sea Grant has worked to keep recreational fishermen and boaters informed about trap nets on Lake Michigan.
- [Meet Our New Staff Member](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-our-new-staff-member/) - In late March, Erik Rollefson joins Wisconsin Sea Grant to help raise awareness about aquatic invasive species.
- [Is Increasing Fees the Answer to AIS?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/is-increasing-fees-the-answer-to-ais/) - UW Sea Grant's deputy director comments on newly proposed legislation in Minnesota.
- [Sheboygan Forum: For the Sake of Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sheboygan-forum-for-the-sake-of-lake-michigan/) - On Wednesday, April 13, UW Sea Grant will partner with the Lake Michigan Forum to host a free public seminar to discuss a plan to clean up the Sheboygan headwaters of Lake Michigan.
- [Clean Marina Program to Boaters: Don't Dunk Your Antifreeze](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/clean-marina-program-to-boaters-dont-dunk-your-antifreeze/) - UW Sea Grant-supported program offers safe disposal tips to Wisconsin boaters.
- [Wisconsin Team Wins National Ocean Sciences Bowl](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-team-wins-national-ocean-sciences-bowl/) - For the third year running, the Marshfield High School team competing in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl has won the national crown.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Funding VHS Research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-funding-vhs-research/) - Wisconsin's general fishing opener is Saturday, May 7. Anglers will be out for prize catches like trout or bass. UW Sea Grant is funding research on viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) to perhaps better protect those species in the future.
- [Survey: UW Sea Grant Students are "National Assets"](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/survey-uw-sea-grant-students-are-national-assets/) - Throughout its 42-year history, UW Sea Grant has maintained an unparalleled commitment to educating the next generation of marine and land-use scientists and specialists.
- [Employment Opportunity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/employment-opportunity/) - We are actively recruiting for the position of assistant director for research.
- [Mapping the Nearshore Food Web](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/mapping-the-nearshore-food-web/) - UW Sea Grant-funded researchers are plotting out who’s eating whom near the shores of Lake Michigan.
- [Swimming in the Great Lakes? Look Out for Rip Currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/swimming-in-the-great-lakes-look-out-for-rip-currents/) - In 2010, hazardous rip currents were responsible for 29 deaths in the Great Lakes.
- [Lubner Retires From UW Sea Grant After Three-Plus Decades of Service](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lubner-retires-from-uw-sea-grant-after-three-plus-decades-of-service/) - Milestones aplenty in the career of Jim Lubner, Wisconsin Sea Grant's water safety and education outreach specialist.
- [New Online Tools for Coastal Climate Change Learning and Training](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-online-tools-for-coastal-climate-change-learning-and-training/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant collaborated with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training program and NOAA's Climate Program Office
- [Phil Moy Hired as Assistant Director for Research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/phil-moy-hired-as-assistant-director-for-research/) - Director Anders Andren said, "We are extremely fortunate to have him join us in this position."
- [Surf's Up for Safety](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/surfs-up-for-safety/) - The Great Lakes Sea Grant Network wins an award for service to the Great Lakes surfing community through its rip current awareness efforts.
- [Six New Wisconsin Clean Marinas Announced](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/six-new-wisconsin-clean-marinas-announced/) - The new additions, including three clean marinas on Lake Superior, bring Wisconsin's total to 17.
- [Harris Retires From UW Sea Grant, Doesn't Slow Down](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/harris-retires-from-uw-sea-grant-doesnt-slow-down/) - UW Sea Grant Outreach Specialist Vicky Harris closes one chapter of environmental service and public engagement, continues many others.
- [Marklein Ends Run at the Grants-Process Helm](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/marklein-ends-run-at-the-grants-process-helm/) - You may not have heard his name, but over the course of a 37-year career, Dan Marklein was critical to the success of every grant UW Sea Grant awarded.
- [Ballard Wins 2011 Weston Scholarship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/ballard-wins-2011-weston-scholarship/) - Kate Ballard is a statistics major and the winner of the 2011 Carl J. Weston Memorial Scholarship from Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [Wisconsin Leads in World Mercury Research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-leads-in-world-mercury-research/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant has long led the field in toxics research. Mercury is one area of study and four key scientists outlined the state's role in understanding the effects of mercury in aquatic ecosystems.
- [Real-Time Wave Information for Kayakers in the Apostle Islands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/real-time-wave-information-for-kayakers-in-the-apostle-islands/) - Kayaking at the mainland sea caves in the Apostle Islands? Before you leave Myers Beach, check out this web site: SeaCavesWatch.org. It gives you the wave height at the sea caves just 30 minutes ago. Remember, waves at the sea caves can be much, much larger than at the beach.
- [How Well Do You Know Your Beach?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/how-well-do-you-know-your-beach/) - As part of a three-state Sea Grant program project, UW Sea Grant will survey Milwaukee County beachgoers about where they'd like to get real-time information about the Lake Michigan beaches they use.
- [Restoration is Not Without Invasive Complications](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/restoration-is-not-without-invasive-complications/) - When it comes to Great Lakes restoration, Asian Carp and the round goby are re-proving the old Tom Wolfe adage: You can't go home again.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Gets Positive Program Review](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-gets-positive-program-review/) - In April, the National Sea Grant Office did a top-to-bottom review of Wisconsin Sea Grant. The results are now in.
- [One Man's Finger Pincher is Another Man's Weed Remover](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/one-mans-finger-pincher-is-another-mans-weed-remover/) - Even though certain invasive species have positive impacts, it's important to remember why they got the negative 'invasives' tag in the first place.
- [Mining in the Great Lakes?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/mining-in-the-great-lakes/) - Former Sea Grant staff member Gregory Dexter Hedden died on Oct. 17. He pursued the possibility of sustainable mining in the Great Lakes.
- [AIS-Fighting Efforts are Doing Wisconsin Proud](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/ais-fighting-efforts-are-doing-wisconsin-proud/) - UW Sea Grant's Tim Campbell provides a run-down on a recent statewide aquatic invasive species coordinators' meeting. From awareness-raising public presentations to working with the Boy Scouts, there are a lot of good things happening.
- [Making a Climate-Change Checklist. Checking It Twice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/making-a-climate-change-checklist-checking-it-twice/) - UW Sea Grant outreach specialists will spend the fall helping Wisconsin's coastal communities ensure they're prepared for the potential effects of climate change.
- [Streaming, Invasive-Style](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/streaming-invasive-style/) - Not content to merely disrupt the Great Lakes' ecosystem, round gobies have invaded Wisconsin's rivers and streams. UW Sea Grant researchers Jake Vander Zanden and Matt Kornis are trying to track the gobies' potentially devastating impact.
- [Andren Calls It a Sea Grant Career](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/andren-calls-it-a-sea-grant-career/) - After nearly three decades of guiding UW Sea Grant in new and exciting directions, Anders Andren announces his retirement and reflects on his sizable accomplishments.
- [Strength in Boat-Inspection Numbers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/strength-in-boat-inspection-numbers/) - In 2011, UW Sea Grant-funded AIS experts and inspectors reached more boaters and anglers than last year--in part because there were more of them.
- [Boating Season Closes Out With 17 Clean Marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/boating-season-closes-out-with-17-clean-marinas/) - UW Sea Grant works with partners on the Clean Marina Program. There are now 17 certified clean marinas, promising stronger businesses and cleaner waters in 2012.
- [Happy Birthday, Dr. Spilhaus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/happy-birthday-dr-spilhaus/) - Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday, Nov. 25. UW Sea Grant's takes note of this accomplished man who is responsible for the National Sea Grant College Program.
- [UW, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Programs Team Up to Produce Area of Concern Video](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-illinois-indiana-sea-grant-programs-team-up-to-produce-area-of-concern-video/) - The goal is to raise awareness and understanding of remediation efforts in the Great Lakes area, and recruit new partners to the cause.
- [Frog Research to be Published in Journal Early Next Year](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/frog-research-to-be-published-in-journal-early-next-year/) - Dr. William Karasov's research shows commonly used manufacturing flame retardant increases mortality, stunts growth of tadpoles.
- [The Twelve Days of Aquatic Invasive Species Christmas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-twelve-days-of-aquatic-invasive-species-christmas/) - On the first day of Christmas, our AIS specialist gave to us...some great information on his favorite topic. Sing along, won't you?
- [Now Accepting Applications for the Knauss Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/now-accepting-applications-for-the-knauss-fellowship/) - Apply now for a one-year fellowship in Washington, D.C., through the Sea Grant program to learn more about marine science and marine policy.
- [Listen Up!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/listen-up/) - The award-winning People of the Sturgeon will soon be released as an audiobook. Get an early listen to how wonderful it's going to sound.
- [Thoughts from a Sheboygan River Meeting](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/thoughts-from-a-sheboygan-river-meeting/) - UW Sea Grant videographer John Karl dropped in on a meeting to kick off remediation projects in the Sheboygan River Area of Concern.
- [Survey of Milwaukee County Beachgoers: Give Us Real-Time Web Info](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/survey-of-milwaukee-county-beachgoers-give-us-real-time-web-info/) - Visitors reveal some surprising information about what they don't know and would like to know about five beaches in Milwaukee County.
- [ROV Donation is a Boon for Students and Researchers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/rov-donation-is-a-boon-for-students-and-researchers/) - UW-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences recently received a remotely operated vehicle from Collins Engineers Inc. The Milwaukee firm is supporting the work of aspiring underwater engineers, and other Sea Grant-funded researchers with the technology.
- [Sturgeon “Thunder” Has Roots in Biological Process as the Fish Emit Sounds As Do Whales and Elephants](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-thunder-has-roots-in-biological-process-as-the-fish-emit-sounds-as-do-whales-and-elephants/) - Sea Grant's Chris Bocast and Ron Bruch, a biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, are investigating the biological processes that produce sturgeon "thunder." Sturgeon have now been discovered to be in the company of whales, elephants and other large animals that produce infrasonic sound.
- [11 Years, 11 Wins for Marshfield High School at Regional Competition](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/11-years-11-wins-for-marshfield-high-school-at-regional-competition/) - Marshfield High School continues its domination of the marine-science competition.
- [Sturgeon, Recollected](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-recollected/) - As part of the lead-up to the launch of the 80th annual sturgeon spearing season on Feb. 11, our outreach specialist shares some thoughts about the unique experience of sturgeon culture.
- [Sturgeon, Recollected: Day 2](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-recollected-day-2/) - A brief history of slippery, ever shifting sturgeon spearing laws.
- [Sturgeon, Recollected: Day 3](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-recollected-day-3/) - Spearing before the advent of the ice shanty.
- [Sturgeon, Recollected: Day 4](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-recollected-day-4/) - In a winter of thin ice and warm temperatures, the message to spearfishing aficionados is clear: Be careful out there.
- [President's 2013 Budget Addresses Island Restoration](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/presidents-2013-budget-addresses-island-restoration/) - President Obama's just-announced 2013 budget includes funding to restore the Cat Island chain in southern Green Bay.
- [Sturgeon vs. Aquatic Invasive Species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-vs-aquatic-invasive-species/) - It's not always apparent, but even lake sturgeon can suffer ill effects from well-known aquatic invasive species.
- [Taking Five With an Asian Carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/taking-five-with-an-asian-carp/) - In honor of National Invasive Species Awareness Week (Feb. 26 - March 3), get some carpucation. Here's five facts about Asian carp.
- [Stories of Us](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/stories-of-us/) - UW Sea Grant researchers look to use spatial narratives to engage citizens in environmental stewardship of the Great Lakes.
- [Sen. Kohl Announces $2 Million to Fund Great Lakes Research, Education and Community Engagement Through Wisconsin Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sen-kohl-announces-2-million-to-fund-great-lakes-research-education-and-community-engagement-through-wisconsin-sea-grant/) - The money will fund 21 grants and support 27 projects.
- [Jim Hurley to be the Third Director in Wisconsin Sea Grant's 43-Year History](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/jim-hurley-to-be-the-third-director-in-wisconsin-sea-grants-43-year-history/) - University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Dean Martin Cadwallader named Jim Hurley to be the next director of Wisconsin Sea Grant, only the third in the program's history.
- [Marshfield High School Team Wins National Ocean Sciences Bowl](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/marshfield-high-school-team-wins-national-ocean-sciences-bowl/) - A four-student team from Marshfield, Wis., bested schools from around the country in the annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl that pits one team's oceanography knowledge against 24 others.
- [Survey to Check Out Consumers’ Knowledge of Fish Facts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/survey-to-check-out-consumers-knowledge-of-fish-facts/) - Beginning in early May, UW Sea Grant will ask area shoppers what they know and how the feel about Wisconsin fish.
- [The Road to Pueblo, Part One](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-road-to-pueblo-part-one/) - UW Sea Grant fisheries and aquatic invasive species expert Phil Moy is on his way to the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit fishing tournament this weekend at Lake Pueblo State Park in Colorado, there to help spread the word among anglers about preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species.
- [Green Bay Student Helping to Stop Invaders](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/green-bay-student-helping-to-stop-invaders/) - Environmental science major Hans Bremer gets to spend his summer coordinating a small troop of soldiers fighting a war. The war is not directed against other people in faraway places, however. It’s directed against invasive plants and animals in local waterways.
- [The Road to Pueblo, Part Two](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-road-to-pueblo-part-two/) - Phil Moy arrives in Colorado, inspects some boats, contemplates a "slopper"
- [NOAA Sea Grant Director Compliments Outgoing, Incoming UW Sea Grant Directors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/noaa-sea-grant-director-compliments-outgoing-incoming-uw-sea-grant-directors/) - Anders Andren ends two-plus decades at the helm of UW Sea Grant at the end of June, and Jim Hurley is already on the job and getting up to speed. NOAA Director Leon Cammen salutes them both.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Project Assistant off to the Mariana Islands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-project-assistant-off-to-the-mariana-islands/) - When Robbie Greene came to UW-Madison, he probably never thought it would lead to a job on a far-flung tropical archipelago with active volcanoes, but that’s just what happened.
- [Wisconsin Team Wins National Ocean Sciences Bowl in Continuing Streak](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-team-wins-national-ocean-sciences-bowl-in-continuing-streak/) - It all started so innocently. Eleven years ago, Paul Herder received a postcard from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee promoting the National Ocean Science Bowl competition.
- [Sea Grant’s Vicky Harris Wins Prestigious International Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grants-vicky-harris-wins-prestigious-international-award/) - The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) gives Harris the John R. (Jack) Vallentyne Award.
- [People of the Sturgeon Gain a Voice in New Audio Book](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/people-of-the-sturgeon-gain-a-voice-in-new-audio-book/) - Sea Grant's Chris Bocast spent months producing an audio adaptation of the popular "People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin's Love Affair With an Ancient Fish." Now, it's complete, and ready for purchase.
- [Wisconsin's Newest Knauss Fellow is at Home on the Water, as a Scholar and as an Athlete](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsins-newest-knauss-fellow-is-at-home-on-the-water-as-a-scholar-and-as-an-athlete/) - Jennifer Phillips was recently named a 2013 Dean A. Knauss Sea Grant Fellow. She will be off to Washington, D.C., next year for a 12-month stint in, she hopes, the executive branch, to better marry science and policy making.
- [The Cat Comes Back](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-cat-comes-back/) - A project more than four decades in the making, work finally begins on the restoration of Green Bay's Cat Island chain.
- [Tracking Davidson’s Goliaths: Marine Archaeologists to Survey Wrecks of Australasia, Adriatic in Whitefish Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tracking-davidsons-goliaths-marine-archaeologists-to-survey-wrecks-of-australasia-adriatic-in-whitefish-bay/) - Preliminary dives begin this week.
- [Connecting the Dots on a Sea Grant Career](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/connecting-the-dots-on-a-sea-grant-career/) - At the end of June, UW Sea Grant Assistant Director Mary Lou Reeb retires, after 36 years of service with the organization.
- [Rip Currents in the Great Lakes Are Real; Learn Their Characteristics to Stay Safe](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/rip-currents-in-the-great-lakes-are-real-learn-their-characteristics-to-stay-safe/) - Just like in the ocean, Lakes Michigan and Superior can harbor rip currents. Learn what to look for and how to keep safe.
- [UW Sea Grant Lands Coastal Storms Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grant-lands-coastal-storms-grant/) - The money will go to hire a coastal storms outreach coordinator for the Great Lakes region.
- [Stories and Science of the St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/stories-and-science-of-the-st-louis-river-estuary/) - Quick! What do a mixer, a memory foam pillow and a GPS unit have in common? Answer: All are tools that can help tell the story of the St. Louis River Estuary.
- [Ocean-Minded Wisconsin Students Gear up for Hawaii Prize Trip](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/ocean-minded-wisconsin-students-gear-up-for-hawaii-prize-trip/) - On July 22, the nationally victorious Marshfield High School team is off to Hawaii to claim their first-place prize in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
- [More Accurate and Timely Sampling-Diagnosis System for Harmful Algae Blooms on the Way](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/more-accurate-and-timely-sampling-diagnosis-system-for-harmful-algae-blooms-on-the-way/) - Sea Grant-funded researcher Katherine McMahon and Ph.D. student Lucas Beversdorf have documented a previously under-reported role of nitrogen in toxic green-algae blooms. They are also working on a water-quality sampling device that will more quickly alert people to the presence, and danger, of the blooms.
- [Paddles, No Shock](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/paddles-no-shock/) - UW Sea Grant urges kayak safety near electrical barrier in Romeoville, Illinois.
- [Real-Time Wave Information Available for Kayakers in the Apostle Islands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/real-time-wave-information-available-for-kayakers-in-the-apostle-islands/) - SeaCavesWatch.org is operational for the season and provides photos and data about conditions at the mainland sea caves in the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior.
- [Gene Clark, Go-To-Guy](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/gene-clark-go-to-guy/) - UW Sea Grant's coastal engineering outreach specialist has developed a solid reputation as a consultant and problem-solver.
- [UW Sea Grant Serves Up New Podcast Series on Aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grant-serves-up-new-podcast-series-on-aquaculture/) - Trace the history of aquaculture, virtually tour a commercial-scale recirculating aquaculture system and even get tips to start an operation of your own through this brand-new 14-episode audio and video series.
- [UW Sea Grant Hires a Social Scientist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grant-hires-a-social-scientist/) - Jane Harrison becomes the organization's first outreach specialist focused on social science.
- [Schroeder, Taylor Score 2012 Weston Scholarships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/schroeder-taylor-score-2012-weston-scholarships/) - The funding will support their continued work on UW Sea Grant-funded research projects.
- [Enhancing the UW Sea Grant Student Experience](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/enhancing-the-uw-sea-grant-student-experience/) - Director Jim Hurley calls for faculty proposals to develop an internal program to create more opportunities for Sea Grant-supported students.
- [Undaunted by Summer Flood, Researcher Continues Work](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/undaunted-by-summer-flood-researcher-continues-work/) - UW-Madison Zoology Professor Emily Stanley is characterizing the water chemistry in a Lake Superior tributary.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Helps Assess the Beauty of the Fox River and Lower Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-helps-assess-the-beauty-of-the-fox-river-and-lower-green-bay/) - What makes a river ugly or beautiful? Sea Grant expertise is contributing to efforts to define what makes waterways aesthetically pleasing.
- [Dioxin in the Details](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/dioxin-in-the-details/) - UW Sea Grant researchers identify a key gene in zebrafish that responds to microscopic doses of a deadly environmental toxin.
- [Sea Grant’s Contributions Add to a Renewed Focus on Urban Agriculture at a Milwaukee High School](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grants-contributions-add-to-a-renewed-focus-on-urban-agriculture-at-a-milwaukee-high-school/) - Sea Grant's Fred Binkowski has lent a hand to the science team at Milwaukee's Vincent High School. The school now has an aquaponics setup and curriculum, part of a reinvigorated urban agricultural program.
- [More Than 13,000 Boaters Reached Through Sea Grant Watercraft Inspections This Summer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/more-than-13000-boaters-reached-through-sea-grant-watercraft-inspections-this-summer/) - The Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute watercraft inspection program, run during the summer in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), reached 13,200 people and inspected 6,400 watercraft.
- [You Don't Belong Here](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/you-dont-belong-here/) - Aquatic species out of place create major problems in their new homes. UW Sea Grant's Phil Moy muses on the phenomenon.
- [Education Evolution: New Outreach Specialist is a Familiar Face](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/education-evolution-new-outreach-specialist-is-a-familiar-face/) - Kathy Kline, former UW Sea Grant science writer and co-author of "People of the Sturgeon," charts new directions for the program's education mission.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Knauss Fellow Now Directs the Fellowship Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-knauss-fellow-now-directs-the-fellowship-program/) - When University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Chelsea Berg was accepted for a prestigious Knauss Fellowship in 2009, little did she know that one day she would direct the program.
- [Social Science Gains Attention, Works to Solve Complex Water Issues](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/social-science-gains-attention-works-to-solve-complex-water-issues/) - Social science is gaining emphasis within Sea Grant and other natural resource-related programs.
- [Thankful for the Great Lakes?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/thankful-for-the-great-lakes-2/) - More care and attention is on the way for the Great Lakes due to our recent call for preproposals.
- [Introducing UW Sea Grant's New Fisheries Outreach Specialist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/introducing-uw-sea-grants-new-fisheries-outreach-specialist/) - Titus Seilheimer brings energy, research ecology background to key outreach position.
- [Holiday Gift Ideas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/holiday-gift-ideas/) - In charge of the holiday shopping list for that water-inclined person? Sea Grant has suggestions.
- [Wealth of Fellowships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wealth-of-fellowships-2/) - It's a bit of a feast of riches, the number of Sea Grant fellowship opportunities currently in the offing.
- [Organic or Inorganic?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/organic-or-inorganic/) - Chris Hartleb's UW Sea Grant-supported research answers the critical question: Which type of fish-pond fertilizer is better for farming perch?
- [UW Sea Grant and Partners Launch Water @ UW-Madison](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grant-and-partners-launch-water-uw-madison/) - A new website, Water @ UW-Madison, is a reservoir of water research and resources.
- [Incoming and Outgoing Council Chairs Share Thoughts About Wisconsin Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/incoming-and-outgoing-council-chairs-share-thoughts-about-wisconsin-sea-grant/) - Prof. Bud Harris and Larry Wawronowicz discuss the rewards and challenges of chairing Wisconsin Sea Grant's Advisory Council.
- [Barry Johnson: Where is he now?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/barry-johnson-where-is-he-now/) - A branch chief of the U.S. Geological Survey in La Crosse, Wis., credits his experience as a former Ph.D. student supported by Wisconsin Sea Grant with preparing him to be an independent researcher and in helping him disseminate his findings to natural resource managers.
- [Sturgeon Spearing Tales Live On](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-spearing-tales-live-on/) - Wisconsin's annual sturgeon spearing season on the Lake Winnebago system gets underway on Saturday, Feb. 9. Listen to audiobook excerpts about the annual rite or purchase the book to keep the season alive all year round.
- [Sustaining the Freshwater Sea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sustaining-the-freshwater-sea/) - Telling the story of the largest Great Lake is an ambitious task. The Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute does it justice with a seven-part series of podcasts about Lake Superior that brings listeners underwater to shipwrecks in the Apostle Islands and features the calls of waterfowl in the St. Louis River Estuary.
- [2013 Lake Sturgeon Bowl Has a Very Different Winner](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/2013-lake-sturgeon-bowl-has-a-very-different-winner/) - For the first time in its 12-year history, the Lake Sturgeon Bowl has a team in the winner column that isn't Marshfield High School. The often-second-place finishers, Spring Valley High School, now take the crown and earn the chance to compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
- [St. Louis River Estuary Summit - Feb. 26-27](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/st-louis-river-estuary-summit-feb-26-27/) - Scientists, resource managers, community members and students will examine issues involving the key Twin Ports waterway when the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve holds its third annual St. Louis River Estuary Summit Feb. 26-27 at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
- [Julia Noordyk, New Water Quality and Coastal Communities Specialist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/julia-noordyk-new-water-quality-and-coastal-communities-specialist/) - Preparing communities for coastal storms, enhancing the water quality of Green Bay, protecting wetland habitats – does all this sound like a job for a super human? Well, Julia Noordyk is up to the challenge. She begins work as Wisconsin Sea Grant’s water quality and coastal communities specialist out of the Green Bay Field Office on March 1.
- [Tournament Anglers Help Prevent the Spread of Invasives](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tournament-anglers-help-prevent-the-spread-of-invasives/) - Sea Grant staff across the Great Lakes are working to ensure that aquatic invasive species aren’t spread by fishing tournament activities.
- [Predicting the Toxicity of Metals to Great Lakes Coasts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/predicting-the-toxicity-of-metals-to-great-lakes-coasts/) - Using a single-celled alga, a team of UW-Madison researchers have discovered key factors in predicting how and at what levels copper and cadmium harm the shoreline environment of the Great Lakes, and what protective measures coastal organisms adopt in response. That’s allowed regulatory agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency to refine tools to protect Great Lakes coastal regions from the metals.
- [Dashboard Repair: UW Sea Grant Grad Student Restores Online Hydrologic Tool](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/dashboard-repair-uw-sea-grant-grad-student-restores-online-hydrologic-tool/) - Not only did Erin Hamilton repair a key water data tool, but she also buffed her programming skills.
- [UW Sea Grant's Newest Advisory Council Member: A Master of Weather, Timing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grants-newest-advisory-council-member-a-master-of-weather-timing/) - Steve Brueske joins the advisory council just in time to help guide a shift in UW Sea Grant's research mission.
- [Mapping Aquaculture in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/mapping-aquaculture-in-wisconsin/) - UW-Stevens Point graduate student Allen Brandt develops an interactive GIS tool to help would-be fish farmers successfully site their businesses.
- [Climate Change Impacts on Lake Superior Could Mean Better Conditions for Some Sportfish, Worse for Others](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/climate-change-impacts-on-lake-superior-could-mean-better-conditions-for-some-sportfish-worse-for-others/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researchers have found that water temperature changes over the past 27 years have made conditions more favorable for Chinook salmon, walleye and lean lake trout and less favorable for siscowet lake trout, which prefer colder water and have lost about 20 percent of their historical habitat.
- [WI Sea Grant Resource Helps Special Education Students Learn About the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wi-sea-grant-resource-helps-special-education-students-learn-about-the-great-lakes/) - Special education students at Superior Senior High School were the most recent to use the Paddle-to the-Sea computer application developed by a Wisconsin Sea Grant staff member and his son.
- [New Guide Helps Anglers Recognize Invasive Species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-guide-helps-anglers-recognize-invasive-species/) - A partnership between the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network and Wildlife Forever produces a new resource to help prevent the spread of invasive species.
- [Rip Current Awareness Week is June 2 - 9](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/rip-current-awareness-week-is-june-2-9/) - Nationwide, each year more than 100 drownings are the result of rip currents. Rip currents can occur at any surf beach with breaking waves, including Great Lakes beaches.
- [Shallow Shipwreck: Surveying Davidson's Adriatic](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/shallow-shipwreck-surveying-davidsons-adriatic/) - UW Sea Grant funds a team of maritime archaeologists and students surveying the wreck of the Great Lakes' first self-unloading wooden schooner, abandoned in Sturgeon Bay.
- [New Video on the Great Lakes Legacy Act](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-video-on-the-great-lakes-legacy-act/) - Sea Grant's John Karl collaborated with Caitie McCoy with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant to produce a new video that details the processes and successes of the Great Lakes Legacy Act. The U.S. EPA project brings communities together to clean up contaminated sediments in the Great Lakes basin.
- [July 20 is Wisconsin Aquaculture Day](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/july-20-is-wisconsin-aquaculture-day/) - Revisit our 14-part podcast series in honor of Wisconsin Aquaculture Day, July 20. It commemorates the industry that contributes $21 million to the economy through live bait, fee fishing, stocking and food fish production.
- [UW-Superior Student Helps Stop Aquatic Invaders](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-superior-student-helps-stop-aquatic-invaders/) - University of Wisconsin-Superior senior Tucker Lindberg is spending the summer at boat ramps on Lake Superior. Although he enjoys being around the water, Lindberg is there for a purpose: to talk to boaters about invasive species and to inspect their boats so that they don’t unwittingly spread unwanted plants or animals to the next lake.
- [Another Safety Measure in Place for Apostle Island Sea Cave Kayakers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/another-safety-measure-in-place-for-apostle-island-sea-cave-kayakers/) - The SeaCavesWatch.org real-time wave observation system for the mainland sea caves at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Lake Superior just got even more useful. Kayakers can just press a big red button to access the web site, which provides photos and data about conditions at the sea caves, before they venture out.
- [Got a Favorite Great Lakes Fish? Let Us Know About It.](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/got-a-favorite-great-lakes-fish-let-us-know-about-it/) - We are reprinting our always-popular "Fish of the Great Lakes" poster and are entertaining suggestions for what kinds of fish you want to see appear.
- [Lake Superior Fish Classic](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-superior-fish-classic/) - Tickets are going fast for a professional chef fish cook-off and tasting event hosted by the Wisconsin and Minnesota Sea Grant programs in Duluth, Minn., at the Depot on Oct. 4, 2013, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Judge for yourself; are Wisconsin or Minnesota chefs better at cooking Lake Superior fish? Tickets ($15) are available online or by calling (218) 726-8106. For more information, visit http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/classic.
- [Lake Michigan’s Changing Ecosystem Examined in New, Free Podcast Series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-michigans-changing-ecosystem-examined-in-new-free-podcast-series/) - As a complement to Sea Grant's podcast series on Lake Superior now comes a comprehensive, entertaining and informative look at the world's fifth largest lake, at the eastern border of Wisconsin.
- [The River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-river-talks/) - Grab a mug of coffee or maybe a glass of beer and learn about the St. Louis River Estuary at the same time. Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve are teaming up to start a series of science café-type evening talks about the estuary.
- [Geographic and Intellectual Journeys Lead Sarah Wilkins to Knauss Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/geographic-and-intellectual-journeys-lead-sarah-wilkins-to-knauss-fellowship/) - Sarah Wilkins will be the 23rd Dean A. Knauss Sea Grant Fellow from Wisconsin. Follow the path that brought her to this point that will allow her to explore ocean, coastal and Great Lakes national policy decisions affecting freshwater and marine resources.
- [Lake Superior Fish Classic Sold Out](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-superior-fish-classic-sold-out/) - Only days remain until the Lake Superior Fish Classic, when the historic Union Depot in Duluth, Minn., will open its doors to professional chefs and judges, fish connoisseurs and 350 pounds of Lake Superior herring and whitefish.
- [State of Lake Michigan Conference and Great Lakes Beach Association Conference](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/state-of-lake-michigan-conference-and-great-lakes-beach-association-conference/) - The only major conference dedicated solely to Lake Michigan and to Great Lakes beaches happens in less than two weeks. Registration has been brisk but there are still some spots available.
- [Sailing for Science: Educators Learn on Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sailing-for-science-educators-learn-on-lake-michigan/) - Sixteen educators from Wisconsin and Minnesota will board the tall ship Denis Sullivan to immerse themselves in Lake Michigan science next week, and will learn more about the communities along it as well as new technologies they can use in their classrooms. Free public tours of the ship are offered.
- [The River Talks Continue](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-river-talks-continue/) - The second River Talk is scheduled for Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Red Mug (916 Hammond Ave, Superior, Wis.). Diane Desotelle with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Matthew Steiger with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will present, “Should we be concerned that the St. Louis River is an Area of Concern?”
- [Lake Whitefish Dish Wins Lake Superior Fish Classic](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-whitefish-dish-wins-lake-superior-fish-classic/) - Over 285 people enjoyed sampling Lake Superior whitefish and lake herring (cisco) during the recent Lake Superior Fish Classic – a chef cooking competition and public tasting event held in Duluth, Minn. Chef Seth VanderLaan and his team from the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee won $1,500 for first place out of seven competing chefs, and the People’s Choice Award. The second place Superior Award of $750 went to Chef Scott Graden with The New Scenic Café, Duluth, Minn.
- [The Entire Neighborhood Will Be Destroyed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-entire-neighborhood-will-be-destroyed/) - As part of NOAA's Weather Ready Nation project, UW Sea Grant social scientist Jane Harrison is part of a team surveying broadcast meteorologists and emergency managers about the efficacy of a new impact-based warning system.
- [A New Gold Standard](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-new-gold-standard/) - UW Sea Grant-funded researchers develop twin tests to track viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus more effectively.
- [Next River Talk Focuses on Ecological Mysteries](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/next-river-talk-focuses-on-ecological-mysteries/) - The next River Talk is scheduled for Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Red Mug (916 Hammond Ave, Superior, Wis.). Shon Schooler with the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve will present, “Ecological Mysteries in the St. Louis River Estuary: Tales of Missing Crayfish and Dissolved Oxygen.”
- [Thankful for the Great Lakes?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/thankful-for-the-great-lakes/) - At this time of year, when we collectively take stock, here's some things to be thankful about regarding the Great Lakes.
- [Connection Found Between Nitrogen Levels in Water and Toxic Algae Production](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/connection-found-between-nitrogen-levels-in-water-and-toxic-algae-production/) - Scientists have long known that phosphorus fuels growth of algae in lakes and streams. Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers have found that nitrogen levels are a factor in whether or not these algae – specifically, blue-green algae –produce toxins.
- [Water's Close-up](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/waters-close-up/) - Jake Wears was recently hired to help with video production for Sea Grant and our sister organization, the Water Resources Institute.
- [Tracking the Economic Impact of an AOC Cleanup](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tracking-the-economic-impact-of-an-aoc-cleanup/) - UW Sea Grant social scientist Jane Harrison and graduate student Catherine Simons surveyed anglers on the Sheboygan River to see what, if any, recent cleanup efforts had on their decision to fish there.
- [New Aquaculture Resources](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-aquaculture-resources/) - Sea Grant plans to expand its aquaculture outreach through a more formal arrangement with the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility to the benefit of existing and prospective fish farmers.
- [Sturgeon for the Shedd](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sturgeon-for-the-shedd/) - Recently, Sea Grant's Aquaculture Specialist Fred Binkowski made a very special--and prehistoric--delivery to the Shedd Aquarium. 14 Lake Sturgeon will be taking up residence in the aquarium's newly refreshed Great Lakes gallery.
- [The Twelve Days of Aquatic Invasive Species Christmas, 2013 edition](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-twelve-days-of-aquatic-invasive-species-christmas-2013-edition/) - The timeless AIS holiday classic receives a 2013 update. Sing along, won't you?
- [UW Sea Grant Researcher Named AAAS Fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-sea-grant-researcher-named-aaas-fellow/) - Dr. William Karasov, whose work with frogs and ecotoxins has achieved national acclaim, is one of four UW-Madison professors inducted into the prestigious scientific association for 2013.
- [Wealth of Fellowships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wealth-of-fellowships/) - There are four fellowship opportunities pending through Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-hard-rains-gonna-fall/) - Backed by UW Sea Grant, a grad student will use a concept called storm transposition to show Wisconsin communities why they may want to invest in climate change resilience.
- [River Talk to Focus on Chemicals and Microbes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-to-focus-on-chemicals-and-microbes/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Clyde Iron Works Restaurant (2920 W. Michigan St., Duluth, Minn.). Emily Graham, a researcher with the University of Colorado-Boulder will present, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: How Microscopic Critters Impact the Health of the St. Louis River Estuary,” which deals with how chemicals and microbes interact.
- [Sea Grant Announces $2 Million to Fund Great Lakes Research, Education and Community Engagement](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-announces-2-million-to-fund-great-lakes-research-education-and-community-engagement/) - In 2014-16, Wisconsin Sea Grant will fund 19 projects to explore the freshwater seas.
- [Get Your Own Brand-New Fish of the Great Lakes Poster](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/get-your-own-brand-new-fish-of-the-great-lakes-poster/) - For only $6, you could own the brand-new Fish of the Great Lakes poster that beautifully presents 35 species inhabiting the world's largest freshwater system.
- [Researchers Identify New Burbot Spawning Behavior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-identify-new-burbot-spawning-behavior/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant scientists have discovered that burbot spawn in deep reefs and also later in the season than previously known. Their findings, published in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, add a fifth spawning behavior to those already identified for burbot.
- [River Talk to Focus on Wild Rice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-to-focus-on-wild-rice/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Mar. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Clyde Iron Works Restaurant (2920 W. Michigan St., Duluth, Minn.). Thomas Howes, natural resources program manager with the Fond du Lac Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa, will present, “Gaa Miininangwaa Ganawenjigwein (Taking Care of the Gifts Given to Us),” which deals with wild rice management, research and restoration in the estuary by the tribe.
- [Spring Valley High School Springs at Chance to Savor Science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/spring-valley-high-school-springs-at-chance-to-savor-science/) - In February, a team of five high school students from Spring Valley in Pierce County, Wisconsin, emerged victorious in the 2014 Lake Sturgeon Bowl. Now, it's off to the national competition in Seattle.
- [Sea Grant Offers Free Downloadable Fish App in Time for Opener](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-offers-free-downloadable-fish-app-in-time-for-opener/) - The 2014 Wisconsin general fishing opener is May 3. Download a handy app before heading out with a rod, reel and tackle box.
- [Natural Resource Education Programs Highlighted in Lake Michigan Meeting](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/natural-resource-education-programs-highlighted-in-lake-michigan-meeting/) - The Lake Michigan Stakeholder’s annual spring membership meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 30, at the Urban Ecology Center-Menomonee Valley (3700 W. Pierce St.) in Milwaukee from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., focusing on “Youth and the Environment: Engaging the Next Generation in Conservation.”
- [UN Climate Change-Energy Expert to Deliver Remarks in Madison](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/un-climate-change-energy-expert-to-deliver-remarks-in-madison/) - Nguyen Khac Tiep will address the linkage between climate change and energy generation on April 28 at UW-Madison.
- [Attack Packs: Making Invaders Real](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/attack-packs-making-invaders-real/) - What's an Attack Pack, you ask? One Madison educator shares her experience with the teaching tool.
- [River Talk Focuses on St. Louis River Fisheries](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-focuses-on-st-louis-river-fisheries/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Apr. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Clyde Iron Works Restaurant (2920 W. Michigan St., Duluth, Minn.). John Lindgren and Paul Piszczek with the Minnesota and Wisconsin departments of natural resources will present, “Something Fishy: What’s happening with fish in the St. Louis River Estuary.”
- [Bridges and Barriers Define Moy's Tenure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/bridges-and-barriers-define-moys-tenure/) - UW Sea Grant's assistant director for research leaves to take a job in private industry, but the things he's accomplished here remain.
- [River Talk Trivia Night](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-trivia-night/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for May 27, 7 p.m. at the Clyde Iron Works Restaurant (2920 W. Michigan St., Duluth, Minn.). Representatives from the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and Wisconsin Sea Grant will host a trivia night, featuring prizes and questions based on previous talks.
- [Apostle Islands Lake Trout Refuge Found Valuable](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/apostle-islands-lake-trout-refuge-found-valuable/) - Computer modeling by Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers will provide information for upcoming state-tribal fishing agreement renegotiations in Lake Superior.
- [Emma Wiermaa – Aquaculture Outreach Specialist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/emma-wiermaa-aquaculture-outreach-specialist/) - Emma Wiermaa is working to give aquaculture a good name -- not that it has a bad name -- but people sometimes have misconceptions about its fish-raising practices and food safety. Wiermaa is the new part-time outreach specialist at the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility (NADF) in Red Cliff, Wis.
- [Sea Grant Helping Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species in Wisconsin Waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-helping-prevent-the-spread-of-aquatic-invasive-species-in-wisconsin-waters/) - A team of boat landing inspectors is on Great Lakes sites to spread educational messages to boaters: clean, drain and dry. They protect Wisconsin waters.
- [Milwaukee County Beaches Website Details Conditions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/milwaukee-county-beaches-website-details-conditions/) - A website offers a one-stop-shop for wave and weather conditions at Milwaukee County beaches, including information about potentially deadly rip currents.
- [Liebmann Assumes Role as New Assistant Director for Operations](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/liebmann-assumes-role-as-new-assistant-director-for-operations/) - She brings years of internal experience to a newly created role.
- [NOAA Partners Rescue NOAA Mascot](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/noaa-partners-rescue-noaa-mascot/) - If you’ve ever seen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Sea Grant logo, you’ve probably noticed a gull is part of it. Recently, two NOAA partners seized a chance to give a gull a helping hand.
- [Researchers Find That Dioxin Exposure Can Impact Fish Noses and Reproductive Tracts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-find-that-dioxin-exposure-can-impact-fish-noses-and-reproductive-tracts/) - A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researcher has found that dioxin exposure can negatively impact the nose tissue and sexual development of rainbow trout and zebrafish.
- [Reach the Beach](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/reach-the-beach/) - Researcher Greg Kleinheinz aims to assess whether redesigning beaches has an impact on reducing contamination.
- [Meet the 2015 Knauss Fellows, Part One: Caroline Mosley](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-2015-knauss-fellows-part-one-caroline-mosley/) - The first of UW Sea Grant's three 2015 Knauss Marine Policy Fellows is a dynamo who's always expanding her horizons.
- [Tackling the Problem of Ghost Nets](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tackling-the-problem-of-ghost-nets/) - Using money from the NOAA Marine Debris Program, UW Sea Grant partners to educate commercial and tribal fishermen about the dangers of unmoored gill nets in Lake Superior--and what do do when they become entangled in one.
- [New Advisory Council Member Hopes to Improve People’s Connections to the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-advisory-council-member-hopes-to-improve-peoples-connections-to-the-great-lakes/) - Meet Sharon Cook, our newest advisory council member. Sharon is unusually connected to the Great Lakes. She lives two blocks from Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. She tutors a fourth-grade class once a week at a school with a Great Lakes focus. And she has literally immersed herself in Lake Michigan -- diving down fifty feet to the shipwreck that claimed the life of her great-great-grandmother and great-aunt.
- [Research Leading to Protection of the Duluth-Superior Port Wins National Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/research-leading-to-protection-of-the-duluth-superior-port-wins-national-award/) - The Wisconsin and Minnesota Sea Grant programs are winners of major national research award.
- [Searching for Wisconsin's Stone History](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/searching-for-wisconsins-stone-history/) - Maritime archaeologists survey the docks and timber cribs of the 19th-century brownstone quarries at Stockton, Basswood and Hermit Islands.
- [Meet the 2015 Knauss Fellows, Part Two: Catherine Simons](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-2015-knauss-fellows-part-two-catherine-simons/) - The second of UW Sea Grant's 2015 Knauss Marion Policy Fellows refuses to let obstacles stand in her way.
- [Water Researchers Give Back Through Unique Program for Grandparents and Grandchildren](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-researchers-give-back-through-unique-program-for-grandparents-and-grandchildren/) - Each summer for the past six years, Bill Sonzogni and Jim Peterson have been teaching parts of a limnology (the study of lakes) class to grandparents and their grandchildren. The class is part of the popular Grandparents University, which is offered by the Wisconsin Alumni Association and in which Wisconsin Sea Grant participates. What these students might not realize is that, between Sonzogni and Peterson, they are on the receiving end of nearly 100 years of experience in water issues.
- [New Advisory Council Member Zeroes in on Urban Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-advisory-council-member-zeroes-in-on-urban-water-quality/) - Carrie Bristoll-Groll has made a career out of improving urban infrastructure and educating the public on how they can prevent flooding and improve their beaches and water quality.
- [Meet the 2015 Knauss Fellows, Part Three: Kristina Surfus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/meet-the-2015-knauss-fellows-part-three-kristina-surfus/) - The third of UW Sea Grant's 2015 Knauss Marine Policy fellows is drawn to water in every way.
- [River Talk Series Begins With Business Panel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-series-begins-with-business-panel/) - The first River Talk, “An Industrious River: How Business Relies on Fresh Water,” is scheduled for Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Red Mug (916 Hammond Ave, Superior, Wis.) Panelists are Emily Vikre, Vikre Distillery; Charlie Studuhar, Spirit Lake Marina; and Heather Holmes, North Shore Stand Up Paddleboarding.
- [Aquatic Sciences Center Names Hauxwell Assistant Director for Research and Student Engagement](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquatic-sciences-center-names-hauxwell-assistant-director-for-research-and-student-engagement/) - Hauxwell brings a wealth of experience and expertise, plans to focus on communication and actionable science.
- [River Talk to Focus on Wisconsin Point](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-to-focus-on-wisconsin-point/) - November's River Talk has been postponed until Thursday, Dec. 18, 7 p.m. at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve Learning Center (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.) Bob Miller, a Lake Superior Ojibway tribal member, will present, “What’s the Point? Ojibway History and the Unique Value of Wisconsin Point.”
- [With New Website, Explore Wisconsin Shipwrecks While Staying Dry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/with-new-website-explore-wisconsin-shipwrecks-while-staying-dry/) - Explore 760 Wisconsin Great Lakes shipwrecks from dry land by visiting the just-launched wisconsinshipwrecks.org site.
- [Take the Poly Pledge: Art Students Hold Event to Encourage Use of Canvas Bags vs. Plastic Bags](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/take-the-poly-pledge-art-students-hold-event-to-encourage-use-of-canvas-bags-vs-plastic-bags/) - Two UW-Madison students have combined their concerns about plastic and passions for art into a public art and science event taking place on Friday, April 29, 5 p.m. at B62 Goodnight Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
- [Name That ROV](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/name-that-rov/) - Got a catchy name for our hardworking educational remotely operated vehicle? Send it our way.
- [Time to Eat Wisconsin Fish at Palmyra's Rushing Waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/time-to-eat-wisconsin-fish-at-palmyras-rushing-waters/) - Next week, you have the opportunity to taste wild Great Lakes and Wisconsin farm-raised fish--and get your local fish questions answered by experts.
- [Researchers Tackle Climate Change Impacts to Chequamegon Bay Area](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-tackle-climate-change-impacts-to-chequamegon-bay-area/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant Researcher Randy Lehr, with Northland College, and his team are developing computer models to help predict the impacts of climate change on the Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior.
- [Lake Sturgeon “Thunder” Research Published](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-sturgeon-thunder-research-published/) - The lake sturgeon is one tough survivor, having been on the planet for at least 150 million years. Just-published data, supported by Sea Grant, demonstrates that sound may play a role in that staying power.
- [Wisconsin Fish to Take Over Menu Fri., Dec. 5 at Milwaukee's Braise Restaurant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-fish-to-take-over-menu-fri-dec-5-at-milwaukees-braise-restaurant/) - One of Milwaukee's hottest chefs will work his magic on arctic char, lake trout and caught and raised in Wisconsin.
- [Adam Mednick Shows Beach Managers a New Way to Monitor Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/adam-mednick-shows-beach-managers-a-new-way-to-monitor-water-quality-2/) - Beach nowcasting could make issuing beach health advisories and closing notices significantly more efficient.
- [Adam Mednick Shows Beach Managers a New Way to Monitor Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/adam-mednick-shows-beach-managers-a-new-way-to-monitor-water-quality/) - Beach nowcasting could make issuing beach health advisories and closing notices significantly more efficient.
- [Hart Named Aquatic Sciences Center’s Assistant Director for Extension](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/hart-named-aquatic-sciences-centers-assistant-director-for-extension/) - Although the University of Wisconsin’s Aquatic Sciences Center looked thoroughly, it didn’t have to look far for the next assistant director for extension for the Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. Twenty-year Wisconsin Sea Grant employee David Hart has been chosen for the position.
- [Habitattitude Partner Rescues a Wild 'Kingdom'](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/habitattitude-partner-rescues-a-wild-kingdom/) - Things are looking up for Kingdom Animalia's Jamie Kozloski, who works with Wisconsin Sea Grant to spread the message that exotic pet owners shouldn't release their unwanted pets into the wild.
- [Hurley Begins Term as President-Elect of National Sea Grant Association](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/hurley-begins-term-as-president-elect-of-national-sea-grant-association/) - He'll assume the SGA presidency beginning in 2017.
- [Website Offers the Stories and Science Surrounding the St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/website-offers-the-stories-and-science-surrounding-the-st-louis-river-estuary/) - To residents like Bob Cragin, the St. Louis River, which forms a far northwest border between Minnesota and Wisconsin, transcends cultural and political boundaries. To others like Lynelle Hanson, the river provides a home for birds and the opportunity to educate children about nature. Their stories and others are presented along with information and examples of scientific work going on in the St. Louis River in a new website: stlouisriverestuary.org.
- [Landlocked Wisconsin Teachers Make Use of Aquatic Education Opportunities Provided by Sea Grant to Benefit Students and Other Teachers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/landlocked-wisconsin-teachers-make-use-of-aquatic-education-opportunities-provided-by-sea-grant-to-benefit-students-and-other-teachers/) - Two Wisconsin teachers, Lynn Kurth and Cindy Byers, have made exceptional use of the educational resources that Sea Grant has to offer and it’s led to bigger and better things for both them, their students, and other teachers across the country.
- [Mussel Bound: Researcher Studies Invasives' Role in Spreading Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/mussel-bound-researcher-studies-invasives-role-in-spreading-antibiotic-resistant-genes-in-lake-michigan/) - The millions of zebra and quagga mussels that have colonized the lake concentrate bacteria the same way discharge from wastewater treatment plants does--and provide an environment for ARGs.
- [Set Sail on Lake Michigan for a Week-long Educator Workshop](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/set-sail-on-lake-michigan-for-a-week-long-educator-workshop/) - Teachers and non-formal educators can set a course for adventure and professional development this summer with a weeklong workshop aboard the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research vessel Lake Guardian. The Shipboard and Shoreline Science Workshop will give teachers grades 4-12 a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work alongside scientists as they conduct field research across Lake Michigan.
- [River Talk Focuses on Geology](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-focuses-on-geology/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m. at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve Learning Center (3 Marina Dr., Barker’s Island, Superior, Wis.). Andrew Breckenridge, associate professor in the Natural Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, will present, “Formation Story: How the St. Louis River Came to Be, Geologically.”
- [The Wisconsin Shark Lady – Krystan Wilkinson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-wisconsin-shark-lady-krystan-wilkinson/) - When Krystan Wilkinson of Middleton, Wis., was eight, she read a book about Eugenie Clark, a shark researcher and founding director of the Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida. The “Shark Lady” story sparked Wilkinson’s early interest in sharks. But it took a combination of time, opportunity and place for her to pursue that interest.
- [River Talk Focuses on the River Corridor Project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-focuses-on-the-river-corridor-project/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed., Feb. 18, 7 p.m. at Amazing Grace Cafe (394 S. Lake Ave., Duluth, Minn.) Hansi Johnson with the Minnesota Land Trust and Diane Desotelle with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will present, “Making the St. Louis River Hip: The River Corridor Project.”
- [Spotlighted Through New Grant: Fish From Wisconsin’s Sustainable Aquaculture Operations and the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/spotlighted-through-new-grant-fish-from-wisconsins-sustainable-aquaculture-operations-and-the-great-lakes/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant secured a new Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin grant to strengthen ties among Wisconsin fish producers, fish sellers and consumers.
- [Gobies Compete With Each Other When Crowded, Sparing Native Fishes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/gobies-compete-with-each-other-when-crowded-sparing-native-fishes/) - It seems counter-intuitive, but Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers have found that an invasive fish, the round goby, may have greater impacts on native fishes when there are fewer gobies rather than gobs of gobies.
- [Matt Kornis: Former Sea Grant Student Now Works With Millions of Fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/matt-kornis-former-sea-grant-student-now-works-with-millions-of-fish/) - Matt Kornis’s mother likes to tell the story of how they would walk in the neighborhood when Matt was two and he would pick up a stick to “fish” for leaves in puddles. Later, in college, his love for water, fish and the outdoors won out over his interest in molecular biology, leading to his current job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Green Bay, Wis. Kornis is a fish biologist and data analyst with the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program, a multi-agency study across the Great Lakes that involves implanting coded wire tags into millions of stocked fish each year to help assess the effectiveness of the stocking program for lake trout and Chinook salmon.
- [Sue Zanne Tan: A Former Weston Scholar Engineers Microorganisms at MIT](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sue-zanne-tan-a-former-weston-scholar-engineers-microorganisms-at-mit/) - In 2010, Sue Zanne Tan received the Carl J. Weston Memorial Scholarship, an annual award given to promising undergraduate students working on Aquatic Sciences Center-supported projects. Now, five years later, her scientific exploration continues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.
- [River Talk to Feature Two Talks in March](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-to-feature-two-talks-in-march/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed., Mar. 18, 7 p.m. at Amazing Grace Cafe (394 S. Lake Ave., Duluth, Minn.) Caitie McCoy with Illinois Indiana Sea Grant will present, “Restoring the Spirit to the River: The U.S. Steel Superfund Site on Spirit Lake.” A special bonus talk in conjunction with the St. Louis River Summit will be held on Tues., Mar. 31, 7:30 p.m. at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) Learning Center (3 Marina Dr., Barker’s Island, Superior, Wis.) Lizzie Condon, a former staffer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will present, “The St. Louis River in Your own Words: Results from NOAA's Stakeholder Engagement Interviews in the St. Louis River Estuary.”
- [New Advisory Council Member is a Familiar Face](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-advisory-council-member-is-a-familiar-face/) - Dreux Watermolen has a long-standing relationship with Wisconsin Sea Grant..
- [New, Free Podcast Series Demystifies Wisconsin Aquifers and Watersheds](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-free-podcast-series-demystifies-wisconsin-aquifers-and-watersheds/) - Water flows both above and below ground, traveling through watersheds on the land surface and infiltrating the soil to flow through underground aquifers. In fact, 25 percent of the world’s freshwater supply is contained in the lithosphere - the top 60 miles of earth beneath our feet. A new, free podcast series produced by the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute demystifies two fundamental concepts of the physical geography of water – aquifers and watersheds.
- [Maps Featured in April River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/maps-featured-in-april-river-talk/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed., Apr. 15, 7 p.m. at Amazing Grace Cafe (394 S. Lake Ave., Duluth, Minn.) Tom Hollenhorst with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will present, “Remembering the Cultural History of the St. Louis River Estuary Through Maps.
- [One Step Closer to Curbing Columnaris](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/one-step-closer-to-curbing-columnaris/) - A pair of Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers are unraveling the mysteries of one of commercial aquaculture's greatest bacterial threats--is a vaccine on the horizon?
- [Kate Ballard: From Sea Grant Scholar to NASA Statistician](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/kate-ballard-from-sea-grant-scholar-to-nasa-statistician/) - Kate Ballard is a data scientist. Eight months ago, the former Weston Scholar and Sea Grant student landed a job as a statistician at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center in Virginia.
- [UW Board of Regents Recognizes Sea Grant's Coastal Engineer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/uw-board-of-regents-recognizes-sea-grants-coastal-engineer/) - Our Gene Clark is getting some well-deserved attention for his work.
- [Be Current Smart: New Water Safety Tips for Swimmers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/be-current-smart-new-water-safety-tips-for-swimmers/) - To encourage water safety, partners in Wisconsin and throughout the Great Lakes are hitting the beaches at the end of May with new emergency rescue equipment like ring buoys and life jackets as part of the campaign: Be Current Smart. In addition to the equipment, the campaign includes water safety tips tailored to Wisconsin and other states in the region.
- [Estuary Benefits Featured in May River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/estuary-benefits-featured-in-may-river-talk/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed., May 20, 7 p.m. at Amazing Grace Cafe (394 S. Lake Ave., Duluth, Minn.) Robert Sterner, director of the Large Lakes Observatory will present, “Researching the Invisible Ways Estuaries Benefit Us.”
- [What's the Value of Sports Fishing?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/whats-the-value-of-sports-fishing/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant researcher aims to create economic and behavioral models that quantify the value of sports fishing in the Great Lakes--and help predict anglers' future behavior.
- [Great Lakes Fish Will be in Spotlight at National “Fish Fry”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-fish-will-be-in-spotlight-at-national-fish-fry/) - For what is believed to be the first time ever, Great Lakes fish will make an appearance at a national "fish fry" in Washington, D.C., thanks to Wisconsin Sea Grant
- [New Educational Video Helps Anglers Avoid the Trap of Commercial, Tribal Ghost Nets](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-educational-video-helps-anglers-avoid-the-trap-of-commercial-tribal-ghost-nets/) - In this new 13-minute safety video, boaters can learn how to identify marked fishing nets, and what to do if they become entangled.
- [Poetry and Photography Featured in June River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/poetry-and-photography-featured-in-june-river-talk/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed., June 10, 5:30 p.m. at Amazing Grace Cafe (394 S. Lake Ave., Duluth, Minn.) Julie Gard, assistant professor of writing at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and photographer Ava Battocchio will present, “Pollution, Poetry and Photography: Celebrating the River’s Restoration Through Words and Images.”
- [Communications Work Captures National Awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/communications-work-captures-national-awards/) - Two Wisconsin Sea Grant communications projects--the 2012-14 Biennial Report and the Eat Wisconsin Fish campaign--recently won national awards.
- [New Great Lakes Climate Change Tool Sparks Conversation and Planning in Coastal Communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-great-lakes-climate-change-tool-sparks-conversation-and-planning-in-coastal-communities/) - Sea Grant climate change educators in the Great Lakes states have taken a tool developed in Mississippi-Alabama and adapted it for communities along the shores of our freshwater seas to use in preparing for the impacts of weather disruption.
- [Gaming the Green Stuff](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/gaming-the-green-stuff/) - Erica Young set out to show that Lake Michigan Cladophora could be used to bioremediate wastewater effluent. Her research ended up in an unexpected place.
- [Lodi Middle School Teacher Chosen for Lake Michigan Shipboard Workshop](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lodi-middle-school-teacher-chosen-for-lake-michigan-shipboard-workshop/) - Michelle Howe, a science teacher at Lodi Middle School, will participate in a unique opportunity to study Lake Michigan. During July, Howe will join 14 other teachers on the Lake Guardian, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s research vessel for the week-long Shipboard and Shoreline Science Workshop.
- [How the St. Louis River Estuary Works Backwards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/how-the-st-louis-river-estuary-works-backwards/) - A joint Wisconsin/Minnesota Sea Grant-funded research project on the St. Louis River Estuary has found a surprising result. The two-year study, which involved several researchers, looked into nutrient levels and water chemistry in the estuary. When it comes to nitrogen removal in the water, the estuary seems to be working backwards.
- [A Wetland's Worth](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-wetlands-worth/) - A team of UW-Green Bay researchers is charting the nearshore linkages between coastal wetlands and sports fish.
- [New Video Highlights Water Facts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-video-highlights-water-facts/) - The Wisconsin Water Library is a wonderful asset to Wisconsin Sea Grant and, in turn, the library celebrates some of Wisconsin's water assets through a new video.
- [Social Scientist Switches Sea Grants](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/social-scientist-switches-sea-grants/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant's first-ever social scientist, Jane Harrison, is leaving to join North Carolina Sea Grant's staff.
- [Successful Sea Caves Watch Project Saves Lives, Changes Hands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/successful-sea-caves-watch-project-saves-lives-changes-hands/) - A public safety project designed to prevent kayaking tragedies at the popular mainland sea caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has been turned over by the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the National Park Service and several partners. SeaCavesWatch.org is a real-time wave observation system that provides webcam photos and wave height, water temperature and wind speed data to kayakers, who can access the website before venturing out on Lake Superior to the sea caves.
- [Teachers Aid Instructors During Shipboard Science Workshop](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/teachers-aid-instructors-during-shipboard-science-workshop/) - Although 15 teachers went aboard the R/V Lake Guardian to learn last month, at least one group of them ended up helping the instructors who were there to teach them more about aquatic research, and they aided a Wisconsin Sea Grant project to boot.
- [Monofilament Mania: Wisconsin Sea Grant Donates Fishing Line Recycling Bins to St. Louis River Alliance](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/monofilament-mania-wisconsin-sea-grant-donates-fishing-line-recycling-bins-to-st-louis-river-alliance/) - With all the work going on to restore habitat in the St. Louis River Estuary, organizations would be remiss if they didn’t also address a man-made killer that lurks there: monofilament fishing line. That’s just what the St. Louis River Alliance of Duluth, Minn., is doing.
- [Great Lakes Fisheries Heritage Trail Conference Set for September](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-fisheries-heritage-trail-conference-set-for-september/) - Fisheries Specialist Titus Seilheimer is working on a conference for coastal leaders to capitalize on past, present and future fisheries as a tourism opportunity.
- [St. Louis River Estuary Website Wins Regional Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/st-louis-river-estuary-website-wins-regional-award/) - A website that blends personal stories with scientific information about the St. Louis River Estuary in Minnesota and Wisconsin earned an Outstanding Programming Award from the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network. The award was presented to Sea Grant staff from Minnesota and Wisconsin during the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference in Burlington, Vt.
- [Safer Lake Michigan Surf Thanks to New Academic and Governmental Partnership](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/safer-lake-michigan-surf-thanks-to-new-academic-and-governmental-partnership/) - Lake Michigan real-time rip current and wave conditions will be available through a NOAA Coastal Storms Program grant, Sea Grant expertise and other partners.
- [New National Marine Sanctuary Much Closer to a Berth in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-national-marine-sanctuary-much-closer-to-a-berth-in-wisconsin/) - President Obama announced in early October that a new National Marine Sanctuary, the first 15 years, is moving forward in Wisconsin. The announcement is based, in large measure, on the shipwreck work Sea Grant and the Wisconsin Historical Society have long collaborated on.
- [St. Louis River Watershed Workshop Project Awarded Funding](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/st-louis-river-watershed-workshop-project-awarded-funding/) - Our David Hart and three co-investigators successfully submitted a proposal to NOAA to conduct a pilot workshop about ecosystem services in the St. Louis River watershed and western Lake Superior region, spanning the border of northwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota.
- [Wisconsin Lends Expertise to Certify a Clean Marina in a Neighboring State](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-lends-expertise-to-certify-a-clean-marina-in-a-neighboring-state/) - For the first time ever, Wisconsin has lent its expertise to certifying a marina as clean in a neighboring state. Iowa does not have its own Clean Marina Program and turned to the Badger State for some assistance. Now, there's a Dubuque clean marina.
- [Beauty Contained: New Video Offers Advice on Preventing Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species through Water Gardens](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/beauty-contained-new-video-offers-advice-on-preventing-spread-of-aquatic-invasive-species-through-water-gardens/) - The 12-minute video, produced by Wisconsin Sea Grant, contains important tips and resources for businesses that deal with water gardens.
- [River Talk Series Begins With Climate Change](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-series-begins-with-climate-change/) - Our informal “River Talks” for 2015-16 begin in October and will be held monthly through February at the Barker’s Waterfront Grille at Barker’s Island Inn in Superior, Wis., then will move across the estuary to the Vikre Distillery in Duluth, Minn. The series will end for the year in May. The first River Talk, “Bringing Climate Change Home: Implications for the Twin Ports,” is scheduled for Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at Barker’s Waterfront Grille (Barker’s Island Inn, 300 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.) Hilarie Sorensen with Minnesota Sea Grant will discuss the effects of climate change on the St. Louis River.
- [Wisconsin Researchers Study “Rogue Waves” Like Ones Thought to Have Sunk the Fitzgerald](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-researchers-study-rogue-waves-like-ones-thought-to-have-sunk-the-fitzgerald/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers have found that the sandstone bluffs in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore increase in the probability for rogue waves by reflecting and focusing wave energy. They also found that if one rogue wave was observed, others aren't far behind.
- [River Talk Sponsors Tell Their Stories](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talk-sponsors-tell-their-stories/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed. Nov. 18, 7 p.m. at Barker’s Waterfront Grille (Barker’s Island Inn, 300 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.) Erika Washburn, director of the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve; Jen Hauxwell, assistant director for research and student engagement for Wisconsin Sea Grant; and Jesse Schomberg, interim co-director of Minnesota Sea Grant will present, “The Story Behind the River Talk Sponsors: What the Heck is a National Estuarine Research Reserve and a Sea Grant?”
- [Thankful for Wisconsin Water? In 2015, Some Care and Attention Paid Off](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/thankful-for-wisconsin-water-in-2015-some-care-and-attention-paid-off/) - As Thanksgiving 2015 approaches, take a moment to be thankful for Wisconsin's water resources.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Honors Philip Keillor With New Named Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-honors-philip-keillor-with-new-named-fellowship/) - Beginning in 2016, the one-year fellowship will provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy.
- [Milwaukee Waterways are a “Hotspot” for Antibiotic Resistance](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/milwaukee-waterways-are-a-hotspot-for-antibiotic-resistance-2/) - Water and sediment in the three rivers that converge in Milwaukee, Wis., and the city harbor contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria in greater amounts than in bacteria isolated from the city’s hospitals, a Wisconsin Sea Grant researcher and her colleagues have found. The researchers are concerned these environmental “hotspots” for drug-resistant bacteria could harm human health by increasing the incidence of bacterial resistance in medical centers, and they urge people not to use antimicrobial products in their homes.
- [Monona Public Library to Host Wisconsin Water Photo Display](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/monona-public-library-to-host-wisconsin-water-photo-display/) - The traveling photography display that celebrates Wisconsin's waters will make a stop at the Monona Public Library for the month of January.
- [Milwaukee Waterways are a “Hotspot” for Antibiotic Resistance](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/milwaukee-waterways-are-a-hotspot-for-antibiotic-resistance/) - Water and sediment in the three rivers that converge in Milwaukee, Wis., and the city harbor contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria in greater amounts than in bacteria isolated from the city’s hospitals, a Wisconsin Sea Grant researcher and her colleagues have found. The researchers are concerned these environmental “hotspots” for drug-resistant bacteria could harm human health by increasing the incidence of bacterial resistance in medical centers, and they urge people not to use antimicrobial products in their homes.
- [New “Fingerprinting” Tool Determines Great Lakes Mercury Sources](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-fingerprinting-tool-determines-great-lakes-mercury-sources/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant Director James Hurley was part of a team of researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Wisconsin-Madison who have developed a technique to distinguish where mercury comes from in the Great Lakes. The chemical “fingerprinting” technique can also be applied elsewhere.
- [Deidre Peroff: New Wisconsin Sea Grant Social Scientist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/deidre-peroff-new-wisconsin-sea-grant-social-scientist/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant’s former (and first) social scientist, Jane Harrison, departed to work for North Carolina Sea Grant a few months ago. In a trade-off by chance, the program’s new social scientist, Deidre Peroff, is coming to Wisconsin Sea Grant from North Carolina
- [Clough Island and Hudson Bay Trip Featured in Next Two River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/clough-island-and-hudson-bay-trip-featured-in-next-two-river-talks/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed. Jan. 27, 7 p.m. at Barker’s Waterfront Grille. Molly Wick with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will present, “Next Stop, Clough Island: A Story of Conservation and Restoration in the Heart of the St. Louis River Estuary.” A special bonus River Talk that features a different river than usual will be held on Wed. Feb 3, 7 p.m. in the Erlenbach Lecture Hall, first floor of Swenson Hall, University of Wisconsin Superior. Adventurer Natalie Warren will present, “Hudson Bay Bound.”
- [Water Photography Display Makes Its Way to New Berlin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/water-photography-display-makes-its-way-to-new-berlin/) - New Berlin's library will host the Sea Grant and Water Resources photography display for the month of February.
- [Wisconsin's New Water Fellowships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsins-new-water-fellowships/) - Two new fellowships in water and water policy are available, beginning in summer 2016.
- [Dredging in the St. Louis River Estuary – From “Spoils” to Soils](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/dredging-in-the-st-louis-river-estuary-from-spoils-to-soils/) - Dredging has a long history in the Duluth-Superior Harbor. Gene Clark, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s coastal engineer, explains that history and current challenges.
- [The Lake Sturgeon Bowl, Where Numbers Other Than the Final Score Matter](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-lake-sturgeon-bowl-where-numbers-other-than-the-final-score-matter/) - Lots of numbers were flying around the 2016 Lake Sturgeon Bowl, which took place the first weekend in February. It's a qualifying round for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl competition designed for high school students.
- [Teachers Can Trade Whiteboards for Whitecaps](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/teachers-can-trade-whiteboards-for-whitecaps/) - From July 15-19, 4th-10th grade teachers and non-formal educators from a Great Lakes state can take advantage of the opportunity to spend time on the U.S. EPA's research vessel the Lake Guardian. The application deadline is March 2.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Researcher Speaks About Chequamegon Bay Climate Change Projects at UMD](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-researcher-speaks-about-chequamegon-bay-climate-change-projects-at-umd/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant Researcher and Northland College Professor, Randy Lehr, was in Duluth on Feb. 2, speaking about his climate change research in the Chequamegon Bay of Lake Superior and a new integrated assessment project he’s starting for the same area.
- [Free Webinar Series on Oil Transport in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/free-webinar-series-on-oil-transport-in-the-great-lakes/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant's water quality specialist is a member of a work group on oil transport in the Great Lakes area. Now, there's a free webinar series on the topic. Oil moves to and through the Great Lakes Basin by truck, rail and pipeline. Though pipelines are the preferred and more heavily used mode of transportation, some have objected to their use and specific routes due to environmental concerns.
- [February River Talk Puts a Dollar Value on the Watershed](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/february-river-talk-puts-a-dollar-value-on-the-watershed/) - The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for Wed. Feb. 24, 7 p.m. at Barker’s Waterfront Grille (Barker’s Island Inn, 300 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.). Nancy Schudlt, water projects coordinator with the Fond du Lac Band will present, “The Value of Nature’s Benefits in the St. Louis River Watershed.”
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant to Invest $3.9 Million in Science-Based Projects to Enhance the Great Lakes Economy and Regional Quality of Life](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-to-invest-3-9-million-in-science-based-projects-to-enhance-the-great-lakes-economy-and-regional-quality-of-life/) - In a new research cycle, 19 projects will be supported across Wisconsin and to the benefit of the Great Lakes and coastal communities.
- [New Advisory Council Member Spends Time in the Dead Zone](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-advisory-council-member-spends-time-in-the-dead-zone/) - Where lakes and water are concerned, J. Val Klump gets around. Klump, the newest addition to Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Advisory Council, has traveled the world researching large lakes, including Lake Baikal in Russia.
- [March River Talk Highlights Mammal Cams](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/march-river-talk-highlights-mammal-cams/) - The monthly River Talk series heads over to the Duluth side of the river this month. On Wed. Mar. 30, 7 p.m. at Vikre Distillery (525 Lake Ave. S., Suite 102, Duluth, Minn.), Bryn Evans, a University of Wisconsin-Madison wildlife ecology graduate student, will present, “Smile, You’re on Candid Camera! Mammal Cams in the Estuary.”
- [Shelby LaBuhn--Love of Math and Nature Leads Student to Lake Michigan Mud](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/shelby-labuhn-love-of-math-and-nature-leads-student-to-lake-michigan-mud/) - Shelby LaBuhn grew up playing in the forests of Michigan’s rural “thumb.” Although she liked math more than science, when it came time to choose her undergraduate degree, her experience in nature tipped the scales. “The forest was my world,” LaBuhn said. “That got me interested in environmental sciences and wanting to protect that at an early age.”
- [2016 Undergraduate Research Scholars Tackle Interactive Digital Maps](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/2016-undergraduate-research-scholars-tackle-interactive-digital-maps/) - UW-Madison freshmen Halle Lambeau and Stephanie Schimdt get a taste of research that might someday inform their careers.
- [Radio Tower Bay Restoration is Topic of April River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/radio-tower-bay-restoration-is-topic-of-april-river-talk/) - The monthly River Talk continues in Duluth this month. On Wed. April 27, 7 p.m. at Vikre Distillery (525 Lake Ave. S., Suite 102, Duluth, Minn.), Martha Minchak with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, will present, “Radio Tower Bay to 'Restoration Bay.’ ”
- [Tsunamis From the Sky: Spring is Prime Time for Meteotsunamis in Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tsunamis-from-the-sky-spring-is-prime-time-for-meteotsunamis-in-lake-michigan/) - As if worrying about life-threatening rip currents, seiches, storm surges and rogue waves on the Great Lakes wasn’t enough, now Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers are learning more about yet another cause for concern: meteotsunamis.
- [Joe Fitzgerald: From Plankton Guy to Water Resources Policy Economist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/joe-fitzgerald-from-plankton-guy-to-water-resources-policy-economist-2/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant student, Joe Fitzgerald, spent the past two years working with Northland College Professor Randy Lehr collecting plankton. He hopes one day to focus on water resources policy and economics. Not bad for a student who started out as an assistant custodian in the lab where he is now a research scientist!
- [Joe Fitzgerald: From Plankton Guy to Water Resources Policy Economist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/joe-fitzgerald-from-plankton-guy-to-water-resources-policy-economist/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant student, Joe Fitzgerald, spent the past two years working with Northland College Professor Randy Lehr collecting plankton. He hopes one day to focus on water resources policy and economics. Not bad for a student who started out as an assistant custodian in the lab where he is now a research scientist!
- [Sea Grant Advisory Board Member Spearheads Lake Superior Conservation; Group Receives Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-advisory-board-member-spearheads-lake-superior-conservation-group-receives-award/) - Al House is a member of the Wisconsin Sea Grant Advisory Board. He is also president of the Lake Superior Sport Fishermen's Association, which just received a statewide award.
- [River Talks Season Finale Focuses on 21st Ave. West Project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/river-talks-season-finale-focuses-on-21st-ave-west-project/) - The monthly River Talk series concludes in Duluth on Wed. May 25, 7 p.m. at Vikre Distillery (525 Lake Ave. S., Suite 102, Duluth, Minn.). Dan Carlson with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will present, “Mucking Around in the Harbor: The 21st Avenue West Project.”
- [Eagle River Library to Host Wisconsin Water Photo Display](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/eagle-river-library-to-host-wisconsin-water-photo-display/) - The Walter E. Olson Memorial Library in Eagle River will host the Wisconsin Water Photo Display for the month of June.
- [The Student Side of Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-student-side-of-sea-grant/) - Students are an important part of almost every project Wisconsin Sea Grant supports. Now there's an online resource to help students--past, present and future--connect with each other.
- [Two Beach Projects Designed to Save Lives in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/two-beach-projects-designed-to-save-lives-in-the-great-lakes/) - Just in time for National Beach Safety Week and Rip Current Awareness Week June 4-11, beaches on lakes Superior and Michigan will be safer thanks to continuation of two projects designed to increase awareness and safety measures for rip currents.
- [Speak Up - You Have a Stake in the Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/speak-up-you-have-a-stake-in-the-lakes/) - Sea Grant is developing a four-year strategic plan and is circulating a survey about Great Lakes' needs.
- [Returning to the Scene of the Shipwrecks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/returning-to-the-scene-of-the-shipwrecks/) - A participant in a diving field school last fall, graduate student Tori Kiefer is back to help a new set of students learn the joy of surveying shipwrecks.
- [Michael Polich: Determined to Make a Difference](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/michael-polich-determined-to-make-a-difference/) - 2016 Great Lakes Commission Fellow Michael Polich has set himself up for success.
- [June 15 Public Meeting on Lake Michigan Bluff Failure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/june-15-public-meeting-on-lake-michigan-bluff-failure/) - Changes to zoning laws and rising Lake Michigan water levels can have an effect on the towering bluffs of Lake Michigan in northern Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties.
- [Stop the Spiny!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/stop-the-spiny/) - A new and unusual video aims to stop the spread of an aquatic invasive species that's damaging local lakes.
- [Connect With Wisconsin Fish, and Their Fishers and Growers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/connect-with-wisconsin-fish-and-their-fishers-and-growers/) - The eatwisconsinfish.org website relaunches with vibrant images, tasty recipes, a map for where fish lovers can purchase a meal and nutrition facts.
- [Walleye in Waiting](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/walleye-in-waiting/) - By combining the best available research, a Wisconsin Sea Grant-backed team seeks to make an old fish a new star of the aquaculture universe.
- [Green Lake in July is the Place to Find the Photo Display](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/green-lake-in-july-is-the-place-to-find-the-photo-display/) - Green Lake residents will have the opportunity to visit the Sea Grant and Water Resources Institute display about water in the month of July as the library there plays host.
- [4th of July Great Lakes Beachgoers Will Find Safer Waters Thanks to Wisconsin Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/4th-of-july-great-lakes-beachgoers-will-find-safer-waters-thanks-to-wisconsin-sea-grant/) - Sea Grant has played a role in making beaches healthier with real-time water-quality analyses.
- [Wisconsin Teachers Trade Whiteboards for Whitecaps](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-teachers-trade-whiteboards-for-whitecaps/) - Five Wisconsin teachers will be plying the waters of Lake Superior this summer in the name of Great Lakes science literacy. The teachers will join 10 others as part of a Shipboard Science Workshop aboard the R/V Lake Guardian that departs from Duluth, Minn., on July 9 for six days.
- [First Keillor Fellow in Place: Adam Bechle](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/first-keillor-fellow-in-place-adam-bechle/) - Former Coastal Engineer Phil Keillor's legacy was renewed when Adam Bechle, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, started work as the first J. Philip Keillor Science-Policy Fellow. Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program created this opportunity to honor Keillor and to continue his work.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Hosts Public Meeting to Discuss Changing Lake Michigan Water Levels and Coastal Bluffs](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-hosts-public-meeting-to-discuss-changing-lake-michigan-water-levels-and-coastal-bluffs/) - As part of an ongoing project, Sea Grant will host a public meeting about rising Lake Michigan water levels and what that means for people who live and recreate along the shore.
- [A Ray of Light](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-ray-of-light/) - How quickly can sunlight break down contaminants in the St. Louis River Estuary? A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researcher aims to find out.
- [Danielle Cloutier: Policy Opens the Possibilities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/danielle-cloutier-policy-opens-the-possibilities/) - Danielle Cloutier always knew she wanted to be a scientist. Now she'll get the chance to make a difference, too.
- [Wisconsin Maritime Museum Hosts Photo Display](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-maritime-museum-hosts-photo-display/) - The Wisconsin Maritime Museum has a new exhibit, Wisconsin's Underwater Treasures. For the month of August, the Sea Grant and Water Resources Institute's photo display will be installed as well, providing an ideal complement to the exhibit.
- [Wisconsin's 2017 Knauss Fellow Finalist: Danielle Cloutier](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsins-2017-knauss-fellow-finalist-danielle-cloutier/) - Watch a brief video interview with an up-ad-coming beach scientist.
- [Aug. 17 Public Meeting on Lake Michigan Bluffs/Higher Water Levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aug-17-public-meeting-on-lake-michigan-bluffs-higher-water-levels/) - The third meeting in a series to gather public input on Lake Michigan's higher water levels and the implications for coastal bluff stability and nearby ravines will take place on Aug. 17 in Bayside, Wis.
- [Great Lakes Educators to Sail in Duluth Tall Ships Festival’s Parade of Sail](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-educators-to-sail-in-duluth-tall-ships-festivals-parade-of-sail/) - Educators from Wisconsin and Minnesota will be sailing aboard the S/V Denis Sullivan as part of a unique professional development workshop offered by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network’s Center for Great Lakes Literacy with financial support from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The six-day, five-night workshop from August 13-18 begins in Milwaukee and ends in Duluth when the Sullivan sails into the harbor as part of the Duluth Tall Ships Festival’s Parade of Sail.
- [Doors Are Opening for 2016 Weston Scholarship Winner](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/doors-are-opening-for-2016-weston-scholarship-winner/) - Congratulations, Cristal Sanchez-Estrada, the 2016 Weston Scholarship winner. She's got quite a story.
- [Sea Grant to Offer Community Engagement Student Training](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-to-offer-community-engagement-student-training/) - Sea Grant will offer the students it supports training to prepare them to amplify science’s impact, engage with stakeholders and assist science-based decision making.
- [Switching from Lakes to Streams: Alex Latzka, New Water Resources Policy Fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/switching-from-lakes-to-streams-alex-latzka-new-water-resources-policy-fellow/) - Although he grew up in Massachusetts, Alex Latzka fell in love with Wisconsin’s lakes and streams when visiting relatives in his youth. That love led him to receive a Ph.D. in freshwater and marine sciences, and his current post as Wisconsin’s first full-time postgraduate Water Resources Policy Fellow.
- [Joe Dwyer: Improving Wisconsin's Coastal Access](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/joe-dwyer-improving-wisconsins-coastal-access/) - New 2016 NOAA Coastal Management Fellow will use technology, stakeholder engagement to imrprove the state's coastal tourism.
- [A Fall Filled With Aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/a-fall-filled-with-aquaculture/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is sponsoring a seminar series and a two-day conference aimed at educating students, would-be fish farmers and the public about aquaculture and aquaponics.
- [Capitol Hill Briefing on Coastal Economic Resiliency Planned](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/capitol-hill-briefing-on-coastal-economic-resiliency-planned/) - Jim Sharrow with the Duluth Seaway Port Authority will be one of three speakers on Capitol Hill on Sept. 21. Sharrow, director of port planning and resiliency, will speak about the port’s successful economic activities and his work with both the Wisconsin and Minnesota Sea Grant programs on the beneficial reuse of dredged material and finding answers to the issue of freshwater corrosion of steel structures in the harbor.
- [Surrender, Don't Release](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/surrender-dont-release/) - An Oct. 1 Habitattitude event aims to help owners of unwanted exotic pets
- [Wisconsin Water Library Improves Its Online Presence](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-water-library-improves-its-online-presence/) - The Wisconsin Water Library is relaunched with a new look and improved navigation. What hasn't changed is the library's mission to share water resources with all state residents.
- [Art and Science and Water Talk on Madison Campus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/art-and-science-and-water-talk-on-madison-campus/) - Scientist Steve Carpenter and artist Sarah FitzSimons will offer a talk on Oct. 21 on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
- [Plastic Pollution Headlines River Talk Series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/plastic-pollution-headlines-river-talk-series/) - The first River Talk of the season, “Big and Small: Plastic Garbage in the St. Louis River, Great Lakes and Pacific Ocean,” is scheduled for Wed., Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Iron Mug Coffee & Ale House (1096 88th Ave. W., Duluth, Minn.), Lorena Rios Mendoza, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, will describe her research project about micro- and macroplastics in the St. Louis River and other waterways.
- [Capitol Hill Coastal Economic Resiliency Briefing Draws Crowd](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/capitol-hill-coastal-economic-resiliency-briefing-draws-crowd/) - A briefing on Sept. 21, sponsored by the Sea Grant Association in cooperation with The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, featured Jim Sharrow with the Duluth Seaway Port Authority as one of three speakers.
- [West Bend Hosts Water of Wisconsin Photography Display in October](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/west-bend-hosts-water-of-wisconsin-photography-display-in-october/) - West Bend is playing host to a photography display and informative panel exhibit about the wealth of water in Wisconsin and its many uses.
- [We [Heart] Actinobacteria](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/we-heart-actinobacteria/) - Backed by funding from Wisconsin Sea Grant, UW-Madison researcher Trina McMahon has become the worldwide authority on the key bacteria in freshwater lakes.
- [What Happens When a Lake Trout Survives a Sea Lamprey Attack?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/what-happens-when-a-lake-trout-survives-a-sea-lamprey-attack/) - Tyler Firkus, a fish and wildlife Ph.D. candidate at Michigan State University, is undertaking an ambitious research project to study what happens to lake trout that survive attacks by sea lamprey. The study will help Great Lakes fishery managers better understand this stressor to the fish population.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Invites Milwaukee-area Residents to Discuss Possible Responses to Changing Lake Michigan Water Levels and Vulnerable Coastal Bluffs/Ravines](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-invites-milwaukee-area-residents-to-discuss-possible-responses-to-changing-lake-michigan-water-levels-and-vulnerable-coastal-bluffs-ravines/) - The meeting is part of an ongoing study regarding changing Lake Michigan water levels and coastal bluff management.
- [In Muskego? Visit the Traveling Water Display](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/in-muskego-visit-the-traveling-water-display/) - In the month of November, the public library in Muskego is hosting the traveling water display.
- [Piping Plover Restoration is Topic for Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/piping-plover-restoration-is-topic-for-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues in Duluth this month. On Wed. Nov. 9, 7 p.m. at Black Woods Grill & Bar (2525 London Rd.) Kris Eilers with the St. Louis River Alliance will present, “Creating a Perfect Plover Place.”
- [Atlantic Salmon on the Horizon for Aquaculture in Wisconsin and North America](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/atlantic-salmon-on-the-horizon-for-aquaculture-in-wisconsin-and-north-america/) - Valuable, and rare, salmon broodstock, are opening a new aquaculture frontier in Wisconsin, and beyond.
- [Growing Power’s Will Allen Joins Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Advisory Council](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/growing-powers-will-allen-joins-wisconsin-sea-grants-advisory-council/) - The urban farming pioneer brings a fresh and important perspective.
- [Wisconsin Expands Its Roster of Clean Marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-expands-its-roster-of-clean-marinas/) - The first week of November, a Bayfield marina became Wisconsin's 21st clean marina. An additional six marinas were recertified at an event in Rothschild.
- [Tracking Ghost Nets, Part Two](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tracking-ghost-nets-part-two/) - A new NOAA grant funds more outreach—this time, to a different stakeholder group.
- [Thanksgiving for Wisconsin’s Waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/thanksgiving-for-wisconsins-waters/) - Thanksgiving 2016 provides the perfect opportunity to consider gratitude for Wisconsin's extensive water riches.
- [Learn About Wisconsin's Water Wealth at Sauk Prairie Library](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/learn-about-wisconsins-water-wealth-at-sauk-prairie-library/) - The traveling photography display that tells the story of Wisconsin's water wealth makes a month-long stop at the Sauk Prairie Public Library for December.
- [Find a Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/find-a-fellowship-2/) - There is a jackpot of fellowship opportunities available right now, with some open until February.
- [Researchers Find Meteotsunamis are an Underrated Hazard in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-find-meteotsunamis-are-an-underrated-hazard-in-the-great-lakes/) - A team led by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has found that small, one-foot, tsunamis caused by thunderstorms (meteotsunamis) happen more than 100 times per year on the Great Lakes. Also, larger meteotsunamis of nearly three feet occur once per year on average. Meteotsunamis are single waves similar to, but smaller than, tsunamis caused by earthquakes or landslides. Instead of being caused by seismic activity, meteotsunamis are formed by strong storms that move over the water.
- [Sea Grant Social Scientist to Explore Influence of Severe Weather on the Economically Disadvantaged](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-social-scientist-to-explore-influence-of-severe-weather-on-the-economically-disadvantaged/) - Deidre Peroff is the newest extension specialist on staff and one of her first major undertakings is to pair up with a National Weather Service professional to explore how to protect the lives and property of those less advantaged in Milwaukee in the face of severe weather.
- [New College Course Uses Lake Superior as Climate Change Example](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-college-course-uses-lake-superior-as-climate-change-example/) - This spring, a new course will present college students who are interested in natural resources management with examples of climate change from the Lake Superior region. The two-part course, offered through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) with funding by Wisconsin Sea Grant, is open to students from other campuses as well.
- [Wisconsin Point Dune Restoration Project Discussed at Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-point-dune-restoration-project-discussed-at-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues in Duluth this month. On Wed. Jan. 11, 7 p.m. at Iron Mug Coffee & Ale House (1096 88th Ave. W., Duluth, Minn.), Linda Codotte with the city of Superior will present, “Sand Dune Restoration in Wisconsin – What’s the Point?”
- [It Ain't Easy Being Green (Infrastructure)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/it-aint-easy-being-green-infrastructure/) - Engineering researchers are trying to remove some of the obstacles that prevent more widespread use of green infrastructure and evaluate which green infrastructure strategies are most effective in which areas.
- [Sea Grant Wins an International Communications Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-wins-an-international-communications-award/) - A concise and snappy video featuring highlights of the National Sea Grant College's 50th anniversary recently won an international communications award.
- [Sea Grant Researchers Tackle Issues With Beach Water Quality Testing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-researchers-tackle-issues-with-beach-water-quality-testing/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh are working on ways to speed up the processing time and accuracy of beach water-quality samples to help public safety and avoid unnecessary beach closures. Better testing can even help local economies that rely on beach tourists. The researchers have also found that water-quality testers don’t need a Ph.D. in microbiology to perform accurate analyses.
- [We Wrote the Book](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/we-wrote-the-book/) - Water Quality Specialist Julia Noordyk has collaborated with 1000 Friends of Wisconsin on a brand-new audit tool to help communities assess the pros, cons and barriers to installing green infrastructure as the means to manage stormwater.
- [Harbor Steel Corrosion Discussed at Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/harbor-steel-corrosion-discussed-at-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series heads to Superior this month. On Wed. Feb. 8, 7 p.m. at Barker’s Waterfront Grille (Barker’s Island Inn, 300 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.), Gene Clark, Wisconsin Sea Grant, and Chad Scott, AMI Consulting Engineers, will present, “Solving the Mystery of Freshwater Steel Corrosion in the Duluth-Superior Harbor.”
- [Sea Grant Sparks Creative Storytelling for Those With Memory Loss](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-sparks-creative-storytelling-for-those-with-memory-loss/) - Sea Grant has contributed to a major new statewide project that will help people with memory loss--through shipwrecks.
- [Hot Enough for Ya?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/hot-enough-for-ya/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant's Titus Seilheimer spent last summer testing the effectiveness of hot water to kill invasive species in recreational boats.
- [Time for a Water Slam](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/time-for-a-water-slam/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant teams up with Milwaukee-based Ex Fabula to connect communities through the power of storytelling.
- [NOAA Programs are Rooted Across Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/noaa-programs-are-rooted-across-wisconsin/) - From underneath the waves to the heights of outer space, six organizations in Wisconsin receive NOAA funding and support and touch many environments in the state. They do so in a way that complements and strengthens the other programs, not duplicating efforts or competing. Read on to discover more about Wisconsin’s six NOAA programs -- how they work together, and how Wisconsin Sea Grant fits into each.
- [Home Preservation of Fish Series Adds a New Member](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/home-preservation-of-fish-series-adds-a-new-member/) - Our popular Home Preservation of Fish series welcomes a new fact sheet--planking!
- [St. Louis River Stories and Science LIVE!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/st-louis-river-stories-and-science-live/) - The River Talk for March will be held in conjunction with the St. Louis River Summit. Five community members who were featured on the award-winning St. Louis River Stories and Science website will share their stories about how the river has changed during their lifetimes. Mike Anderson, Dorothy Anway, Bob Cragin, Kenny Danelski and Amy Eliot will speak on Tuesday, March 14, 6:30 p.m. in the Yellowjacket Union Great Room on the University of Wisconsin-Superior Campus (1605 Catlin Ave., Superior, Wis.).
- [Wading Into the Water (Thinkers)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wading-into-the-water-thinkers/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant social scientist Deidre Peroff ups her involvement with a group looking to engage citizens on water issues.
- [Investigating the 'Plankton Conveyor Belt’ and the ‘Sweet Spot’ for Phosphorus Loading in Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/investigating-the-plankton-conveyor-belt-and-the-sweet-spot-for-phosphorus-loading-in-lake-michigan/) - A collaborative research project about the impacts of quagga mussels in Lake Michigan has led to more than $1 million in funding for the issue from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
- [Mercury Research Discussed at Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/mercury-research-discussed-at-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series wraps up for the season with a talk about mercury research in the St. Louis River Estuary. On Wed. April 12, 7 p.m. at Barker’s Waterfront Grille (Barker’s Island Inn, 300 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.), Nate Johnson, University of Minnesota Duluth, will present, “Why do Fish in Some Lakes and Streams Have Unsafe Levels of Mercury and Fish in Others Don’t?”
- [Mapping a New Path](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/mapping-a-new-path/) - UW-Madison Undergraduate Research Scholar Edgar Reyes is creating story map modules based on marine heritage near Manitowoc--and re-mapping his own future in the process.
- [Sea Grant’s ‘Survey Girl’ is Helping to Establish a Collaborative Stormwater Awareness Campaign for Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grants-survey-girl-is-helping-to-establish-a-collaborative-stormwater-awareness-campaign-for-lake-michigan/) - She’s been on the job for over a year now, and Wisconsin Sea Grant’s social scientist located in Milwaukee, Deidre Peroff, has found plenty of ways to put her skills to use. One major project she’s working on is designed to collaborate with several stormwater awareness campaigns for people living along Lake Michigan’s Wisconsin shoreline.
- [Marine and Freshwater Librarians to Visit Madison Next Week](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/marine-and-freshwater-librarians-to-visit-madison-next-week/) - A unique group of librarians is holding its first conference in the Great Lakes region next week. They are librarians who specialize in marine and freshwater science topics and who belong to a regional branch of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers. Their conference, “Great Lakes, Great Libraries,” is being held in Madison, May 16-19.
- [Underwater Treasure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/underwater-treasure/) - Backed by Wisconsin Sea Grant, maritime archaeologists survey shipwrecks from the historic Goodrich Line.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Student Wins IAGLR Best Poster Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-student-wins-iaglr-best-poster-award/) - Nicholas Jordan, a master’s student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was presented with the Best Student Poster Award at the International Association of Great Lakes Research Conference in Detroit in May 2017.
- [Undercurrents – The Hidden Knowledge of Groundwater, New Podcast Series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/undercurrents-the-hidden-knowledge-of-groundwater-new-podcast-series/) - This podcast series shares the secrets of groundwater, from the earliest myths and conjectures about the mysterious waters that lie beneath our feet, through the scientific breakthroughs in comprehension of groundwater, and out to the front lines with the scientists, specialists and citizens who are working toward understanding and solving the daunting challenge of sustaining our groundwater resources for future generations.
- [Fishing for Landslides](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/fishing-for-landslides/) - The highest water levels in over 30 years on Lake Michigan have caused erosion that threatens people’s homes and property. Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researchers responded to the problem by developing an instrument that can measure bluff failures and help predict when they might occur.
- [Going Deep](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/going-deep/) - Maritime archaeologists prepare to use cutting-edge ROV tech to survey the S.S. Senator, wrecked in more than 400 feet of water.
- [Wisconsin Teachers and Students Join Expedition to Unlock Lake Michigan Secrets](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-teachers-and-students-join-expedition-to-unlock-lake-michigan-secrets/) - On June 10, two Wisconsin school teachers and selected elementary and middle school students will get a first-hand view of high-tech tools involved in Lake Michigan science. They will be going out with staff from NOAA programs and the Adler Planetarium on the 50-foot research vessel, Storm, from Manitowoc. They’ll be learning about the technology used to map the lakebed. They will explore a shipwreck with a remotely operated vehicle, and even learn about equipment that could be used to search for a fallen meteor.
- [But Wait: Now How Much Would You Pay?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/but-wait-now-how-much-would-you-pay/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant researcher quantifies the value of Lake Michigan sports fisheries.
- [Wisconsin Teachers Chosen for Research Cruise on Lake Huron](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-teachers-chosen-for-research-cruise-on-lake-huron/) - Three Wisconsin teachers will join a dozen others from around the Great Lakes on a week-long research cruise on Lake Huron with scientists. They’ll be aboard the R/V Lake Guardian for a Shipboard Science Workshop hosted by the Center for Great Lakes Literacy. The cruise departs from Detroit on July 8, returning on July 14, with stops in Port Huron and Alpena.
- [Tiny Quagga Mussels Have Big Impact on Lake Michigan . . . And Perhaps Climate Change](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tiny-quagga-mussels-have-big-impact-on-lake-michigan-and-perhaps-climate-change/) - The tiny quagga mussel has an outsize impact on Lake Michigan. What’s novel about the study team’s work is the exploration of the age-old biological truth: what goes in must come out. They found the invasive mussels’ sheer numbers and feeding efficiency are changing the lake’s ecosystem dynamics. Perhaps the climate, as well.
- [Sea Grant Involvement in New Initiative Will Build Resiliency in 22 Lake Michigan Coastal Communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-involvement-in-new-initiative-will-build-resiliency-in-22-lake-michigan-coastal-communities/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant will contribute to a new three-year federally funded project to increase resiliency in the face of Lake Michigan water levels, erosion and coastal storms.
- [Stalking a Fish Virus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/stalking-a-fish-virus/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant research team tracks the location of the deadly viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus.
- [Swab the Deck and Grab the Microscope: Great Lakes Educators to Sail Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/swab-the-deck-and-grab-the-microscope-great-lakes-educators-to-sail-lake-michigan/) - A dozen educators from Minnesota and Wisconsin will set sail on a one-of-a-kind professional development workshop that includes time aboard the sailing vessel Denis Sullivan, August 13-19, 2017, from the Port of Milwaukee. The participants will study Lake Michigan’s food web by collecting, analyzing and interpreting water quality, sediment and zooplankton data.
- [Find a Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/find-a-fellowship/) - Check out our flyer for all the details.
- [Two Wisconsin Marinas Awarded Clean Marina Status](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/two-wisconsin-marinas-awarded-clean-marina-status/) - Southport Marina in Kenosha and Egg Harbor Marina in Door County were re-certified as clean marinas for another five years by the Wisconsin Marine Association (WMA) at its fall conference on Nov. 14 in Rothschild, Wisconsin. The awards recognize marinas and boatyards that implement numerous green practices to protect water quality, public health and fish and wildlife habitat.
- [Attack Packs Get an Update](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/attack-packs-get-an-update/) - A popular teaching tool about aquatic invasive species, the Attack Pack, has received a recent reboot.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Researchers Identify Tracer That Can Track Sewage Effluent in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-researchers-identify-tracer-that-can-track-sewage-effluent-in-the-great-lakes/) - Contaminants can travel up to 40 kilometers up the Milwaukee shoreline.
- [Sea Grant Helps Speed up Erosion Solutions for Mt. Pleasant Residents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-helps-speed-up-erosion-solutions-for-mt-pleasant-residents/) - From 2013 to 2016, Lake Michigan water levels rose four feet. The high water levels affected -- and still are affecting -- the stability of coastal bluffs and beaches. Concerned residents in Mt. Pleasant, Wis., looked for help, and they needed it fast, before the next storm struck and waves did further damage. Learn how Sea Grant and other agencies responded to the crisis.
- [Unique Floating Staircases will Allow Park Visitors to Reach the Beach Safely on Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/unique-floating-staircases-will-allow-park-visitors-to-reach-the-beach-safely-on-lake-michigan/) - Gene Clark, Wisconsin Sea Grant's coastal engineer, is included in a grant recently funded by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and led by the Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department to design, construct and demonstrate floating staircase sections for a 130-foot bluff in Virmond County Park in Mequan, Wisconsin. If and when additional bluff movement or erosion happens, the staircases would not be destroyed, and could simply be repositioned so that they are level.
- [World’s Largest Aquaponics Operation Opens in American Heartland](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/worlds-largest-aquaponics-operation-opens-in-american-heartland/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant provides support to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, which in turn has supported the work of a new $20 million aquaponics operation raising Atlantic salmon in the northwestern part of the state.
- [Watershed Program Journeys Into New Territory](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/watershed-program-journeys-into-new-territory/) - A new summer program for youths in Milwaukee can boast of several “firsts” on a national and local level, plus it formed strong bonds between the instructors and the students.
- [Phragmites Control Headlines River Talk Series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/phragmites-control-headlines-river-talk-series/) - he Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Minnesota and Wisconsin Sea Grant programs are starting the fifth year of science café-type evening talks about the St. Louis River Estuary in October. Control of the invasive weed, phragmites, in the estuary is the topic of the first River Talk of the 2017-18 season. These informal public talks will be held monthly through May at the Reserve’s new Estuarium interpretive center on Barker’s Island in Superior.
- [Aquaculture's Next Big Thing?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquacultures-next-big-thing/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant Researchers Hone in on Walleye, Saugeye.
- [Just Add Water . . . New Teaching Tool Focuses on Engineering](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/just-add-water-new-teaching-tool-focuses-on-engineering/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant educators have come up with a new tool for middle-school teachers and students to use. All it takes is a coat hanger, water and some thought. The Remotely Operated Vehicle engineering pack, or ROVe pack for short, has students building underwater ROVs in teams with hangers, and figuring out how to keep them underwater with the correct neutral buoyancy. The coat hanger ROV design was first developed by Harry Bohm at the Marine Advance Technology Education Center and Wisconsin Sea Grant Education Specialist Kathy Kline used it to develop a neutral buoyance activity for outreach events.
- [Current Cleanup and Restoration Projects Featured in Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/current-cleanup-and-restoration-projects-featured-in-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues this month on Wednesday Nov. 8, 7 p.m. at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.). Matt Steiger, Area of Concern coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, will present: “What’s Happening on the St. Louis River? Current Cleanup and Restoration Projects.”
- [Poster Session Demonstrates Scope and Diversity of UW-Madison’s Water Explorations](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/poster-session-demonstrates-scope-and-diversity-of-uw-madisons-water-explorations/) - A frisson on water-focused excitement ran through a recent poster session on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
- [Knowledge, Spread Wisely](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/knowledge-spread-wisely/) - Keeping Wisconsin water quality pristine is an admirable goal and can be assisted through the use of a tool about the best times to spread manure. Sea Grant has supported work to assess the use of that tool.
- [Wisconsin Water Resources Science-Policy Fellowship Merges Models, Technology, and Decision-Making for Better Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-water-resources-science-policy-fellowship-merges-models-technology-and-decision-making-for-better-water-quality/) - Wisconsin’s first-ever full-time postgraduate Water Resources Policy Fellow is wrapping up his work to help water quality managers assess and protect water quality across the state. Alex Latzka worked side-by-side this past year with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) professionals to study and model the amount of sediment (total suspended solids) in streams. Read more to discover the helpful tools he produced.
- [Researchers Seeking Real-Time and Early-Warning Device for Harmful Algal Blooms](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-seeking-real-time-and-early-warning-device-for-harmful-algal-blooms/) - Harmful algal blooms occur around the globe. Milwaukee is the place, though, where researchers are seeking to build, test and get to market a real-time early warning device.
- [Interstate Island Terns Featured in Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/interstate-island-terns-featured-in-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues this month on Wednesday Jan. 10, 7 p.m. at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.). Annie Bracey, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota and Fred Strand, former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources biologist, will present: “Terns in the Estuary – A Species in Need.” They will focus on Interstate Island, a protected bird nesting site in the Duluth-Superior Harbor.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Staff Members Contribute to Asian Carp Report](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-staff-members-contribute-to-asian-carp-report/) - The Great Lakes Sea Grant Network has released a report on Asian carp in the Great Lakes region. Two Wisconsin Sea Grant staff members contributed to the report, which includes information on carp life history, movement and behavior, monitoring, control, ecosystem impacts and gaps in current knowledge that need further addressing.
- [Muskie Movement Featured in Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/muskie-movement-featured-in-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues this month at 7 p.m., Wednesday Feb. 14, at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Drive, Superior, Wis.). Erin Schaeffer, graduate research assistant at the University of Minnesota, will present: “Muskies on the Move in the St. Louis River Estuary.”
- [Tap Talks at Central Waters Brewery Taps Into Thirst for Science Learning](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tap-talks-at-central-waters-brewery-taps-into-thirst-for-science-learning/) - Sea Grant's Tim Campbell is the successful recipient of an Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment grant from the UW-Madison. That means in September he will helm a new speaker series called Tap Talks, to be held in a brewery.
- [Making Waves: Battle for the Great Lakes Film Screening and Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/making-waves-battle-for-the-great-lakes-film-screening-and-talk/) - Join Tim Campbell, aquatic invasive species outreach specialist for UW-Extension and Wisconsin Sea Grant, for a free screening of the two-hour documentary, “Making Waves: Battle for the Great Lakes,” followed by a short question-and-answer session. The screening will take place at 6:30-9:30 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at the Lake Superior Estuarium on Barker’s Island in Superior (3 Marina Drive).
- [Always Doing Something With Water: Todd Ambs Joins Wisconsin Sea Grant Advisory Council](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/always-doing-something-with-water-todd-ambs-joins-wisconsin-sea-grant-advisory-council/) - Todd Ambs, director of the Healing Our Waters (HOW)-Great Lakes Coalition, grew up on Michigan’s lakes and rivers. He’s spent the last 25 years focusing on water policy. It’s safe to say that Ambs is attracted to water and to organizations that advocate for it. This has put him in a unique position to be a member of Wisconsin Sea Grant’s advisory council. Learn more about this advocate for the Great Lakes.
- [Spiders Featured in Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/spiders-featured-in-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues this month, but will be held in a different location and day of the week. On Tuesday, March 13, 6:30 p.m. in the Yellowjacket Union at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, (1605 Catlin Ave., Superior, Wis.), Katie LaPlante with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will present “The Search for Superior Spiders.”
- [Wisconsin DNR Fisheries Director Joins Sea Grant Advisory Council](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-dnr-fisheries-director-joins-sea-grant-advisory-council/) - When it comes to Wisconsin’s fisheries, Justine Hasz gets around, and her expertise has now landed her on the Wisconsin Sea Grant Advisory Council.
- [Your Computer On Water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/your-computer-on-water/) - Help us redesign the Sea Grant website.
- [$2.8 Million in Science-Based Projects to Enhance the Great Lakes Economy and Regional Quality of Life](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/2-8-million-in-science-based-projects-to-enhance-the-great-lakes-economy-and-regional-quality-of-life/) - From 2018-20, Sea Grant will commit $2.8 million to research projects on eight state campuses.
- [Ancient Algae and Plankton Featured in Next River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/ancient-algae-and-plankton-featured-in-next-river-talk/) - The River Talk series continues at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.). Euan Reavie, senior research associate and Water Initiative associate director with the National Resources Research Institute, will present: “Tiny Fossils Shed Light on the Past and Future of Water Quality.”
- [Undergraduate research scholar explores a Dutch innovation with potential for Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/undergraduate-research-scholar-explores-a-dutch-innovation-with-potential-for-wisconsin/) - Undergraduate research scholar Briana Shea has been researching the concept of a "sand motor" and its potential benefits for Lake Michigan beaches.
- [Researchers use Sea Grant support to study nutrient pollution in Green Bay ecosystem](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/researchers-use-sea-grant-support-to-study-nutrient-pollution-in-green-bay-ecosystem-2/) - Michael Zorn, a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, is pursuing research that uses the latest in phosphate-sensing technology to learn more about the compound’s dynamics as it proceeds from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay through the Lower Fox River.
- [Coastal management fellow connects interests in water policy, government service](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/coastal-management-fellow-connects-interests-in-water-policy-government-service/) - Fresh on the heels of earning a master's degree in water resources management at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in December 2017, Faust has begun a 15-month fellowship in coastal management and water policy in Washington, D.C.
- [Learn about the Estuarium in the River Talk Season Finale](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/learn-about-the-estuarium-in-the-river-talk-season-finale/) - The River Talk series concludes for the season with a talk at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.). Deanna Erickson and Erika Washburn with the Lake Superior Estuarine Research Reserve will present, “The Making of the Estuarium.” Get behind-the-scenes insight into how the Reserve took an unused building on Barker’s Island and turned it into a new public science and interpretive learning center about the St. Louis River Estuary. The talk will also feature information about the Reserve’s new research vessel.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant offers helpful resources for fishing season](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/wisconsin-sea-grant-offers-helpful-resources-for-fishing-season/) - Wisconsin’s fishing season is just around the corner, with hook-and-line fishing for many species beginning May 5. Three resources from Wisconsin Sea Grant can enhance anglers' fishing trips this season. Those resources help anglers have more success catching fish and an easier time identifying what they catch.
- [New Podcast Series Highlights Wisconsin Water News](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-podcast-series-highlights-wisconsin-water-news/) - A new podcast series, Wisconsin Water News, highlights stories previously only available in print from Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Water Resources Institute. Series Narrator and Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov brings the stories alive by featuring in-person and phone interviews of the people behind the news.
- [Revving Up a New ROV](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/revving-up-a-new-rov/) - A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) can be a useful teaching tool. Minnesota and Wisconsin educators and students were part of the maiden voyage of a new model for Sea Grant.
- [Optimum Timing for Dredging in Great Lakes Harbors Takes a More Scientific Turn](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/optimum-timing-for-dredging-in-great-lakes-harbors-takes-a-more-scientific-turn/) - It can’t happen just any old time. Removing sediment from or adding it to harbors to help ships pass or for construction projects is regulated by state and federal rules designed to lessen impacts to the plants and animals living in both marine and fresh water. The Wisconsin and Minnesota Sea Grant programs are working with partners to apply the best science to the timing of dredging windows for Great Lakes harbors.
- [Cotrone brings lifelong passion for lakes to Great Lakes Commission-Sea Grant Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/cotrone-brings-lifelong-passion-for-lakes-to-great-lakes-commission-sea-grant-fellowship/) - Jack Cotrone, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's graduate program in water resources management, is headed to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a one-year fellowship.
- [Sea Grant research to help Wisconsin fish farmers connect with consumers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-research-to-help-wisconsin-fish-farmers-connect-with-consumers/) - Sea Grant-funded researchers have embarked on a study that will help Wisconsin fish farmers understand consumer perceptions of their products. Aquaculture is currently a $21 million industry in the state. Read more...
- [Researchers examine role of commercial diets in raising healthy walleye and saugeye fry in indoor aquaculture systems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/927/) - Sea Grant-funded research spearheaded by Chris Hartleb holds promise for Wisconsin fish farmers to be able to raise walleye and saugeye in indoor aquaculture systems. Hartleb is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and also directs the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility in Bayfield, Wis.
- [Sea Grant Wins Community Relations Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-wins-community-relations-award/) - Sea Grant won an international communications award for a strong community relations project on green infrastructure.
- [Ozaukee County official and Wisconsin Sea Grant director to appear before House Ocean Caucus on Capitol Hill](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/ozaukee-county-official-and-wisconsin-sea-grant-director-to-appear-before-house-ocean-caucus-on-capitol-hill/) - James Hurley and Andrew Struck will speak to members of Congress on June 28, 2018. The focus will be on how Sea Grant programs in various regions of the country help coastal communities respond to changing conditions.
- [Summer inspectors help boaters prevent the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin's waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-inspectors-help-boaters-prevent-the-spread-of-invasive-species-in-wisconsins-waters/) - Summer is a perfect time for Wisconsin boaters to think about responsible boating practices. Simple actions help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species. The Clean Boats, Clean Waters program educates boaters about those steps.
- [Sea Grant Announces 2019 Finalists for Knauss Fellowship Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/sea-grant-announces-2019-finalists-for-knauss-fellowship-program/) - July 11, 2018 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Sea Grant announce the finalists for the 2019 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. Since 1979, the National Sea Grant College Program has provided one-year fellowships working in federal government offices in Washington, D.C. to over 1,200 early-career professionals. The
- [Tristano named as Great Lakes Fisheries Fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/tristano-named-as-great-lakes-fisheries-fellow/) - Recent Ph.D. graduate will evaluate the potential for stocking brook trout instead of splake in Lake Superior

## Blog

- [Where to find birds in the St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/where-to-find-birds-in-the-st-louis-river-estuary/) - The final talk of the 2022-23 River Talk season took place in early May. Steve Kolbe, an avian ecologist with the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute, gave a presentation about where to find birds in the St. Louis River Estuary
- [A Wisconsin Idea Adventure: Part 1](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-wisconsin-idea-adventure-part-1/) - Our Minnesota-born science communicator, Marie, finds herself on a bus traveling around the state of Wisconsin to learn more about its culture. This included a tour of Ho-Chunk sites on the UW-Madison campus.
- [A Wisconsin Idea Adventure: Part 2](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-wisconsin-idea-adventure-part-2/) - In a continuation of her Wisconsin tour, science communicator Marie visits the Green Bay Packaging Co. and the Menominee Reservation.
- [Ph.D. student finds unique way to talk about aquatic invasive research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ph-d-student-finds-unique-way-to-talk-about-aquatic-invasive-research/) - Water researchers are always looking for new and innovative ways to reach out to people about how the impacts of their work can help improve water quality. Serena George is one of those researchers. A Ph.D. student in veterinary medicine and molecular and environmental toxicology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Serena has created “Finding Norman,” a
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant says ‘Bon Voyage!’ to a communications legend](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wisconsin-sea-grant-says-bon-voyage-to-a-communications-legend/) - This spring Wisconsin Sea Grant is sending off Senior Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov to a much-deserved retirement.
- [Join us for “Students Ask Scientists” on April 2](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-april-2/) - Tim Campbell is offering a program for middle school students and educators to learn more about how we talk about invasive species and how the different message frames we use can impact effectiveness of efforts to prevent and manage aquatic invasive species.
- [How people connect to the St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/how-people-connect-to-the-st-louis-river-estuary/) - A study of the St. Louis River Estuary investigated the community’s deep connections to it and Lake Superior.
- [Shipboard Science Workshop for Teachers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/shipboard-science-workshop-for-teachers/) - Teachers are encouraged to apply for the 2025 Shipboard Science Workshop aboard the Lake Guardian ship on Lake Michigan.
- [Harris steps down from Sea Grant Advisory Council](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/harris-steps-down-from-sea-grant-advisory-council/) - After 34 years of service, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Professor Emeritus Hallet J. “Bud” Harris is stepping down from Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Advisory Council.
- [Major fishery management milestone: Lake trout population is fully restored in Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/major-fishery-management-milestone-lake-trout-population-is-fully-restored-in-lake-superior/) - Lake trout are now considered fully recovered in most of Lake Superior. Read about the good news!
- [When the magic in science, nature and words creates the best part of us](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/when-the-magic-in-science-nature-and-words-creates-the-best-part-of-us/) - Great Lakes author Sally Cole-Misch describes the inspiration behind her book, "The Best Part of Us."
- [Milwaukee anglers share “fish tales” with summer student](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/milwaukee-anglers-share-fish-tales-with-summer-student/) - In our final post of the series, Thomas Pierce, a Freshwater@UW summer research student, measured fish and talked to anglers about their attitudes and values concerning fisheries management.
- [Summer fieldwork reminds student of childhood and environmental passions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/summer-fieldwork-reminds-student-of-childhood-and-environmental-passions/) - Freshwater@UW summer research student Megan Jensik's summer fieldwork reminded her of why she's passionate about environmental protection.
- [Summer studies in Manitowoc open endless opportunities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/summer-studies-in-manitowoc-open-endless-opportunities/) - Gabby Gonzales, a Freshwater@UW summer research student, found her summer doing research on stream restoration and wild rice in Manitowoc transformative.
- [Cool science image winner!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/cool-science-image-winner/) - Who knew that fish scales could be artistic? Serena George, a Wisconsin Sea Grant graduate student, took a photograph that was honored recently in UW-Madison's annual Cool Science Photo contest.
- [Lake Mendota serves up lessons in climate change and public perceptions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lake-mendota-serves-up-lessons-in-climate-change-and-public-perceptions/) - Maddie Gaudette, a Freshwater@UW summer research student, understands the importance of a frozen lake to Midwesterners. Read about her research into Lake Mendota’s ice cover and what it might mean for the future
- [Invasive fish genetics project ignites passion for field work](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/invasive-fish-genetics-project-ignites-passion-for-field-work/) - Hope Dzik, a Freshwater@UW summer research student, found academic direction while searching for Bighead and silver carp DNA.
- [Summer research student learns independence and patience while studying microplastics](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/summer-research-student-learns-independence-and-patience-while-studying-microplastics/) - Jena Choi, a Freshwater@UW summer research student, reflects on lessons she learned while analyzing microplastics and collecting water for E. coli tests.
- [Study offers key takeaways from long-term research on aquatic invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/study-offers-key-takeaways-from-long-term-research-on-aquatic-invasive-species/) - A journal article recently published in “BioScience,” highlights nine lessons learned through four decades of data collection, research and experiments conducted by the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term Ecological Research Program housed at UW-Madison's Center for Limnology.
- [Sea Grant communications team gets crash course in aquaculture, Lake Superior fish, buoys, bogs, islands and fire](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-communications-team-gets-crash-course-in-aquaculture-lake-superior-fish-buoys-bogs-islands-and-fire/) - Each summer, our communications team goes out in the field to see Sea Grant projects firsthand and to spend time with each other. This year’s learning trip took them to the Bayfield Peninsula and northern Wisconsin.
- [Summer student research experience enhances appreciation for wetlands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/summer-student-research-experience-enhances-appreciation-for-wetlands/) - A UW-Freshwater Collaborative summer research student describes how her project studying phosphorus removal in constructed wetlands deepened her appreciation for these habitats.
- [Lake Superior Day is this Sunday!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lake-superior-day-is-this-sunday/) - Come visit our booth under the big tent on Barker's Island in Superior this Sunday, 11 am - 3 pm.
- [Happy anniversary, sister](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/happy-anniversary-sister/) - Our sister program, the Wisconsin Water Resources Institute, is 60 this year! Here’s some background information about this milestone.
- [Marie’s (Fish) Cheeks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/maries-fish-cheeks/) - Fish not only have cheeks, they have cheeks you can eat! Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov offers a new recipe for them.
- [Slowing down for science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/slowing-down-for-science/) - Join our Manitowoc Fisheries Outreach Specialist, Titus Seilheimer, as he takes a breather to appreciate spring.
- [Student gained valuable experience through the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/student-gained-valuable-experience-through-the-wisconsin-clean-marina-program/) - The experience that Karmen Anderson gained working for the Clean Marina Program has led to a planner job for the Wisconsin town of Plover.
- [Get Into Your Sanctuary Workshop for youth](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/get-into-your-sanctuary-workshop-for-youth/)
- [Underwater mapping expands knowledge spanning from the St. Louis River to the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/underwater-mapping-expands-knowledge-spanning-from-the-st-louis-river-to-the-great-lakes/) - Brandon Krumwiede, our March River Talk speaker, uncovers the secrets underneath the waters of the St. Louis River and the Great Lakes.
- [A conference field trip to a bar links river and art to community](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-conference-field-trip-to-a-bar-links-river-and-art-to-community/) - Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov did not go into a bar at 10:30 a.m. to drink. She was on a field trip that’s part of the St. Louis River Summit. Bars aren’t typical locations for conference field trips. However, this one in West Duluth was chosen for several good reasons. The old paintings that line its walls are one of them. The other reasons involve the bar’s importance to the community and links to the restoration of the St. Louis River Area of Concern.
- [During Groundwater Awareness Week (March 10-16), consider the tide under your feet](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/during-groundwater-awareness-week-march-4-10-consider-the-tide-under-your-feet/) - Groundwater Awareness Week is a good excuse to celebrate all things watery in Wisconsin.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant garners good showing in the Lakie Awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wisconsin-sea-grant-garners-good-showing-in-the-lakie-awards/) - With tongue-in-cheek award categories like Great Lakes Donut of the Year and more typical ones, the 2023 Lakie Award competition run by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant was good to Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [Ojibwe book club inspires and educates](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ojibwe-book-club-inspires-and-educates/) - The Maadagindan! Start Reading! book club is a labor of love for Sea Grant Librarian Anne Moser.
- [Ciscoes, Sweden and Sustainability](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ciscoes-sweden-and-sustainability/) - What do cows and Sweden have to do with Great Lakes fish roe? Find out by reading about Sharon Moen's favorite 2023 project.
- [Celebrating student scholars](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/celebrating-student-scholars/) - Science Writer Jenna shares her thoughts about working with our summer students last year.
- [Learning about Manoomin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/learning-about-manoomin/) - Deidre Peroff got to know Generation Z students better on field excursions to learn about wild rice during a meaningful four days last summer.
- [Communicating about climate](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/communicating-about-climate/) - Assistant Director for Communications Moira Harrington put a Wisconsin Climate Change Report to good use with her city parks commission.
- [Tossing seeds and measuring fishes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/tossing-seeds-and-measuring-fishes/) - Our fisheries outreach specialist's favorite project last year helps the environment and is tasty, too!
- [Our project directory: an underappreciated resource](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/our-project-directory-an-underappreciated-resource/) - Senior Editor Elizabeth White shares a secret about where you can find everything you need to know about Wisconsin Sea Grant in one neat little package.
- [Communicating about aquatic invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/communicating-about-aquatic-invasive-species/) - Tim Campbell's favorite project for 2023 grew from tiny spiny waterfleas into something much larger.
- [Eat Wisconsin Fish videos earn “favorite project” status](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/eat-wisconsin-fish-videos-earn-favorite-project-status/) - Video Producer Bonnie Willison's favorite projects from this year are bound to make you hungry.
- [Maad (Maadagindan) Book Club](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/maad-maadagindan-book-club/) - Learn more about Ojibwe culture in the Great Lakes by joining our online book club!
- [Shipboard Science Workshop earns “favorite project” status](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/shipboard-science-workshop-earns-favorite-project-status/) - Staff member Adam Bechle's favorite project this year involved sharing his coastal processes and engineering expertise about Milwaukee’s lakefront with educators during a shipboard science workshop.
- [Understanding harmful algal blooms in the St. Louis River Estuary presents challenges](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/understanding-harmful-algal-blooms-in-the-st-louis-river-estuary-presents-challenges/) - Euan Reavie with the Natural Resources Research Institute described possible reasons behind a seeming increase in harmful algal blooms in the St. Louis River Estuary and Lake Superior at a recent River Talk.
- [A peek inside Superior Fresh](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-peek-inside-superior-fresh/) - Sea Grant Science Communicator Jenna Mertz learns how fish aquaculture water turns into organic greens, both of which reach dinner tables in Wisconsin and beyond!
- [Lessons in wild ricing and wild rice lake restoration](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lessons-in-wild-ricing-and-wild-rice-lake-restoration/) - Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov recounts lessons learned at a recent symposium on wild rice, which she attended with Deidre Peroff, our social science outreach specialist.
- [The Wisconsin and Minnesota Aquaculture Conference is coming](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-wisconsin-and-minnesota-aquaculture-conference-is-coming/) - The Wisconsin and Minnesota Aquaculture Conference is a way to learn current research management practices, educational initiatives and more from experts across the Midwest.
- [A PFAS conundrum](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-pfas-conundrum/) - Last summer, UW-Madison student Andrew Glasgow worked to develop an inexpensive, accessible method for detection of PFAS in drinking water. It didn't go as planned.
- [Lost Industries on the St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lost-industries-on-the-st-louis-river/) - Tony Dierckins shared his knowledge of the history of the industries surrounding the waterways of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, for the October River Talk. He focused on businesses that have been lost or changed along the way.
- [Mercury and microplastics research provides new experiences and scientific insights](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/mercury-and-microplastics-research-provides-new-experiences-and-scientific-insights/) - By participating in the Freshwater@UW-Madison program, Kara Eppard developed her research skills, prepared for her future academic and career endeavors, and developed professional and social relationships with her peers, instilling connections that will last throughout her career.
- [Manoomin Symposium, Sponsored by Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/manoomin-symposium-sponsored-by-sea-grant/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is one of the sponsors of a Manoomin (Wild Rice) Symposium happening in November. Check it out!
- [Making the world a better place](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/making-the-world-a-better-place/) - Summer research student, Melina Dennis, studied groundwater flooding but learned a whole lot more thanks to the Freshwater Collaborative.
- [Wild ricing in the St. Louis River Estuary: An immersive experience](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wild-ricing-in-the-st-louis-river-estuary-an-immersive-experience/) - Two of our staff members fully immersed themselves in the experience of harvesting wild rice.
- [Annual Wequiock Creek tobacco blessing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/annual-wequiock-creek-tobacco-blessing/) - This year's tobacco blessing featured youth groups from three Native Nations in a moving ceremony.
- [When too much water hinders water research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/when-too-much-water-hinders-water-research/) - In the second of a series, Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program student, Jessica Alcorn, shares her research experience from this summer and provides a lesson in overcoming adversity.
- [Research scholars’ reflections](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/research-scholars-reflections/) - As part of an ongoing series, a summer research scholar reflects on wild rice research.
- [Reconnecting Menominee students with their roots in the bay of Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/reconnecting-menominee-students-with-their-roots-in-the-bay-of-green-bay/) - In an effort to connect Indigenous youth to their past, an archeological dig was held at Point au Sable in Green Bay this spring.
- [After 25 years, problem-solver-in-chief James “Frizby” Grandt retires](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/after-25-years-problem-solver-in-chief-james-frizby-grandt-retires/) - Our "fixer," systems engineer James Grandt, is retiring after 25 years of service. Learn about his eclectic and adventurous career and personal life.
- [Lake Superior Day 2023](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lake-superior-day-2023/) - Lake Superior Day is happening again on Sunday, July 16 at Barker's Island in Superior. Come join this celebration of the Greatest Great Lake!
- [Predicting the sturgeon spawn](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/predicting-the-sturgeon-spawn/) - Jenna, our new science communicator, discusses her soft spot for sturgeon and her quest to see them spawn in Wisconsin this spring.
- [Waterfronts Past and Present: Learn How Engineers Design with Nature](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/waterfronts-past-and-present-learn-how-engineers-design-with-nature/) - Over the course of two days in August, educators will work alongside each other, engineers, scientists and Sea Grant educators to take a deep dive into coastal engineering on Lake Michigan.
- [Art as a Voice for Science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/art-as-a-voice-for-science/) - Environmental science painter and muralist Adam Swanson described how he mixes art and science for the April River Talk.
- [Using soft skills to communicate hard science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/using-soft-skills-to-communicate-hard-science/) - Student worker Serena George’s comic-style scientific poster was runner-up for best poster for the Midwest SETAC Meeting poster session.
- [Aquatic invasive species management through people management](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/aquatic-invasive-species-management-through-people-management/) - Natural resource management issues often boil down to people management issues. To make meaningful progress in aquatic invasive species management issues, human behavior must be taken into account. Intersections between natural and social science is the theme of a recent article written by Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Tim Campbell and University of Wisconsin-Madison's Bret Shaw.
- [Green Infrastructure for Community Health](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/green-infrastructure-for-community-health/) - Gardening has been shown to be good for our physical and mental wellbeing. This year, why not plant a garden that will also improve your community’s health?
- [Great Lakes Julie](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/great-lakes-julie/) - For National Poetry Month, our science writer turns a saltwater song into a freshwater one.
- [The Great Lakes BioBlitz](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-great-lakes-bioblitz/) - Everyone's invited to celebrate Earth Day with the kickoff of the Center for Great Lakes Literacy’s 4th Annual Great Lakes BioBlitz.
- [Restoring piping plover habitat on Wisconsin Point](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/restoring-piping-plover-habitat-on-wisconsin-point/) - One of our science communicators takes a field trip to Wisconsin Point's Bird Sanctuary to hear the latest intel about the status of the endangered piping plover shorebird.
- [History of Fond du Lac and winter Ojibwe stories shared at River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/history-of-fond-du-lac-and-winter-ojibwe-stories-shared-at-river-talks/) - Christine Carlson and Mark McConnell shared their wealth of knowledge about the community of Fond du Lac MN and Ojibwe stories for the March River Talks.
- [Hiring Beach Ambassadors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/hiring-beach-ambassadors/) - The summer Beach Ambassador Program in Milwaukee, conducted by Sea Grant and partners, keeps people safer from dangerous currents.
- [St. Louis River Summit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/st-louis-river-summit/) - The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve is holding its 13th annual St. Louis River Summit March 8-10 with a half-day of virtual sessions and two days of in-person sessions at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjacket Union. Michael Waasegiizhug Price, Traditional Ecological Knowledge specialist with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, is the keynote speaker. Wiscosin Sea Grant is one of the event sponsors.
- [Why people love the St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/why-people-love-the-st-louis-river/) - The November River Talk featured a researcher and a youth panel who spoke to the theme: “Tell us what you Love About the River.” Molly Wick, a Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve Margaret A. Davidson Fellow, described a study she designed to help environmental managers understand how the community benefits from local lakes, rivers and streams and how this work could help make those benefits more accessible to everyone. Afterward, a panel of three young people rounded out the discussion with their personal stories about why the St. Louis River is important to them.
- [Wild Stories of Wildlife on the St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wild-stories-of-wildlife-on-the-st-louis-river/) - Martha Minchak, retired assistant area wildlife manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources was the kick-off speaker for the River Talk season series in October. Her talk, “Wild Stories of Wildlife on the St. Louis River,” highlighted incidents and projects from her 38-year career in resource managment.
- [Deidre Peroff, social science and Sea Grant by numbers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/deidre-peroff-social-science-and-sea-grant-by-numbers/) - As Sea Grant celebrates a 50-year anniversary in 2022, we celebrate bringing on board a social scientist. Her work demonstrates the evolution of how Sea Grant deepened an understanding of and recognized the value of bringing a human dimension to freshwater and coastal science.
- [Gov. Evers Announces invites students and families to create ornaments celebrating “Wisconsin Waters” for state capital holiday tree](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/gov-evers-announces-invites-students-and-families-to-create-ornaments-celebrating-wisconsin-waters-for-state-capital-holiday-tree/) - Gov. Tony Evers announced “Wisconsin Waters” as the theme for the 2022 state capitol holiday tree and invites students to contribute handmade ornaments celebrating what Wisconsin’s waterways mean to them.
- [Julia Noordyk and celebrating an anniversary in a “pretty special place”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/julia-noordyk-and-celebrating-an-anniversary-in-a-pretty-special-place/) - As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, here's a look from Julia Noordyk at the past and future of her work.
- [Stop the “buy-in”: Perspectives on community engagement from BIPOC youth leaders at the annual Great Lakes/Healing Our Waters Conference](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/stop-the-buy-in-perspectives-on-community-engagement-from-bipoc-youth-leaders-at-the-annual-great-lakes-healing-our-waters-conference/) - Sea Grant’s Social Science Outreach Specialist, Deidre Peroff, gets inspired by environmental and social insights from Great Lakes youth.
- [What color is your fall?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/what-color-is-your-fall/) - Moira Harrington, Sea Grant's assistant director for communications, explains why it's important to rake your leaves in fall to protect water quality.
- [Visiting the house that sparked coastal land use setbacks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/visiting-the-house-that-sparked-coastal-land-use-setbacks/) - The dynamics of land and water were on display for members of the Coastal Hazards of Superior group when they toured Lake Superior’s South Shore at a homesite in Herbster, Wisconsin. The home, now owned by Dan and Mary Schneider, was moved 20 years ago farther inland from an eroding lake bluff in one of the first efforts to address coastal home erosion and establish setback distances in Bayfield County.
- [A pretty fishy work experience](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-pretty-fishy-work-experience/) - Members of the Sea Grant communications team toured Sea Grant-related projects on Lake Michigan to learn more about the benefits of wild rice on the lake's ecosystem.
- [Exploring environmental justice through a legal lens](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/exploring-environmental-justice-through-a-legal-lens/) - UW Water Science-Policy Fellows Misbah Husain and Sarah Martinez examined water issues through a legal lens--appropriate for two recent law school graduates.
- [Out of the lab and on the road: Meet Emma Kraco, Eat Wisconsin Fish intern](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/meet-emma-kraco/) - Intern Emma Kraco has teamed up this summer with Sharon Moen, Eat Wisconsin Fish outreach specialist, to help support Wisconsin food-fish producers.
- [Let there be cake! Sea Grant celebrates 50 years at River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/let-there-be-cake-sea-grant-celebrates-50-years-at-river-talks/) - The final River Talk for the 2021-22 season was held in May. Sea Grant Director Jim Hurley presented, “Sea Grant at 50: Looking Back, Moving Forward,” examining the formation of this science-based organization devoted to sustainable use and protection of Great Lakes resources.
- [Rivers2Lake Program sparks curiosity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/rivers2lake-program-sparks-curiosity/) - Schoolchildren from Northern Lights Elementary in Superior enjoyed a successful outing on Wisconsin Point as part of the decade-long Rivers2Lake Education Program.
- [An update on the Spirit Lake Great Lakes Legacy Act Project with Mark Loomis](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/an-update-on-the-spirit-lake-great-lakes-legacy-act-project-with-mark-loomis/) - On Feb. 9, River Talks featured Mark Loomis, project manager for the Legacy Act Project at Spirit Lake on the St. Louis River in Duluth. Loomis presented an update, providing images and information on the remediation project’s status.
- [A long-awaited tour of the SS Meteor](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-long-awaited-tour-of-the-ss-meteor/) - After 10 years of working in Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Lake Superior Field Office next to the SS Meteor – the last remaining whaleback ship in the world – our science communicator, Marie Zhuikov, finally took a tour of it.
- [Embrace local eating this season: Three resources for finding Wisconsin and Great Lakes fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/embrace-local-eating-this-season-three-resources-for-finding-wisconsin-and-great-lakes-fish/) - Three websites can help you find fish that is tasty, healthy and supports local and regional economies. This fish is caught by commercial fishers on the Great Lakes or raised sustainably by farmers.
- [Keeping the positive water vibes alive-symposium recap](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/keeping-the-positive-water-vibes-alive-symposium-recap/) - The sixth annual Water@UW-Madison spring symposium took place on Friday, April 22. Providing an opportunity for water scholars and policymakers to reconnect around water, it was an inspirational way to spend Earth Day. More than 130 people joined the online community and it featured more than 15 speakers who reflected on water connections from the Catch a recap of the 2022 Water@UW-Madison Spring Symposium.
- [A comprehensive look into the future of black ash and birds from a conservation perspective](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-comprehensive-look-into-the-future-of-black-ash-and-birds-from-a-conservation-perspective/) - On April 13, River Talks featured Alexis Grinde from the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute and Cole Wilson from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Together, they presented “Black Ash and Birds: Conserving Critical Habitat in the St. Louis River Estuary.”
- [Love your local library during National Library Week, and every week](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/love-your-local-library-during-national-library-week-and-every-week/) - Assistant Director for Communications Moira Harrington explores the importance of libraries and one particular librarian in honor of National Library Week.
- [A River Knock](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-river-knock/) - The March 2022 River Talk required hands-on participation. Marne Kaeske, cultural preservation specialist with the 1854 Treaty Authority, led an activity where attendees constructed their own wild rice harvesting sticks.
- [Superior Public Library murals tied together by water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/superior-public-library-murals-tied-together-by-water/) - The public library in Superior, Wisconsin, is home to a series of murals painted with Lake Superior as a unifying theme. Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov describes her visit to the murals during a conference field trip.
- [St. Louis River Summit celebrates river transformations](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/st-louis-river-summit-celebrates-river-transformations/) - The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (Lake Superior Reserve) is holding its 12th annual St. Louis River Summit March 7-9 via the virtual platform Zoom and with optional in-person events. Wisconsin Sea Grant is one of the sponsors.
- [Ojibwe Stories of Spirit Island](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ojibwe-stories-of-spirit-island/) - This past January, the River Talk series featured Jeff Savage from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and Marvin Defoe, an elder with the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. They shared their memories and stories of Spirit Island.
- [Sea Grant project faves, Sharon Moen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-project-faves-sharon-moen/) - Staffer Sharon Moen spent part of her year on four trips across the state of Wisconsin to speak with and interview fish producers.
- [How far education has come and where we hope it’s going](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/how-far-education-has-come-and-where-we-hope-its-going/) - Ginny Carlton, education outreach specialist, offers insights into the changes in her field from the past 50 years and hopeful changes for the next 50.
- [Support your local fish farms, support sustainability](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/support-your-local-fish-farms-support-sustainability/) - Continuing our series of posts celebrating our 50th anniversary, we check with in Aquaculture and Education Outreach Specialist Emma Wiermaa to discusses how her field has changed over the years and how she hopes to see it progress.
- [Sea Grant project faves, Titus Seilheimer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-project-faves-titus-seilheimer/) - The calendar has flipped to 2022. Our staff members are ready to tackle new projects in the coming 12 months, which also happens to mark Sea Grant’s 50th anniversary. Before they move more deeply into the new year, however, several staff members took a moment to retain the glow of their favorite 2021 project. Here’s
- [Sea Grant project faves, Anne Moser](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-project-faves-anne-moser/) - Anne Moser's favorite 2021 project found her customizing a summer reading program theme with GLIFWC staff to make it more Great Lakes-friendly.
- [Sea Grant project faves, Marie Zhuikov](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-project-faves-marie-zhuikov/) - Marie Zhuikov's favorite project of 2021 all began when she found strange rusty bumps on the steel support legs of her cabin dock. The lumps looked hauntingly familiar.
- [Sea Grant project faves, Gavin Dehnert](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-project-faves-gavin-dehnert/) - Gevin Dehnert's favorite 2021 project looked at the impacts of aquatic herbicides, such as 2,4-D, on nontarget organisms.
- [Sea Grant project faves, Tim Campbell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-project-faves-tim-campbell/) - The calendar has flipped to 2022. Our staff members are ready to tackle new projects in the coming 12 months, which also happens to mark Sea Grant’s 50th anniversary. Before they move more deeply into this anniversary, however, some staff members took a moment to retain the glow of their favorite 2021 project. No matter
- [Sea Grant project faves, Moira Harrington](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-project-faves-moira-harrington/) - Moira Harrington begins a new series of favorite staff projects for 2021. Hers involves an event that's happening in 2022.
- [The ever-changing ecosystems of the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-ever-changing-ecosystems-of-the-great-lakes/) - Continuing our series of posts celebrating our 50th anniversary, we check with in Fisheries Specialist Titus Seilheimer to discusses how his field has changed over the years and how he hopes to see it progress.
- [How climate action can change lives](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/how-climate-action-can-change-lives/) - Sea Grant staffer Natalie Chin, climate and tourism outreach specialist.provides insight into some of the ways her specialty has changed in the past 50 years, and how she hopes to see it progress in the next 50.
- [Greener and cleaner: how a marina takes big strides toward cleaner water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/greener-and-cleaner-how-a-marina-takes-big-strides-toward-cleaner-water/) - The new season of River Talks began in October with three speakers who described projects designed to control stormwater runoff and prevent pollution at the marina on Barker’s Island in Superior, Wisconsin. Theresa Qualls with the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program, Eric Thomas with Barker’s Island Marina and Michael Krick with the city of Superior gave in-person presentations in the Lake Superior Estuarium.
- [Invasive species: then and now](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/invasive-species-then-and-now/) - In the first of a series celebrating Wisconsin Sea Grant's upcoming 50th anniversary, Tim Campbell, aquatic invasive species outreach specialist, describes how things have changed in his field in the past 50 years, and how he hopes they will progress.
- [Eat fish, people!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/eat-fish-people/) - Continuing Wisconsin Sea Grant’s 50th anniversary blog series, communications student Eva Ryan interviewed Sharon Moen, the Eat Wisconsin Fish outreach specialist. They discussed the past, present and hopes for the future of producing fish in Wisconsin for local and global consumption.
- [Sea Grant was second career for Harvey Hoven](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-was-second-career-for-harvey-hoven/) - Former Wisconsin Sea Grant extension agent Harvey Hoven worked out of the Superior field office. He was employed from 1989 through 2003 and focused on coastal businesses along the South Shore of Lake Superior, aquaculture in the Midwest and initial efforts to remediate the St. Louis River, the largest U.S. tributary into Lake Superior.
- [Interpreting the Marten Trail](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/interpreting-the-marten-trail/) - The November River Talks featured Samuel Geer, president of Urban Ecosystems, presenting, “Revealing the Invisible: Experiencing and Interpreting the St. Louis River Along Waabizheshikana (The Marten Trail).” Through his landscape architecture practice, Geer was the lead designer of the interpretive plan for the trail, which was formerly known as the Western Waterfront Trail in Duluth, Minnesota.
- [Try Wisconsin fish recipes. Not you, though, zombies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/try-wisconsin-fish-recipes-not-you-though-zombies/) - October. In this month of Halloween, thoughts might turn toward ghosts, vampires and skeletons. Zombies, too. October is also Seafood Awareness Month. Moira Harrington, our assistant director for communications, draws the connection between zombies and fish.
- [Sea Grant staff collect commendable beach cleanup haul](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-collect-commendable-beach-cleanup-haul/) - The third weekend in September is traditionally a time for beach cleanups by communities in the Great Lakes. Volunteers scour beaches and shorelines for trash as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Our Sea Grant staff members got in the spirit, participating in cleanups spanning across the state, from Wisconsin Point in Lake Superior, to
- [Environmental improvements to Barker’s Island progressing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/environmental-improvements-to-barkers-island-progressing/) - Last week, I joined a walking tour to check on the progress of projects designed to improve the environment on Barker’s Island in Superior, Wisconsin. After a welcome at the Lake Superior Estuarium by Jim Paine, the mayor of Superior, we hoofed it over to Barker’s Island beach. Although most of the work on the
- [At a virtual Capitol Hill briefing, Duluth port director describes Sea Grant's impact](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/at-a-virtual-capitol-hill-briefing-duluth-port-director-describes-sea-grants-impact/) - Deb DeLuca of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority outlined several key areas in which Sea Grant makes a beneficial impact, from informing harbor dredging decisions to encouraging safe recreational use of waters shared by maritime shipping vessels.
- [Using drama as an introduction to marine debris prevention](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/using-drama-as-an-introduction-to-marine-debris-prevention/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is leading one of six projects recently funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program. The projects, announced today, focus on preventing the introduction of marine debris (trash, fishing gear and microplastics) into coastal and Great Lakes environments.
- [PFAS in Wisconsin: Setting a research agenda](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/pfas-in-wisconsin-setting-a-research-agenda/) - There are more than 5,000 chemicals in the man-made group known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). At times during an informal workshop on the topic late last week, it felt as if there were also thousands of questions surrounding PFAS. The virtual gathering of more than 50 state agency personnel and academics from University
- [Summer intern spotlight: Hunter Goldman and Eat Wisconsin Fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/summer-intern-spotlight-hunter-goldman-and-eat-wisconsin-fish/) - Using both GIS skills and a love for cooking, Hunter Goldman is helping out our "Eat Wisconsin Fish" project this summer as an intern.
- [Merrill High School earns aquaculture system honors a second time](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/merrill-high-school-earns-aquaculture-system-honors-a-second-time/) - Olivia Dachel's Merrill High School team took home an award in the 2021 Aquaculture Challenge competition cosponsored by Lake Superior State University.
- [Getting your grill on with Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/getting-your-grill-on-with-sea-grant/) - A June 2021 webinar featuring Wisconsin Sea Grant's Sharon Moen gave consumers tips on choosing and preparing fish and seafood.
- [Shark and sturgeon synchronicity](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/shark-and-sturgeon-synchronicity/) - Even though they aren't in the same waterways, this blog post explains how lake sturgeon could give sharks a run for their money.
- [An eco-conversation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/an-eco-conversation/) - Anne Moser, our senior special librarian and education coordinator, is participating in a conversation about the Great Lakes with several others in Door County on July 2.
- [Green Bay Natural Area restoration begins with gathering](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/green-bay-natural-area-restoration-begins-with-gathering/) - This spring, a small but dedicated group of people gathered in the woods near the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus to commemorate restoration efforts that are beginning on the Wequiock Creek Natural Area.
- [A special message from the Sea Grant Director](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-special-message-from-the-sea-grant-director/) - The National Sea Grant College Program is a federal-state-university partnership with 34 programs across the nation, including the program here in Wisconsin. Because federal dollars contribute to our ability to meet the needs of Wisconsin’s coastal communities, and in service to the Great Lakes ecosystem as a whole, we pay attention to funding levels proposed
- [Murder and Aquatic Invasive Species?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/murder-and-aquatic-invasive-species/) - Senior science communicator, Marie Zhuikov, recalls a grisly discovery in connection with a project to control invasive goldfish.
- [Ojibwe history on Wisconsin Point is complicated, painful, beautiful](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ojibwe-history-on-wisconsin-point-is-complicated-painful-beautiful/) - With the cool blue of Lake Superior and soft sloshing waves as a background, The River Talks season ended on a Wisconsin Point beach after a year of virtual presentations. Thomas Howes, natural resources manager with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa presented, “Ojibwe connection to Wisconsin Point: Past, present and future,”
- [Revisit water symposium through Tweets](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/revisit-water-symposium-through-tweets/) - Sea Grant staff members put a lot of work into the fifth annual Water@UW-Madison spring symposium, which was held recently.
- [Discovering the magic of the St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/discovering-the-magic-of-the-st-louis-river-estuary/) - The April River Talk featured two speakers who described programs designed to bring tourists to the St. Louis River estuary.
- [Earth Day and embracing the outdoors during a pandemic](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/earth-day-and-embracing-the-outdoors-during-a-pandemic/) - Communications Director Moira Harrington offers her own view of the past year’s empirical, humorous and anecdotal looks at nature in the time of COVID.
- [Quiet time with the fish. Spring is the time for fish watching.](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/quiet-time-with-the-fish-spring-is-the-time-for-fish-watching/) - Spring is the right time to head to your local stream to see the migration and spawning of Great Lakes sucker species. As water temperatures warm, white and longnose suckers feel the need to move from the Great Lakes into tributaries.
- [A “River of Poems” spans the world](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-river-of-poems-spans-the-world/) - Our "River of Poems" reading in conjunction with the St. Louis River Summit featured a dozen poets from across the country and around the world!
- [A free visit to the Great Lakes Aquarium!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-free-visit-to-the-great-lakes-aquarium/) - The February River Talk featured Alexis Berke with the Great Lakes Aquarium presenting, “A virtual visit: Explore the St. Louis River exhibits and animals at the Great Lakes Aquarium.” Berke, director of learning and engagement, offered a mini-guided tour of the St. Louis River exhibits at the aquarium designed for all ages
- [Sea Grant staff active in Wisconsin Water Week](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-active-in-wisconsin-water-week/) - Several Wisconsin Sea Grant staff and fellows are part of the lineup fora virtual conference marking Wisconsin Water Week.
- [Get to know the Advisory Council: Q & A with Lori Tate](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/get-to-know-the-advisory-council-q-a-with-lori-tate/) - In the Wisconsin Sea Grant online newsroom, we recently introduced four new members of the Advisory Council. Council members help shape Sea Grant’s future, enabling it to better serve the people of Wisconsin. Now, here on our blog, we’d like to give people a chance to get to know those four newcomers better through Q
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Yael Gen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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.
- [Get to know the Advisory Council: Q & A with Deb DeLuca](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/get-to-know-the-advisory-council-qa-with-deb-deluca/) - Get to know Deb DeLuca, executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
- [Get to know the Advisory Council: Q & A with Becky Sapper](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/get-to-know-the-advisory-council-q-a-with-becky-sapper/) - Get to know Becky Sapper, director of the Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program.
- [Get to know the Advisory Council: Q & A with Madelyn Leopold](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/get-to-know-the-advisory-council-q-a-with-madelyn-leopold/) - Get to know Madelyn Leopold, a retired attorney and private landowner.
- [River Talk explores life on the soggy side: coastal wetlands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/river-talk-explores-life-on-the-soggy-side-coastal-wetlands/) - The January 2021 River Talk featured Kelly Beaster and Reed Schwarting with the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior tag-teamed and presented, “Coastal wetlands: Dynamic ecosystems of Lake Superior.”
- [St. Louis River Summit goes virtual](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/st-louis-river-summit-goes-virtual/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is among several sponsors of the 11th annual St. Louis River Summit, which will be held March 1-3 via Zoom.
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Deidre Peroff](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-project-faves-deidre-peroff/) - As 2020 winds down, we asked staff members at Wisconsin Sea Grant what their favorite project was this year. Although work was a bit more challenging than usual due to our altered work circumstances, everyone managed to stay productive, and even find fulfillment. In our last post in this series, Social Science Outreach Specialist Deidre
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Tim Campbell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-project-faves-tim-campbell/) - Tim Campbell, our aquatic invasive species outreach specialist, reveals his favorite project, which hugged the timeline border between 2019 and 2020.
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Sharon Moen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-project-faves-sharon-moen/) - Sharon Moen's favorite project for 2020 is the one she was hired to manage: Eat Wisconsin Fish!
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, David Hart](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-project-faves-david-hart/) - David Hart, assistant director for extension, said that updating the Wisconsin Coastal Guide was his favorite activity this year.
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Anne Moser](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-project-faves-anne-moser/) - Anne Moser, senior special librarian and education coordinator, said the “Explore Lake Sturgeon” project was her favorite for 2020.
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Julia Noordyk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-project-faves-julia-noordyk/) - Julia Noordyk, our water quality and coastal communities outreach specialist, said the East River Resiliency Collaborative was her favorite 2020 project.
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Titus Seilheimer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-staff-project-faves-titus-seilheimer/) - Our fisheries specialist, Titus Seilheimer’s favorite 2020 project is Great Lakes Aquaculture Day.
- [Sea Grant staff project faves, Elizabeth White](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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?"
- [River Talk explores wetland clashes on the St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/will-you-be-eating-wisconsins-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](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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
- [Clean air and water valued in recent national poll](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/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
- [Plastic identification activity wows educators](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/plastic-identification-activity-wows-educators/) - Educators who participated in a recent six-week online workshop series about the Great Lakes and inland waters, “Trimming our Sails” were especially wowed by one presentation. “Plastic Debris Identification” was offered by Daniela Leon, an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Superior who is majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry.
- [Deterring geese on the St. Louis River to protect wild rice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/deterring-geese-on-the-st-louis-river-to-protect-wild-rice/) - The final River Talk of the season, “Deterring Geese on the St. Louis River to Protect Wild Rice,” was presented by Sam Hansen, a former summer undergraduate research fellow with the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, on May 13.
- [One intern’s reflection](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/one-interns-reflection/) - Our summer Coastal Science Communications Intern Elise Ertl describes her learning experience.
- [Lota facts about the Lota lota, a counter-Shark-Week tale](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lota-facts-about-the-lota-lota-a-counter-shark-week-tale/) - Shark Week, Aug. 9 -16, is a cherished annual tradition. Communications Coordinator, Moira Harrington, presents a counter-Shark-Week look at a denizen of the sweetwater seas. This Shark Week 2020 edition offers five facts about the burbot.
- [Sea Grant learning programs help environmental educator put students in touch with Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-learning-programs-help-environmental-educator-put-students-in-touch-with-lake-michigan/) - Sarah DeZwarte, education director at YMCA Camp Y-Koda in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, had the opportunity to, not only once, but to twice take part in the Lake Guardian teacher cruise and Shipboard Science Workshop. While each trip entailed a different experience, both provided fundamental learning and education that DeZwarte was able to carry on to the students and residents of the Lake Michigan coastal area.
- [The "global garage sale": Thoughts on Adam Minter's "Secondhand"](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-global-garage-sale/) - A Sea Grant science writer reflects on Adam Minter's book "Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale" and her own relationship to the world of "stuff."
- [In praise of Midwestern flavors: Amy Thielen's "Give a Girl a Knife"](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/amy-thielens-give-a-girl-a-knife/) - Chef and cookbook author Amy Thielen's memoir "Give a Girl a Knife" is a vivid look at the flavors and places of the Upper Midwest.
- [Field office graduate research assistant jumps from watershed planning to clams](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/field-office-graduate-research-assistant-jumps-from-watershed-planning-to-clams/) - Megan Hoff recently completed her graduate research assistantship in Green Bay, working for Sea Grant Staffer Julia Noordyk. This was the first time such an opportunity has been offered at one of our field offices. Hoff’s work for Noordyk and for her master’s degree in environmental science and policy at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay involved working with the community to develop a watershed management plan for Mahon and Wequiock creeks, which flow through the campus. Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov caught up with Hoff recently, just after she finished a drive across the country to Oregon, where she is starting a new job in Newport as a shellfish assessment biologist. Yes, she’ll be working with clams.
- [Findings from two Sea Grant-funded aquaculture projects now published](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/findings-from-aquaculture-projects-published/) - Researchers have published their findings in Aquaculture Magazine and Environmental Communication.
- [People of the Sturgeon oral histories added to NOAA collection](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/people-of-the-sturgeon-oral-histories-added-to-noaa-collection/) - Recordings collected for the Wisconsin Sea Grant book, “People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish,” were recently added to a national archive by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- [Merrill High School team overcomes barriers to claim aquaculture championship during pandemic](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/merrill-high-school-team-overcomes-barriers-to-claim-aquaculture-championship-during-pandemic/) - A team of students from Merrill High School overcame adversity to win the 2020 Aquaculture Challenge. They were led by a teacher with ties to Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [AIS outreach staff gear up for an outdoor season affected by COVID-19](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ais-outreach-staff-gear-up-for-an-outdoor-season-affected-by-covid-19/) - As fishing and boating activities ramp up for summer, efforts to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) will look a bit different due to COVID-19.
- [Crossing Borders: Art, Science and the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/crossing-borders-art-science-and-the-great-lakes/) - Read about three recent education and outreach projects that have taken an interdisciplinary approach by combining art and science to com­municate Great Lakes research.
- [Take 5: Summer boating and the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/take-5-summer-boating-and-the-wisconsin-clean-marina-program/) - With Memorial weekend coming up, this is a good time for a story about five things to know about boating in the Badger State, and about a Wisconsin Sea Grant-supported initiative, the Wisconsin Clean Marina Program.
- [New community of practice focuses on western Lake Superior hazards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/new-community-of-practice-focuses-on-western-lake-superior-hazards/) - CHAOS stands for the Coastal Hazards of Superior. The new group is a community of practice for sharing knowledge and resources about natural hazards that affect Lake Superior coastal communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
- [Dinosaurs of the Sea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/dinosaurs-of-the-sea/) - Our student blogger intern, Elise, shares a story about her experience a few years ago helping leatherback sea turtles in Costa Rica. An estimated 34,000 to 36,000 nesting females are now left worldwide, compared to 115,000 in 1980.
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant blog celebrates popular posts for Earth Day](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wisconsin-sea-grant-blog-celebrates-popular-posts-for-earth-day/) - In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we highlight five popular posts from our blog.
- [Ocean research in an unlikely place](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ocean-research-in-an-unlikely-place/) - One of our science communicators visited the world's largest research ocean while on vacation. Can you guess where it is located?
- [Lake Talks kick off with "Setting Sail for Great Lakes Learning"](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lake-talks-kick-off/) - Three participants in a 2019 shipboard science workshop discussed their journey on Lake Superior aboard a replica 19th-century schooner.
- [Catching spirits through a lens](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/catching-spirits-through-a-lens/) - As part of the River Talks series, Vern Northrup presented his five-year photography journey titled, “Akinomaage: Teaching from the Earth,” on March 3 at the St. Louis River Summit held at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
- [A touch of wilderness near the city: The Superior Municipal Forest](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-touch-of-wilderness-near-the-city-the-superior-municipal-forest/) - Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov and Natalie Chin were treated to a tour of the Superior Municipal Forest last week, courtesy of the Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve group and naturalist Mike Anderson. This green gem offers 4,400 acres of the best remaining example of a boreal forest in Wisconsin and it’s the third largest municipal forest in the country
- [The importance of cultivating manoomin in the St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-importance-of-cultivating-manoomin-in-the-st-louis-river/) - Nancy Schuldt delivered her River Talk, “Promoting Tribal Health by Protecting and Restoring Manoomin (Wild Rice) in the St. Louis River and Beyond,” on Feb. 12, stressing the importance of manoomin’s presence in the St. Louis River and the benefits it creates in health, wellness and wealth.
- [A Win for the Clean Bay Backers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-win-for-the-clean-bay-backers/) - The 6th annual Clean Bay Backers’ Bringing Back the Bay Tour took place on Sept. 9. It included a report card on the health of the Fox River in Green Bay and a behind-the-scenes look at Tetra Tech’s operations — the general contractor overseeing remediation on PCB-laden sediment dredged from the river, with oversight from
- [A special place for science: UW-M Field Station at the Cedarburg Bog](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-special-place-for-science-uw-m-field-station-at-the-cedarburg-bog/) - Communications Coordinator Moira Harrington recently visited the Cedarburg Bog, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station. Although it's winter, a lot is happening at the station. Moira explains why we're fortunate that these pockets of learning and exploration exist.
- [Asian carp dispersal barrier elicits emotions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/asian-carp-dispersal-barrier-elicits-emotions/) - Communications Coordinator Moira Harrington and others recently visited the electrical barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Read her first-hand account of all that stands between the Great Lakes and an invasion of Asian carp.
- [St. Louis River Summit celebrates 10 years of collaboration](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/st-louis-river-summit-celebrates-10-years-of-collaboration/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant is among the sponsors of the 10th annual St. Louis River Summit, March 3-4 at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, 350 Harbor Drive, in Duluth, Minnesota.
- [DeLuca Shares Her Journey to Becoming Executive Director of The Duluth Seaway Port Authority](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/deluca-shares-her-journey-to-becoming-executive-director-of-the-duluth-seaway-port-authority/) - Deborah DeLuca presented this month’s River Talk on Jan. 8 at the Lake Superior Estuarium. Her talk, “The Duluth Seaway Port Authority – A Career Journey,” offered insight to the Great Lakes’ largest port and how she came to be the first woman to hold the executive director position at Duluth Seaway Port Authority in the 60 years since its establishment.
- [The Cat Who Liked to Swim](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-cat-who-liked-to-swim/) - Most cats don't like to swim. Science communicator, Marie Zhuikov, shares memories of her cat who was a bit different.
- [The polling winner? Science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-polling-winner-science/) - A 2019 Gallup poll found that the most respondents are prouder of American scientific achievements than of anything else.
- [The Gales of October? Lake Superior water levels conference highlights highs and lows](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-gales-of-october-lake-superior-water-levels-conference-highlights-highs-and-lows/) - On Dec. 11, more than 90 people gathered in Duluth, Minnesota, for a conference on western Lake Superior water levels. They heard and provided the latest intel on what’s going on with the lake and what’s predicted for the near future.
- [Say yes, know what you want, and other lessons learned as a Wisconsin Sea Grant Fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lessons-learned-as-a-sea-grant-fellow/) - UW-Madison graduate and former Sea Grant fellow Bridget Faust describes her experiences during 15 months in Washington, D.C.--with advice for potential fellowship applicants!
- [Aquatic Invasive Species Threaten Shipwreck Preservation in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/aquatic-invasive-species-threaten-shipwreck-preservation-in-the-great-lakes/) - By Ryan Smazal, Maritime Preservation Intern, Wisconsin Historical Society; and Sara Fox, Aquatic Invasive Species Outreach Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Extension As many might know, the Great Lakes house about a fifth of the freshwater supply for the entire world. A less commonly known fact is that the Great Lakes contain more than 6,000 shipwrecks. Among
- [River Talk explored ballast water research at UWS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/river-talk-explored-ballast-water-research-at-uws/) - Matt TenEyck with the University of Wisconsin-Superior Lake Superior Research Institute presented the November River Talk at the Lake Superior Estuarium. His talk, “Influencing Industry and Research: Ballast Water,” offered the latest news in ballast water research. TenEyck’s institute recently took over management of the ballast water testing facility located on Montreal Pier in the
- [Morgan Witte honored (again!) for sturgeon poster, gets ready to wrap up her time at ASC](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/morgan-witte-honored/) - As her December graduation nears, Information School master's student Morgan Witte wraps up a successful stint at the Wisconsin Water Library.
- [Wisconsin’s maritime ambassadors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wisconsins-maritime-ambassadors/) - Tamara Thomsen, Caitlin Zant and Tori Kiefer study and document Wisconsin's underwater historical assets as a way to chronicle and commemorate the past. Thanks to their industriousness, no other state has more shipwrecks listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- [A college student’s search for bloody red shrimp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-college-students-search-for-bloody-red-shrimp/) - The first River Talk of the season took place on Oct. 9 in the Estuarium in Superior, Wisconsin. Jenny Sherren, an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota Duluth, presented, “I’ve Seen the Light: Working to Detect Bloody Red Shrimp in the St. Louis River.” She discussed her research project, which involved luring tiny zooplankton
- [Take 5: Great Lakes water levels with Adam Bechle](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/take-5-great-lakes-water-levels-with-adam-bechle/) - Sea Grant Coastal Engineer Adam Bechle tackles a timely topic with his five things to know about Great Lakes water levels.
- [It takes a family to deal with dangerous currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/it-takes-a-family-to-deal-with-dangerous-currents/) - Chin Wu is working to “build a family” to deal with dangerous currents along the South Shore of Lake Superior and on other beaches in the Great Lakes. Wu, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, made the comment during a dangerous currents workshop in late May in Ashland, Wisconsin.
- [The Wisconsin Water Library is a back-to-school resource](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-wisconsin-water-library-is-a-back-to-school-resource/) - The Wisconsin Water Library is a great resource for schools and students. Moira Harrington, our communications coordinator, reminisces about her children's school days.
- [Big pride, big photo](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/big-pride-big-photo/) - Kyle Woolever with the Superior Fresh aquaculture facility was featured in a Sea Grant display at the Dane County Regional Airport. Now that the display is being dismantled, his parents get to keep his huge photo that was part of it.
- [Lake Superior Love](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/lake-superior-love/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant was represented by fortune-telling fish at Lake Superior Day this year. We also offer Lake Superior images for free download through Flickr.
- [Wisconsin Maritime Museum photo exhibit depicts a changing commercial fishing industry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wisconsin-maritime-museum-photo-exhibit-depicts-a-changing-commercial-fishing-industry/) - Photographs by Jim Legault now on display at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc show how the commercial fishing industry has changed over the years, as has the ecology of Lake Michigan.
- ["People of the Sturgeon" lives on, online!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/people-of-the-sturgeon-lives-on-online/) - Graduate student Morgan Witte has helped make "People of the Sturgeon" audio interviews available online, expanding the ways that people can interact with the book's content.
- [Newton Creek under the microscope](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/newton-creek-under-the-microscope/) - Lorena Rios-Mendoza with the University of Wisconsin-Superior has found 15 toxic chemicals so far in Newton Creek in Superior.
- [Water@UW-Madison symposium unites poetry and science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/wateruw-madison-symposium-unites-poetry-and-science/) - A day of thinking about water from many different angles ended--fittingly--with poetry.
- [We have a winner in the Spring Thaw Throwdown!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/we-have-a-winner-in-the-spring-thaw-throwdown/) - The winner of the Spring Thaw Throwdown is announced! Find out who takes the title of "Wisconsin's least-wanted aquatic invasive species."
- [Project partner: Mike LeClair, Susie-Q Fish Co.](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/project-partner-mike-leclair-susie-q-fish-co/) - Mike LeClair is a fourth-generation commercial fisherman on Lake Michigan, based out of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. With more than 45 years of fishing experience, he’s one of Wisconsin Sea Grant’s partners on a project that sought to understand the catch rates of whitefish and incidental species (bycatch) in an experimental trawl fishery on Lake Michigan.
- [Welcome to the Water Bar. Water is all we have.](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/welcome-to-the-water-bar-water-is-all-we-have/) - One of our science communicators learns a new skill and encourages discussions about water, all at the same time.
- [Talking dirt at River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/talking-dirt-at-river-talks/) - Jane Anklam with University of Wisconsin-Extension and Doug Soldat with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Soil Science presented the April River Talk at the Lake Superior Estuarium. Their talk, “Is this dirt clean?” touched on a variety of topics, from composting, to jumping worms, to lead contamination. Although there are 700 types of soil
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: On to the championship round!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-on-to-the-championship-round/) - It's time to decide who will win it all in the Spring Thaw Throwdown, earning the dubious title of Least Wanted AIS in Wisconsin! Will be it zebra and quagga mussels, or silver and bighead carp?
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: Round 2 results](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-round-2-results-2/) - We've moved on to the Final Four in the Spring Thaw Throwdown! This time around, cast your votes via Facebook and Twitter polls to see who moves ahead in competition.
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: Round 1 results](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-round-1-results/) - Your commentator Tim Campbell weighs in with results and analysis from Round 1 of the Spring Thaw Throwdown, our tournament to see who is Wisconsin's Least Wanted Aquatic Invasive Species!
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: Round 2](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-round-2-results/) - Tim Campbell weighs in with results and analysis from Round 2 of the Spring Thaw Throwdown, our tournament to see who is Wisconsin’s Least Wanted Aquatic Invasive Species!
- [Cross Plains kids travel in time to learn about shipwrecks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/cross-plains-kids-travel-in-time-to-learn-about-shipwrecks/) - On March 28, a group of kids engaged in time travel as Anne Moser, senior special librarian of the Wisconsin Water Library, led a presentation on shipwrecks at the Rosemary Garfoot Public Library in Cross Plains.
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: Wetland species and viruses bracket](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-wetland-species/) - From purple loosestrife to VHS, get to know the fearsome competitors in the wetland species and viruses bracket of our Final Four-like game about aquatic invasive species (AIS).
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: Fish bracket](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-fish-bracket/) - We've got small "small yet mighty" competitors like the round goby in the fish bracket, as well as the icky, vampire-like sea lamprey. Get to know the field in this bracket!
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: Macroinvertebrates bracket](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-macroinvertebrates/) - From zebra and quagga mussels to spiny waterfleas, who will take home the dubious distinction of "Least Wanted Aquatic Invasive Species" in this bracket? You get to decide when you cast your vote in the Spring Thaw Throwdown!
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown: Macrophyte bracket](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-macrophytes/) - The macrophyte regional is stacked with talent! Meet the competitors.
- [Welcome to the Spring Thaw Throwdown!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/spring-thaw-throwdown-intro/) - While the Final Four may be fun, we've decided to shine a light on the aquatic invasive species (AIS) problem by highlighting AIS that either have a presence in Wisconsin already, or the potential to spread here. Read through our Spring Thaw Throwdown posts, and cast your vote on who takes home the title of "Least Wanted Aquatic Invasive Species in Wisconsin"!
- [First four out of the Spring Thaw Throwdown](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/first-four-out-of-the-spring-thaw-throwdown/) - While all invasive species are unwanted in some regard, they all can’t make the Spring Thaw Throwdown Least Wanted Tournament. The selection committee debated over many worthy species and feel strongly about the 16 that made this year’s tournament. For all of the bubble-watchers out there, below is a little information on the first four
- [Muskie fishing a restored river](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/muskie-fishing-a-restored-river/) - The March River Talk kicked off at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in conjunction with the ninth annual St. Louis River Summit. Keith Okeson, past-president of the Lake Superior Chapter of Muskies Inc., was the evening’s guest speaker.
- [Nine things I learned during the ninth annual St. Louis River Summit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/nine-things-i-learned-during-the-ninth-annual-st-louis-river-summit/) - Nine fascinating things learned at the most recent St. Louis River Summit, held in Superior, Wisconsin -- including how to make good beer!
- [This is Your Brain on Water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/this-is-your-brain-on-water/) - They came to the harbor regularly, every evening, drawn by some need. It was as if the water floated off and set sail thoughts that had grown stagnant on dry land, and gave to their bodies even some sort of physical relief. – “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf Earlier this month, more than 275 water
- [Ancient Algae Alludes to Future Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/ancient-algae-alludes-to-future-water-quality/) - By Brianna Taggart, University of Minnesota Duluth People gathered for April’s River Talk as Euan Reavie, a senior associate with the National Resources Research Institute, described his research on algae. “Tiny Fossils Shed Light on the Past and Future of Water Quality” was the focus of his talk. “My group works with the algae in
- [The Husky Energy Oil Refinery Fire – What’s Going on With the Environment?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-husky-energy-oil-refinery-fire-whats-going-on-with-the-environment/) - Gene Clark, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s coastal engineer, and I are back in our offices in Superior, Wisconsin, this week, following an evacuation last week due to an explosion and fire at the Husky Energy oil refinery. The incident happened the morning of Thursday, April 26, with a loud bang that sounded like an electrical transformer
- [Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: David Hart’s View](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/exploring-challenges-facing-the-great-lakes-david-harts-view/) - Anne Moser, the senior special librarian for the Wisconsin Water Library, asked some of our Sea Grant staff members recently what the biggest challenges are facing the Great Lakes today. We are featuring their answers in a series of blog posts over the next month. One of the people she asked is David Hart, assistant
- [Among Old Dunes on the Shore of Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/among-old-dunes-on-the-shore-of-lake-michigan-2/) - Last month, our Wisconsin Sea Grant communications team took an annual field trip to get a first-hand look at projects our staff are working on across the state. This year, we visited Manitowoc and Two Rivers, Wisconsin, on the shores of Lake Michigan. Our fisheries outreach specialist, Titus Seilheimer, has been working with the Woodland Dunes
- [College Course Uses Lake Superior Watershed as a Climate Change Example](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/college-course-uses-lake-superior-watershed-as-a-climate-change-example/) - Earlier this fall, I tagged along during one day of a five-day field course offered by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Eighteen students were learning about culture and climate change in the Lake Superior region, and how to apply that knowledge in their future careers as natural resource managers. The group met at Caroline Lake,
- [Children of the Night? Nope, These Vampires are Round-the-Clock Terrors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/children-of-the-night-nope-these-vampires-are-round-the-clock-terrors/) - 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
- [Restoration Progress Updated on St. Louis River Website](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/restoration-progress-updated-on-st-louis-river-website/) - 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
- [Breaking ground on Wisconsin groundwater research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/breaking-ground-on-wisconsin-groundwater-research/) - 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
- [The birth of Wisconsin Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-birth-of-wisconsin-sea-grant/) - Fifty years ago in 1968, the Wisconsin Sea Grant Program was funded for formation at the University of Wisconsin. We didn’t actually start providing grant money for research projects for a few years. Because that’s one of our main purposes, we’ve chosen to wait a few more years before we start any 50th anniversary hoopla.
- [Sediment plumes bloom in Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sediment-plumes-bloom-in-lake-superior/) - Elizabeth Minor, a professor with the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Large Lakes Observatory and Department of Chemistry, described her research on the impact of sediment plumes on the St. Louis River and Lake Superior for the River Talk on Nov. 14. “It’s a pretty impactful thing,” Minor said. Excess dirt (sediment), water and nutrient runoff
- [Sea Grant fisheries specialist takes on holiday alter ego](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sea-grant-fisheries-specialist-takes-on-holiday-alter-ego/) - Some know Wisconsin Sea Grant Fisheries Specialist Titus Seilheimer by his active Twitter presence as “Dr. Fish” (at the handle @DrFishSG). Soon, Titus will take on yet another identity in Manitowoc on Dec. 8. It’s one well suited to the season: Santa Claus! As part of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum’s annual Christmas Tree Ship Celebration
- [Catch the Fishmas spirit!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/catch-the-fishmas-spirit/) - Some of the best holidays are invented (Festivus, anyone?). Lovers of all things aquatic have something to celebrate in December: 25 Days of Fishmas! And don’t worry, you don’t have to scour the mall for presents – just hop on Twitter to participate. 25 Days of Fishmas is a science communication effort spearheaded by Katie
- [Meet Molly Bodde: New-yet-familiar face joins the ongoing fight against aquatic invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/meet-molly-bodde-new-yet-familiar-face-joins-the-ongoing-fight-against-aquatic-invasive-species/) - 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
- [Tips for good outdoors and nature writing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/tips-for-good-outdoors-and-nature-writing/) - As he stood in front of us in the classroom, Sam Cook’s eyes grew misty as he read this passage from Aldo Leopold’s "A Sand County Almanac:" A dawn wind stirs on the great marsh. With almost imperceptible slowness it rolls a bank of fog across the wide morass. Like the white ghost of a
- [Handling hazards and dealing with disasters: Emergency management in the St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/handling-hazards-and-dealing-with-disasters-emergency-management-in-the-st-louis-river-estuary/) - Dean Johnston of the U.S. Coast Guard, John Sager from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Dave Sletten from Douglas County and Kevin Mustonen from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) were the evening’s panelists for the February River Talk about emergency management.
- [Water connects us: Getting to know your urban streams](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/water-connects-us-getting-to-know-your-urban-streams/) - The first River Talk of 2019 kicked off on Wednesday, Jan. 9, at the Lake Superior Estuarium. Eager listeners heard a panel of experts discuss the many environmental and lifestyle impacts we have on our urban streams.
- [Life after Sea Grant: An interview with Anders Andren, former Wisconsin Sea Grant director](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/life-after-sea-grant-an-interview-with-anders-andren-former-wisconsin-sea-grant-director/) - We’re continuing to gather background information in preparation for Wisconsin Sea Grant’s 50th anniversary celebration, which will happen in a few years. After speaking with Wisconsin Sea Grant’s first director Robert Ragotzkie, I caught up with our second director, Anders Andren, as he “slaved away” on tasks as secretary of his condo association in Florida.
- [Chocolate Milk and Biting Flies: A Lake Superior Sailing Experience](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/chocolate-milk-and-biting-flies-a-lake-superior-sailing-experience/) - I recently had the good fortune to go on my first extended sailboat trip across Lake Superior with some friends. We left Duluth, Minnesota, and headed to Wisconsin’s Apostle Island National Lakeshore, and then traversed the western arm of the lake to Grand Marais Harbor in Minnesota. Since I am writing this, you know I
- [Coral Reefs and Cows – Guam and Wisconsin Sea Grant Programs Swap Stories, Find Common Themes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/coral-reefs-and-cows-guam-and-wisconsin-sea-grant-programs-swap-stories-find-common-themes/) - Yesterday, on a day when parts of Wisconsin were predicted to receive up to 10 inches of snow, our staff welcomed balmy of images of Guam. While folks in our Superior and Green Bay offices could see snow gently falling outside their windows, they could then turn to their computer screens and view a WebEx
- [Sturgeon Art Exhibit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/sturgeon-art-exhibit/) - Lake sturgeon are the stars of an art exhibit that opens today at the School of Education Art Gallery at UW-Madison. A reception will be held this Thursday. For more information about this project, please see this story from our Sea Grant Press Room.
- [Celebrate Lake Superior Day](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/celebrate-lake-superior-day-2/) - Lake Superior Day is happening this Saturday, July 15, from 11 am - 3 pm on Barker’s Island in Superior. Focused on celebrating and appreciating the greatest Great Lake, the event will include free family fun with live music, kids’ activities and much more. Stop by and visit our Wisconsin Sea Grant booth in the
- [Unsalted Fish for Shark Week](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/unsalted-fish-for-shark-week/) - Shark Week is coming next week. (July 22-29. Cue the “Jaws” theme music!) The Discovery Channel presents this annual blitz of broadcasting to spotlight dwellers of saltwater worlds. When present in water, salt supports the lives of these inarguably fascinating species. Salt also ensures a tasty rim around my margarita glass but if we want to
- [Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: Titus Seilheimer’s View](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/exploring-challenges-facing-the-great-lakes-titus-seilheimers-view/) - The International Joint Commission recently found in a survey that 24 percent of people don’t understand the challenges facing the Great Lakes. (Read a story about the survey here.) “Twenty-four percent is a large number,” said Raj Bejankiwar, a scientist with the IJC in Windsor, Ontario, who works on Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes.
- [Super Milfoil: Coming to a Lake Near You?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/super-milfoil-coming-to-a-lake-near-you/) - By Sara Fox, Aquatic Invasive Species Outreach Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Extension Last weekend, while water skiing in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, I took a massive wipeout. I remember expecting to feel a painful sting after hitting the water, similar to that of a belly flop. Instead, I landed on a cushion of aquatic plants. I looked
- [Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: Deidre Peroff’s View](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/exploring-challenges-facing-the-great-lakes-deidre-peroffs-view/) - 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 third post in the series. (Here are links toPost 1 and Post 2 if you missed
- [Superior Coastal Cleanup Draws Mayors’ Attention](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/superior-coastal-cleanup-draws-mayors-attention/) - Next Wednesday, September 12, the mayors from Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota, will kick off beach cleanups in the Twin Ports. Mayor Jim Paine of Superior and Mayor Emily Larson of Duluth will speak on stage at the city park on Barker’s Island in Superior early during the event, which runs from 3 to 5
- [A Whole New Perspective: Whitewater Rafting on the St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/a-whole-new-perspective-whitewater-rafting-on-the-st-louis-river/) - On Labor Day Weekend, I gained a different view of my local waterway. I write about the St. Louis River on the Wisconsin/Minnesota border for my job, since Wisconsin Sea Grant funds research and outreach projects on it. We are also a partner in the St. Louis River Stories and Science website, which contains all things
- [High School Club Documents Lake Superior Swim Race](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/high-school-club-documents-lake-superior-swim-race/) - By Toben Lafrancois, Northland College and Marie Zhuikov, Wisconsin Sea Grant Wisconsin Sea Grant supports aquatic educational projects as well as research projects. One of them involves underwater photography. These stunning images of the Point to La Pointe swim race in Lake Superior were taken by the Zaaga’igan Ma’iinganag (Ojibwe for “Lakewolves”) photography club. High
- [The River Talk series in Superior is starting next week on October 11!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/the-river-talk-series-in-superior-is-starting-next-week-on-october-11/) - The River Talk series in Superior is starting next week on October 11! Come hear Kelsey Prihoda with UWS’s Lake Superior Research Institute give her talk, “Shedding Light on Groundwater,” at 7 p.m. at the Estuarium (3 Marina Drive, Superior, Wis.). Kelsey will answer questions about private well water testing, describe contaminants that are of concern in
- [Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: Julia Noordyk’s View](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/exploring-challenges-facing-the-great-lakes-julia-noordyks-view/) - Anne Moser, senior special librarian for the Wisconsin Water Library, asked some of our Sea Grant staff members recently what the biggest challenges are facing the Great Lakes today. We are featuring their answers in a series of blog posts. This is the forth post in the series. (Read Post 1, Post 2 and Post 3 if you missed them.)
- [Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: Tim Campbell’s View](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/exploring-challenges-facing-the-great-lakes-tim-campbells-view/) - 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
- [Boating in Circles for Science: Mapping the War Eagle Wreck](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/boating-in-circles-for-science-mapping-the-war-eagle-wreck/) - By Victoria Kiefer, Wisconsin Historical Society May 14-15 is the anniversary of the burning and sinking of the War Eagle in the Black River in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Although the location of the wreck is well-known and it is popular in the community – displayed on everything from banners to road signs – murky water
- [Exploring the Estuarium](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/blog/exploring-the-estuarium/) - By Brianna Taggart, University of Minnesota Duluth On May 9, the River Talks series concluded for the season at the Lake Superior Estuarium on Barker’s Island in Superior, Wisconsin. The presentation took a different turn than usual when it offered a tour of the new Estuarium. During “The Making of the Estuarium,” Deanna Erickson, education

## Bio

- [Andrew Savagian](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/andrew-savagian/) - Andrew is our Associate Director for Communications.
- [David A. Hart](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/david-hart/) - David A. Hart is a senior scientist with the University of Wisconsin Aquatic Sciences Center and serves as the Associate Director for Extension at Wisconsin Sea Grant. He directs a staff of outreach specialists who extend coastal scientific knowledge throughout Wisconsin. His research, outreach and teaching occur at the intersection of geographic information science, urban
- [Deidre Peroff](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/deidre-peroff/) - Deidre improves access to water resources and supports the well-being of coastal communities.
- [Carrie Malone](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/carrie-malone/) - Carrie is our Resilience Outreach Specialist.
- [Tracy Hanke](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/tracy-hanke-2/) - Tracy is our Administrative Director.
- [Natalie Chin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/natalie-chin/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZYk089_isM Natalie joined Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Lake Superior Field Office in August 2019. She is focused on linking actionable science with key audiences across the Great Lakes. Her current work includes co-leading the Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Working Group for WICCI; co-facilitating the Enduring Lake Superior Communities program; and projects focused on increasing the accessibility
- [Jennifer Hauxwell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/jennifer-hauxwell/) - Jen oversees Sea Grant's research portfolio and student engagement activities, including fellowships.
- [Christy Remucal](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/christy-remucal/) - I serve as the director of Wisconsin Sea Grant and the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute. Like Sea Grant, it is a federal-state partnership that supports research, outreach and education in the service of sustainable use of our state’s natural resources. In addition to my commitment to Sea Grant, I hold a partial faculty
- [Sarah Kennedy](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/sarah-kennedy/) - Sarah is our Financial Specialist.
- [Sarah Peterson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/sarah-peterson/) - Sarah is our Community Engagement and Professional Development Manager.
- [Alison Mikulyuk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/alison-mikulyuk/) - I lead Water@UW-Madison, a cross-disciplinary community of practice that fosters connection and collaboration within Wisconsin's water research community. We provide immersive research experiences for undergraduates through the Freshwater@UW program, support and fund community-based water research projects, and work to connect faculty, graduate students, and community partners across disciplines. I have a background in aquatic ecology,
- [Bonnie Willison](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/bonnie-willison/) - As the videographer and digital storyteller, Bonnie uses her video and animation skills to showcase the stories of Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [Sharon Moen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/sharon-moen/) - https://youtu.be/Y8I7saSYUPU Sharon Moen provides information, trainings and opportunities so that people can make science-based decisions when producing, procuring, marketing or eating fish, especially in Wisconsin. She works with commercial fishers, food-fish producers and fish consumers so that Wisconsin can better support sustainable fisheries industries and improve human health. Prior to joining Wisconsin Sea Grant to
- [Dong-Fang Deng](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/dong-fang-deng/) - https://youtu.be/bLd47eBYhv4 I am the aquaculture outreach and extension specialist.
- [Jay Scholz](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/jay-scholz/) - Jay supports the various technologies that Wisconsin Sea Grant uses, ensuring that researchers, faculty, staff, and students have the equipment and training needed to support the mission and vision of the program.
- [Scott McComb](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/scott-mccomb/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Huv2pAF7J8 I coordinate education, monitoring and outreach programs for communities, stakeholders and volunteers in Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee Counties to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species.
- [Ginny Carlton](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/ginny-carlton/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvtzZsUG8_A As the Education Outreach Specialist, I am responsible for development, delivery and evaluation of Great Lakes and water science literacy programming that supports Sea Grant's mission.
- [Jenna Mertz](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/jenna-mertz/) - Jenna writes about the research and outreach work of Wisconsin Sea Grant to build understanding of and stewardship for Wisconsin’s waters and the Great Lakes. Prior to joining Sea Grant, Jenna was an editor with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of Extension Natural Resources Institute and a university writing center administrator and tutor.
- [Gavin Dehnert](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/gavin-dehnert/) - Gavin Dehnert focuses on emerging contaminants.
- [Aaron Webster](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/aaron-webster/) - Aaron is our financial specialist.
- [Melissa Boyce](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/melissa-boyce/) - Melissa Boyce is the Chief Financial Officer for the UW Aquatic Sciences Center (Wisconsin Sea Grant, Wisconsin Water Resources Institute). She manages research administration – pre and post award, purchasing, payroll and benefits, and all things fiscal. She is chair of the Sea Grant Association Fiscal Officer Network (2021-23), a member of the SGA Network
- [Sarah Congdon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/sarah-congdon/) - As the creative manager, Sarah Congdon creates branded print and digital design solutions that tell the stories of science and outreach related to Wisconsin’s waters. Sarah leads with a user-first design philosophy and enjoys the challenge of bringing visual simplicity to complex information. Prior to joining Sea Grant in late 2022, Sarah was senior graphic and
- [Tom Xiong](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/tom-xiong/) - Web Developer
- [Emma Hauser](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/emma-wiermaa/) - Emma educates others about sustainable aquaculture and related research.
- [Anne Moser](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/anne-moser/) - Anne is Senior Special Librarian at the Wisconsin Water Library and Education Coordinator for Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [Julia Noordyk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/julia-noordyk/) - Julia works with communities on issues of water quality, green infrastructure and more.
- [Titus Seilheimer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/titus-seilheimer/) - Based in Manitowoc, Titus Seilheimer joined the Wisconsin Sea Grant Advisory Services Team in December 2012. Before joining Wisconsin Sea Grant, he worked as a research ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, developing water quality models for the Western Great Lakes. He also led research on fish habitat
- [Elizabeth White](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/elizabeth-white/) - Elizabeth edits the Aquatic Sciences Chronicle and other publications.
- [Adam Bechle](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/adam-bechle/) - Adam Bechle, coastal engineering specialist, helps Great Lakes communities build resilience to coastal hazards by communicating the latest hazard research and data, developing education and outreach products on best management practices, and providing local governments guidance to identify opportunities to better plan and prepare for coastal hazards.
- [Tim Campbell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/bio/tim-campbell/) - Tim heads up activities designed to stop the spread of AIS.

## Videos

- [Behind the Scenes of Wisconsin Sea Grant's 50th Anniversary Mural](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/behind-the-scenes-of-wisconsin-sea-grants-50th-anniversary-mural/)
- [Clean Bay Backers STATE OF THE BAY Water Quality and Public Health Virtual Press Briefing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/clean-bay-backers-state-of-the-bay-water-quality-and-public-health-virtual-press-briefing/) - The Clean Bay Backers hosted the STATE OF THE BAY, a virtual press briefing on restoring the health of the Fox River and bay of Green Bay. Experts showcased the successes and challenges of regional water quality and public health topics including PCBs, agricultural runoff, the dead zone, harmful algal blooms, PFAS and plastic pollution.
- [Measuring the Pulse of Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/measuring-the-pulse-of-lake-michigan/) - Lake Michigan, the world’s fifth largest lake, has undergone many changes through the generations. Its current conditions are heavily influenced by the arrival of nonnative Dreissenid mussels known as zebra and quagga mussels. These filter feeders are altering the amount of phosphorus available for phytoplankton throughout the lake, which has an effect all the way
- [WI Sea Grant Webinar - Webinar for Prospective Investigators 3-11-2019](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wi-sea-grant-webinar-webinar-for-prospective-investigators-3-11-2019/) - https://av.aqua.wisc.edu/WebEx_Recordings/SG_RFP_PI_Meeting_20190312.mp4 Wisconsin Sea Grant 2020-22 webinar for prospective PIs (full proposal stage) This webinar was held on 3-11-2019. If you are new to submitting a proposal through our online submission system (edrop), click here to view the overview video.
- [WI Sea Grant Webinar – Water Science-Policy Fellowships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wi-sea-grant-webinar-water-science-policy-fellowships-2/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/WebEx_Recordings/WI_SG_Webinar_Fellows_Panel_20170505.mp4 Making a difference through water science-policy fellowships. Ever wondered what science-policy fellowships are all about? Hear about them firsthand from five fellows serving Wisconsin at state, regional, and national levels! Adam Bechle, Shelby LaBuhn, Alex Latzka, Michael Polich, and Carolyn Voter shared their experiences and advice for potential fellowship applicants.
- [WI Sea Grant Webinar - Water Science-Policy Fellowships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wi-sea-grant-webinar-water-science-policy-fellowships/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/WebEx_Recordings/WI_SG_Webinar_Fellows_Panel_20170505.mp4 Making a difference through water science-policy fellowships.
- [WI Sea Grant Webinar - Water Science-Policy Fellowships - 11/16/2018](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wi-sea-grant-webinar-water-science-policy-fellowships-11-16-2018/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/WebEx_Recordings/WI-Sea-Grant-Fellowships-Discussion-20181116.mp4 Making a difference through water science-policy fellowships.
- [2018-2020 Sea Grant RFP Webinar](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/2018-2020-sea-grant-rfp-webinar/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/sgrfp/2018_2020.mp4 The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program hosted an informational webinar for interested researchers to discuss the 2018-20 Request for Proposals on Friday, December 16, 2016. Webinar Agenda Welcome, overview (5 minutes) - Jim Hurley Research priorities (10 minutes) - Jen Hauxwell, David Hart, Kathy Kline Education proposals (5 minutes) - Kathy Schmitt
- [Shipboard Science](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipboard-science/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/UWSeaGrantVideos/video/mp4/SHIPBOARD_SCIENCE_long.mp4 Mentoring and exploration were the hallmarks of a teacher cruise aboard a replica historic schooner on Lake Michigan. More effective classroom skills were the result.
- [2020-2022 Sea Grant RFP Webinar - Preproposal](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/2020-2022-sea-grant-rfp-webinar-preproposal-2/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/SGRFP/2020_2022_preproposal.mp4 The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program hosted an informational webinar for interested researchers to discuss the 2020-22 Request for Proposals on Thursday, November 15, 2018. Webinar Agenda Welcome, overview (5 minutes) - Jim Hurley Research priorities (10 minutes) - Jen Hauxwell, David Hart, Anne Moser Education proposals (5 minutes) - Anne Moser
- [Connecting Water Work at UW-Madison](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/connecting-water-work-at-uw-madison/) - Meet Carolyn Voter, a project assistant for Water@UW-Madison. Water@UW-Madison is an umbrella organization that connects the numerous faculty, staff, and students with water interests on the UW-Madison campus. Voter also tells us a bit about her work as a Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering. For fun, she blows.
- [Shipboard Science on the S/V Denis Sullivan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipboard-science-on-the-s-v-denis-sullivan/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/UWSeaGrantVideos/video/mp4/SHIPBOARD_SCIENCE_SHORT.mp4 In the name of Great Lakes science literacy, a group of educators had a firsthand experience with water-quality sampling, lake ecology, geology and geography, and weather.
- [Virtual Beach: Nowcast creation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/virtual-beach-nowcast-creation/) - A screencast to accompany the final training modules for the Virtual Beach software. This video walks the viewer through the "Making Nowcast Predictions" module, available at virtualbeach.org.
- [Virtual Beach: Data Preparation MLR](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/virtual-beach-data-preparation-mlr/) - A screencast to accompany the fourth of six training modules for the Virtual Beach software. This video walks the viewer through the "Data Prep - MLR" module, available at virtualbeach.org.
- [Virtual Beach: GBM Model Creation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/virtual-beach-gbm-model-creation/) - A screencast to accompany the third of six training modules for the Virtual Beach software. This video walks the viewer through the "Building & Evaluating Anytime GBM Models" module, available at virtualbeach.org.
- [Virtual Beach: Data Preparation GBM](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/virtual-beach-data-preparation-gbm/) - A screencast to accompany the second of six training modules for the Virtual Beach software. This video walks the viewer through the "Data Preparation-GBM" module, available at virtualbeach.org.
- [Virtual Beach: Beach Orientation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/virtual-beach-beach-orientation/) - A screencast to accompany the first of six training modules for the Virtual Beach software. This video walks the viewer through the "Beach Orientation" module, available at virtualbeach.org.
- [Measuring Bluff Erosion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/measuring-bluff-erosion/) - New technical approaches help people understand how and why bluffs erode and slide away, threatening property and endangering lives. The work is supported by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
- [Saving Wisconsin's Fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/saving-wisconsins-fish/) - A scientist helps Wisconsin's fish avoid a disaster -- the VHS virus.
- [Promo for "Saving Wisconsin's Fish"](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/promo-for-saving-wisconsins-fish/) - A researcher helps Wisconsin's fish avoid a disaster -- the deadly VHS virus.
- [Virtual Beach Part 1: Data Preparation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/virtual-beach-part-1-data-preparation/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/Virtual_Beach/data_prep_VB.mp4 Training video designed to accompany the Virtual Beach training module "I. Data Preparation". Video covers how to import and prepare data for use in Virtual Beach.
- [WI Sea Grant Webinar - Increasing Your Research Impacts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wi-sea-grant-webinar-increasing-your-research-impacts/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/WebEx_Recordings/WI_SG_Webinar_Increasing_Your_Research_Impacts_20170421.mp4 Making Your Research More Meaningful for Stakeholders - Our Challenge to You
- [Sea Grant Works with Communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sea-grant-works-with-communities/) - Dr. Chin Wu, engineering professor at UW-Madison, describes how Wisconsin Sea Grant has fostered vital community projects.
- [Sea Grant Supports History](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sea-grant-supports-history/) - Underwater archaeologist Tamara Thomsen explains how Wisconsin Sea Grant has helped people learn about Great Lakes history.
- [Sea Grant Gets the Big Picture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sea-grant-gets-the-big-picture/) - Dr. Harvey Bootsma describes the evolution of his research into Lake Michigan food webs. Bootsma is an aquatic ecologist at the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences.
- [Sea Grant and the Big Questions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sea-grant-and-the-big-questions/) - Dr. Harvey Bootsma tells us how Sea Grant has helped us understand what's going on in Lake Michigan.
- [Wis. Sea Grant Prospective Investigators Meeting, March 16, 2017](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wis-sea-grant-prospective-investigators-meeting-march-16-2017/) - A meeting held for prospective Sea Grant investigators, March 16, 2017, Madison, Wis.
- [Amulya Rao: Project Assistant at UW Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/amulya-rao-project-assistant-at-uw-sea-grant/) - Amulya describes her work at Wisconsin Sea Grant -- and she shares a memory from her first winter in the United States.
- [Beauty Contained: Preventing Invasive Species from Escaping Water Gardens](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/beauty-contained-preventing-invasive-species-from-escaping-water-gardens/) - If you build water gardens or sell plants and animals for them, please watch this video. It will help you operate an environmentally sound business.
- [Wisconsin's 2017 Knauss Fellow: Danielle Cloutier](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wisconsins-2017-knauss-fellow-danielle-cloutier/) - A brief talk with Wisconsin's 2017 Knauss Fellow.
- [Sea Grant Maritime Archaeology Intern: Tori Kiefer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sea-grant-maritime-archaeology-intern-tori-kiefer/) - How cool is this? Tori tells us about her summer job working for the Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute as a research diver.
- [Sea Grant: Science Serving America's Coasts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sea-grant-science-serving-americas-coasts/) - A quick look at the work of NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program.
- [Sea Grant: 50 Years of Science Serving America's Coasts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sea-grant-50-years-of-science-serving-americas-coasts/) - In 2016, the National Sea Grant College Program celebrates 50 years of working for America's coastal communities. This is a look at some recent regional highlights.
- [Avoid the Trap](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/avoid-the-trap/) - What Anglers Should Know about Commercial Fishing Nets A fishermen's guide to avoiding trap nets and gill nets in the Great Lakes -- and what to do if you get caught in a drifting net.
- [National Site Review Reception 2015](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/national-site-review-reception-2015/) - As part of Wisconsin Sea Grant's National Site Review, the program held a reception where it used interactive stations to showcase its research and partnerships. And, of course, offered tasty sample of Wisconsin fish. Video by Parker Street Productions LLC.
- [Kathy Kline: Educating Students of All Ages](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/kathy-kline-educating-students-of-all-ages/) - Kathy Kline tells us about her work as the education outreach specialist for Wisconsin Sea Grant.
- [Prospective Investigators Meeting, 2016-18 Omnibus Proposal](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/prospective-investigators-meeting-2016-18-omnibus-proposal/) - The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is inviting full proposals for its next two-year grant period which begins February 1, 2016. NOTE: Applicants must have submitted a pre-proposal by the January 20, 2015, deadline to have a full proposal considered. A faculty member (or person having principal investigator status at his/her institution) in
- [A Cold Shoot on Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/a-cold-shoot-on-lake-superior/) - Here are a few clips from a video we are producing about fishing nets that break free from their anchors. These "ghost nets" continue to catch fish, interfere with boating and navigation, and are expensive and time-consuming to recover.
- [Eat Wisconsin Fish Commercial #3](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/eat-wisconsin-fish-commercial-3/) - This is a television advertisement for Eat Wisconsin Fish created by KBJR-TV. Currently, more than 90 percent of the seafood eaten by Americans is imported from other countries. Through eatwisconsinfish.org and other communication materials, Sea Grant hopes that more people will choose to put healthy, local fish on their dinner tables.
- [Clean Bay Backers Cruise](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/clean-bay-backers-cruise/) - Julia Noordyk was an organizer of this cruise on Green Bay. It was for legislators and others interested in recent successes and remaining work in cleaning up the bay.
- [Eat Wisconsin Fish Commercial #2](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/eat-wisconsin-fish-commercial-2/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/eatwisconsinfish/video/ewf2.mp4 This is a television advertisement for Eat Wisconsin Fish created by KBJR-TV. Currently, more than 90 percent of the seafood eaten by Americans is imported from other countries. Through eatwisconsinfish.org and other communication materials, Sea Grant hopes that more people will choose to put healthy, local fish on their dinner tables.
- [Eat Wisconsin Fish Commercial #1](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/eat-wisconsin-fish-commercial-1/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/eatwisconsinfish/video/ewf1.mp4 This is a television advertisement for Eat Wisconsin Fish created by KBJR-TV. Currently, more than 90 percent of the seafood eaten by Americans is imported from other countries. Through eatwisconsinfish.org and other communication materials, Sea Grant hopes that more people will choose to put healthy, local fish on their dinner tables.
- [Ghost Net Filming](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/ghost-net-filming/) - Some scenes from shooting for a video on how to avoid or free yourself from "ghost nets" on the Great Lakes.
- [Mapping the Cribs](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/mapping-the-cribs/) - Archaeologists work on the Apostle Islands' brownstone quarries and piers
- [Beautiful Water Gardens](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/beautiful-water-gardens/) - This is footage for a video on preventing the escape of potentially invasive species from water gardens. This little piece, however, simply celebrates the beauty of these gardens in Verona, Wis.
- [Mapping Davidson's Adriatic](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/mapping-davidsons-adriatic/) - Maritime Archaeologists Learn Their Trade: Mapping Davidson's Adriatic Students in the Maritime Archaeology program of East Carolina University came to Sturgeon Bay, Wis., for a field school in the summer of 2013. Caitlin Zant was one of them. She describes the team's work and the vessel they mapped. The field school was funded by Wisconsin
- [Clean Boats, Clean Tournaments](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/clean-boats-clean-tournaments/) - Please help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species by hosting a boat wash station at your fishing tournament.
- [Titus Seilheimer: Fisheries Outreach Specialist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/titus-seilheimer-fisheries-outreach-specialist/) - Titus Seilheimer tells us about his work as the fisheries outreach specialist for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
- [ROV ASAP](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/rov-asap/) - James Grandt builds an ROV in about 2 Minutes. OpenROV promotes do it yourself robotic exploration and adventure for both amateur and professional ROV builders and operators from around the world. Read more about UW Sea Grant and OpenROV at the ASC Chronicle.
- [Revitalizing Local Waterfront Economies](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/revitalizing-local-waterfront-economies/) - The Great Lakes, a vital asset to 35 million residents, have a legacy of pollution due to our nation's industrial past. The Great Lakes Legacy Act revitalizes rivers, lakes, and harbors, known as Areas of Concern, helping to restore lost benefits. This video outlines the Great Lakes Legacy Act and highlights benefits it brings to
- [Fred Binkowski: Aquaculture Specialist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/fred-binkowski-aquaculture-specialist/) - Fred Binkowski tells us about his work as the aquaculture specialist for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
- [Visualizing the Effects of Dioxin on Fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/visualizing-the-effects-of-dioxin-on-fish/) - Some beautiful images convey the deadly effects of dioxin in zebra fish -- and possibly other species, like the very sensitive lake trout.
- [Update: Harrison joins North Carolina Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/update-harrison-joins-north-carolina-sea-grant/) - This video was made in October, 2012, when Jane Harrison began working as Wisconsin Sea Grant’s first-ever social science outreach specialist. In August, 2015, she left us for North Carolina Sea Grant.
- [People of the Sturgeon - September 21, 2011](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/people-of-the-sturgeon-september-21-2011/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/peopleofthesturgeon/video/mp4/kathykline_pots_09212011.mp4 University Place: Wednesday Nite @ The Lab - People of the Sturgeon Kathleen Kline, Author September 21, 2011 Video courtesy of Wisconsin Public Television
- [People of the Sturgeon - October 20, 2009](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/people-of-the-sturgeon-october-20-2009/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/peopleofthesturgeon/video/mp4/KathyKline_POTS_10202009.mp4 University Place: History Sandwiched In - People of the Sturgeon Kathleen Kline, Author October 20, 2009 Video courtesy of Wisconsin Public Television
- [Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Sunday, June 24 - Part II](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipwreck-exploration-2012-sunday-june-24-part-ii/) -  Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Sunday, June 24 - Part II Our last video update from the Australasia shipwreck exploration. Several volunteers describe their work.
- [Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Sunday, June 24 - Part I](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipwreck-exploration-2012-sunday-june-24-part-i/) -  Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Sunday, June 24 - Part I We're getting into the groove now. So much so, that John Karl tackles his first underwater drawing task. It's challenging!
- [Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Saturday, June 23](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipwreck-exploration-2012-saturday-june-23/) - Day 3 of mapping the Australasia shipwreck. We met some curious little fish -- and we found a shoe!
- [2020-2022 Sea Grant RFP Webinar - Preproposal](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/2020-2022-sea-grant-rfp-webinar-preproposal/) - http://av.aqua.wisc.edu/SGRFP/2020_2022_preproposal.mp4 The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program hosted an informational webinar for interested researchers to discuss the 2020-22 Request for Proposals on Thursday, November 15, 2018. Webinar Agenda Welcome, overview (5 minutes) - Jim Hurley Research priorities (10 minutes) - Jen Hauxwell, David Hart, Anne Moser Education proposals (5 minutes) - Anne
- [Come to Science Expeditions 2012!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/come-to-science-expeditions-2012/) - Aquaponics: Fish for the Future Come to Science Expeditions 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at UW-Madison! You'll see Sea Grant's aquaponics Exploration Station, where plants and fish will be growing together in perfect harmony. The fish fertilize the plants, the plants clean the water for the fish. It's a natural
- [Yellow Perch for the Hungry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/yellow-perch-for-the-hungry/) - On February 16, 2010 (Fat Tuesday), the aquaculture lab of Fred Binkowski donated over 500 pounds of yellow perch to the Hunger Task Force. Binkowski is the aquaculture specialist at the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, and his lab is at the Great Lakes WATER Institute in Milwaukee. This second annual donation was an opportunity to benefit a local shelter for the homeless with more than 200 fresh perch dinners.
- [Science Expeditions 2009](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/science-expeditions-2009/) - Each April, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Alliance hosts Science Expeditions, a family-friendly event welcoming learners of all ages to experience science as discovery. Approximately 40 Exploration Stations and five special events draw 1500-2000 visitors each year. The event showcases the fascinating science and the faculty, students, and staff who do it every day at
- [Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Thursday, June 21](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipwreck-exploration-2012-thursday-june-21/) - Day two on the Australasia shipwreck -- but our first day in the water. Things were less than ideal.
- [Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Friday, June 22](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipwreck-exploration-2012-friday-june-22/) - Our second day diving on the Australasia -- and the first one of drawing some sections. The weather was beautiful, and the visibility much improved over yesterday.
- [Shipwreck Exploration 2012 - Wednesday, June 20](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/shipwreck-exploration-2012-wednesday-june-20/) - First Day in Jacksonport First day on the Australasia project. We check into the hotel, and take a refresher course for Emergency First Responders. Tomorrow, we dive on the wreck, making detailed sketches to record it for history.
- [Cleaned Up! Roxana Marsh, Grand Calumet River, Ind](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/cleaned-up-roxana-marsh-grand-calumet-river-ind/) - This summer, our John Karl and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant social scientist Caitie McCoy are co-producing a video on the benefits of cleaning up the Great Lakes. This Monday, they were on hand to hear Cameron Davis, advisor to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, talk about the successful Great Lakes Legacy Act cleanup of the Roxana Marsh
- [Sheboygan River: A Little Patience, A Big Payback](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sheboygan-river-a-little-patience-a-big-payback/) - The clean-up of the Sheboygan River is underway! The benefits to the community will be enormous--but through 2012, some patience will be required. Crews will be working around the clock to dredge the river, clean up contaminated sediment, and restore wildlife habitat.
- [The Lake Sturgeon Bowl](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/the-lake-sturgeon-bowl/) - Each February, high school students from around Wisconsin get together to compete in the Lake Sturgeon Bowl. It's a contest to see which school knows the most about ocean sciences. The winner goes on to the National Ocean Bowl competition. And the winner of that event gets to go on a hands-on field trip to
- [Stories about the River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/stories-about-the-river/) - Stories about the River: Using Spatial Narratives to Investigate the St. Louis River Estuary Dr. David Hart describes a project he's involved in to create a Web-based collection of stories, photographs, videos, and place-based games about the river between Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis.
- [Evolution at Sea Grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/evolution-at-sea-grant/) - Dr. Anders Andren describes how Sea Grant has changed during his time with the program.
- [Good Times and Fun Stories](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/good-times-and-fun-stories/) - Dr. Anders Andren tells us about his national network of friends and colleagues, about some strange and fun times he's had at Sea Grant, and some of his plans for retirement.
- [A Satisfying Career](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/a-satisfying-career/) - As he prepares for retirement, Dr. Anders Andren reflects on some of his scientific accomplishments and and the collegial satisfaction he's received over the years. He also tells us what he'll miss most about directing the Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.
- [What Will Round Gobies Do to Great Lakes Streams?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/what-will-round-gobies-do-to-great-lakes-streams/) - To look at it, the round goby doesn't seem like much. A small fish the approximate size of an average pickle, it seems like the sort of creature that'd be the dominated in the aquatic universe, not the dominator. But like an ecological David in reverse, the voracious goby has used strength of numbers to
- [Clean Boaters: Collect and Dispose of Your Antifreeze](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/clean-boaters-collect-and-dispose-of-your-antifreeze/) - Discharging antifreeze into lakes, rivers, and stormwater drains is illegal. And it's toxic to fish. When you dewinterize this spring, collect the antifreeze from engines and holding tanks. Recycle it at a marine or auto recycling center, or dispose of it in your home drain that goes to a treatment plant, not a septic system.
- [Engineering Students Dive into Field Work](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/engineering-students-dive-into-field-work/) - Wisconsin Sea Grant Coastal Engineering Specialist Gene Clark describes slope stability, erosion, and other coastal issues as students learn to deploy and operate instruments. Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Chin Wu conducted the class, called "Exploration and Investigation of Coastal Processes in the Great Lakes and Inland Lakes."
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - George](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-george/) - Impacts and Outcomes of Mature Coastal Web Atlases: Ohio A presentation by Brian George at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Cortina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-cortina/) - Impacts and Outcomes of Mature Coastal Web Atlases: Maryland A presentation by Chris Cortina at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Berman](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-berman/) - Impacts and Outcomes of Mature Coastal Web Atlases: Virginia A presentation by Marcia Berman at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Taylor](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-taylor/) - Impacts and Outcomes of Mature Coastal Web Atlases: Washington A presentation by Kathy Taylor and LIz O'Dea at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Helly](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-helly/) - Impacts and Outcomes of Mature Coastal Web Atlases: California A presentation by John Helly at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Ventura](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-ventura/) - Design and Evaluation of Coastal Web Atlases A presentation by Steve Ventura at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Blodgett](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-blodgett/) - Integrating Great Lakes Data from Distributed Sources: David Blodgett A presentation by David Blodgett at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Mednick](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-mednick/) - Integrating Great Lakes Data from Distributed Sources: Adam Mednick A presentation by Adam Mednick at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Hart](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-hart/) - Integrating Great Lakes Data from Distributed Sources: David Hart A presentation by David Hart at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [Beyond the Usual Suspects](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/beyond-the-usual-suspects/) - E. coli bacteria sometimes contaminates the waters of Bradford Beach in Milwaukee. Where does it come from? How can it be reduced? Dr. Sandra MacLellan cracks the case.
- [Historic Marker Unveiled at Fox River Lock](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/historic-marker-unveiled-at-fox-river-lock/) - A new historic marker, part of Wisconsin's Maritime Trails, is unveiled at the Appleton Lock No. 2 on the Fox River, May 16, 2008. (Please pardon our audio troubles!)
- [Wisconsin Coastal Guide](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/wisconsin-coastal-guide/) - See what there is to see along Wisconsin's Lake Michigan and Lake Superior shores. http://www.wisconsincoastalguide.org/
- [Part 1: All Washed Up, Lake Michigan's Algae Challenge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/part-1-all-washed-up-lake-michigans-algae-challenge/) - The first part of the full Cladophora video.
- [Part 2: All Washed Up, Lake Michigan's Algae Challenge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/part-2-all-washed-up-lake-michigans-algae-challenge/) - The second part of the full Cladophora video.
- [Quagga Mussels Feeding--Sped Up 10x](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/quagga-mussels-feeding-sped-up-10x/) - Sped up 10 times, this video emphasizes that quagga mussels are active animals--much more active than washed up shells on a beach would suggest. Quagga mussels and zebra mussels feed by filtering tiny plant and animal plankton out of the water and extracting the nutrients they need. Material they don't digest is wrapped in mucus
- [International Coastal Atlas Network - Haddad](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/international-coastal-atlas-network-haddad/) - Impacts and Outcomes of Mature Coastal Web Atlases: Oregon A presentation by Tanya Haddad at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [Use Case Discussion Reports](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/use-case-discussion-reports/) - Discussion panel reports regarding use cases presented at the meeting of the Great Lakes section of the International Coastal Atlas Network, Sept. 13-15, 2010, Madison, Wis.
- [Comments from Cancun 2010](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/comments-from-cancun-2010/) - UW Nelson Institute Professor Cal DeWitt and Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute Associate Director Jim Hurley were accredited observers at the 2010 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico. Hurley here offers a few impressions of the experience. Cal & Jim also blogged from the meeting about their contributions to the discussions and
- [How Many Sport Fish Can Lake Michigan Support?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/how-many-sport-fish-can-lake-michigan-support/) - An environmental food web is an intricate, organic and delicate thing. Eliminate a strand here or introduce a new one there, and the entire structure can collapse. That's why researchers have paid such close attention to the food webs in Lake Michigan, where the appearance of several aquatic invasive species has threatened to upset the
- [A Tour of the "Northerner"](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/a-tour-of-the-northerner/) - Check out a historic Lake Michigan shipwreck without getting wet. For more information on Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks please visit http://wisconsinshipwrecks.org.
- [Recent Changes in Great Lakes Fisheries](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/recent-changes-in-great-lakes-fisheries/) - The fisheries specialist at UW Sea Grant, Dr. Phil Moy, explains recent changes in the Great Lakes, which species are at greatest risk, and the threat posed by Asian carp.
- [Are Flame Retardants Harming Frogs?](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/are-flame-retardants-harming-frogs/) - To the high school biology student, the northern leopard frog is the dissection specimen that first revealed the secrets of animal anatomy. To the modern scientist, it can be a sentinel, a harbinger of poor environmental health— especially in the river regions that flow into the Great Lakes. In Dr. William Karasov's lab, the frog
- [Increasing the Efficiency of Yellow Perch Aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/increasing-the-efficiency-of-yellow-perch-aquaculture/) - A project funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant is attempting to overcome some of the difficulties that have challenged the yellow perch aquaculture industry.
- [Spawning Sturgeon, Wolf River, Wis.](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/spawning-sturgeon-wolf-river-wis/) - Sturgeon spawning is a yearly event triggered by water temperature—about 54 degrees Fahrenheit—and it in turn triggers a migration of spectators, researchers, wardens, and volunteer guards. They gather on the banks of Wisconsin's Wolf River and its tributaries where the fish journey to spawn on the rocky banks from where they themselves hatched years before.
- [Sturgeon Spearing on Lake Winnebago](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/sturgeon-spearing-on-lake-winnebago/) - Sturgeon spearing has its roots in the customs of many of the Native Americans who lived in the Great Lakes region long before Europeans arrived in North America. Some of the earliest French explorers to Wisconsin wrote about their encounters with the Menominee tribe, noting their skill at spearing sturgeon through the ice. Just as
- [All Washed Up (short version)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/all-washed-up-short-version/) - This video is an abbreviated version. The full version is in two parts, each roughly nine minutes long.
- [Growing Fish in Greenhouses](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/growing-fish-in-greenhouses/) - Milwaukee's Growing Power, a community-based urban food center, is using plants as natural water filters for raising yellow perch. Fred Binkowski, an aquaculture specialist with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute, provides technical advice on the experimental effort.
- [Increasing Safety at Sea Caves](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/videos/increasing-safety-at-sea-caves/) - The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore has become a world-class destination for sea kayaking, but some of the most popular attractions can also be treacherous. Under certain conditions, the sea caves can quickly change from awe-inspiring to terrifying. As waves roll into and reflect off of the cave walls, they can intensify and capsize even experienced

## Podcasts

- [The seventh graders who changed Wisconsin’s lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/cleanboats/) - Episode 25, May 22, 2025 The seventh graders who changed Wisconsin’s lakes Transcript In this episode, we uncover the story of how a popular watercraft inspection program evolved from a middle school science project in Northern Wisconsin. The Clean Boats, Clean Waters program trains volunteers to perform boat and trailer checks and educate lake users
- [Introduced](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/) - On Introduced, we dive into stories of the aquatic invaders that are costing us millions and changing the lakes, streams, and wetlands we cherish and rely on.
- [When life hands you carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/carplemonade/) - Episode 24, April 10, 2025 When life hands you carp Transcript When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade; when life gives you carp, you make carp pants! Meet Kim Boustead, who turns invasive species into art. From buckthorn ink to fish leather, Kim shares her journey of transforming unwanted materials into useful creations. Thanks
- [The Fish Dish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/) - The Fish Dish For the latest “dish” about Great Lakes fish, you’ll want to listen to “The Fish Dish.” The podcast, co-hosted by longtime coworkers and friends Sharon Moen and Marie Zhuikov, introduces you to the people behind Wisconsin’s fishing and aquaculture industries. Each episode includes a “Fish-o-licious” section where Moen and Zhuikov cook a
- [Blooper Reel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/blooper-reel/) - Episode 18, 3/20/25 Blooper Reel Transcript Things are changing at The Fish Dish. Science Communicator Marie Zhuikov is retiring from Wisconsin Sea Grant. Co-host Sharon Moen will soldier on with a few more episodes thanks to help from other Sea Grant communications colleagues. As a parting gift, Marie created a blooper reel. Listeners might recognize
- [A new lens](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/newlens/) - Episode 23, March 12, 2025 A new lens Transcript What happens when we look at invasive species through the lens of art? In this episode, Jenna takes us to an immersive art exhibit that reimagines Lake Michigan’s invasive species challenges in a surreal, sci-fi-inspired world. Thanks to our guests Anne Moser, Wisconsin Sea GrantDaniel Murray,
- [Filleting Your Fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/filleting-your-fish/) - Episode 17, 3/11/25 Filleting Your Fish Transcript In this episode you’ll learn how to fillet a fish from Sam Peterson, a fisheries biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. We’ve heard from listeners that being handed a whole fish—one with the head still on and insides still inside—can be intimidating. We’ll talk to Sam
- [The story of starry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/starry/) - Episode 22, February 7, 2025 The story of starry Transcript When starry stonewort was first discovered in a Wisconsin lake, alarm set in—officials scrambled, residents feared the worst, and drastic measures were taken. But ten years later, an unexpected truth has emerged: sometimes, the best response to an invasive species is to do less, not
- [Wisconsin Water News](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/) - Wisconsin Water News Wisconsin is a state shaped by water. From its western border defined by the Mississippi River to two of the five lakes that make up the world’s largest freshwater system to its north and east, the state is awash in this valuable commodity. The interior is defined by more than 15,000 lakes
- [When it comes to aquatic plant management, words matter](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/when-it-comes-to-aquatic-plant-management-words-matter/) - Episode 63, 2/7/25 When it comes to aquatic plant management, words matter Transcript People searching online for control options related to unwanted plants that grow in lakes and rivers use many different terms. Some call them “lake weeds,” other call them “freshwater seaweed,” still others “cabbage.” Rarely do people search with the same terms that
- [Bonus Episode: Dirty Laundry, Invasive Species, and the Limitations of Knowledge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/bonus-episode-dirty-laundry-invasive-species-and-the-limitations-of-knowledge/) - January 13, 2025 Bonus Episode: Dirty Laundry, Invasive Species, and the Limitations of Knowledge Transcript Today, we’re airing a bonus episode from Points North, a podcast about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes from Interlochen Public Radio. Invasive species often spread by hitching a ride on anglers, especially anglers who don’t clean
- [The beetle, the fabric, and the seamstress](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/the-beetle/) - Episode 21, December 16, 2024 The beetle, the fabric, and the seamstress Transcript How can art help communicate invasive species science? Today, we’ll meet an artist on a journey to turn some thrifted fabric into a biocontrol bug that is larger than life! Artist Astrid Hooper Lofton with her art piece, Cella. Tim Campbell’s art
- [The Water We Swim In](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/) - Meet the Wisconsinites and Great Lakes advocates working toward equity in a society where environmental injustice, racism, ableism and economic injustice are the waters we swim in.
- [Oil spills trigger natural pollutants in groundwater](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/oil-spills-trigger-natural-pollutants-in-groundwater/) - Episode 62, 11/27/24 Oil spills trigger natural pollutants in groundwater Transcript We all know that oil spills pollute water. But what might be news is that they can also trigger the release of natural pollutants when the spills reach groundwater. This pollution domino effect is the topic of a current Water Resources Institute-funded study by
- [Names that rock](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/names-that-rock/) - Episode 20, November 11, 2024 Names that rock Transcript Introduced is back for Season 3! In this episode, we explore the names we use for invasive species. How do species get their names? And what real-life consequences can these names bring? Thanks to our guests Tyler Muller, North Carolina State UniversityEl Lower, Michigan Sea GrantSam
- [Listening through time](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/listening-through-time/) - Episode 19, July 1, 2021 Listening through time Transcript On Listening through time, we talk about climate change, which threatens to upend everything Western science understands about native and invasive species. First, we join the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission climate change team as they carefully observe the relationships between the seasons and
- [Climate Change Causes Uphill Battle at Downhill Ski areas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/climate-change-causes-uphill-battle-at-downhill-ski-areas/) - Episode 61, 11/5/24 Climate Change Causes Uphill Battle at Downhill Ski areas Transcript Wisconsin ski hills face multiple challenges due to changing snow conditions from climate disruption, plus changes in skier behavior. However, Wisconsin researchers Austin Holland and Natalie Chin found that the state’s ski operators are adapting to meet these challenges. Their study was
- [Investigating the Fate of PFAS in Green Bay and Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/investigating-the-fate-of-pfas-in-green-bay-and-lake-michigan/) - Episode 30, 1/8/21 Investigating the Fate of PFAS in Green Bay and Lake Michigan Transcript At the end of 2020, the Wisconsin PFAS Action Council released a final report of statewide initiatives regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ( also known as PFAS) with Gov. Evers to the public. Representing the entire University of Wisconsin System,
- [Freshwater Steel Corrosion Occurring Beyond Lake Superior Harbors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/freshwater-steel-corrosion-occurring-beyond-lake-superior-harbors/) - Episode 31, 1/26/21 Freshwater Steel Corrosion Occurring Beyond Lake Superior Harbors Transcript Visitors to the Superior and Duluth ship canals enjoy watching cargo ships come and go. What they may not realize is that the structures supporting these ships – such as docks and breakwalls — are under a silent and slow attack. The culprits
- [Plastic-Free Program Targets Milwaukee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/plastic-free-program-targets-milwaukee/) - Episode 32, 3/15/21 Plastic-Free Program Targets Milwaukee Transcript The statistics are daunting: 93% of water bottled in the Great Lakes region contains microplastics. 85% of trash found on Great Lakes beaches is plastic. 21.8 million pounds of plastics enter the Great Lakes each year. Strolling through her Milwaukee community, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Social Science Outreach
- [An Experimental Cultivation Method Could Mean Healthy Potato Yield and Healthier Water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/an-experimental-cultivation-method-could-mean-healthy-potato-yield-and-healthier-water/) - Episode 33, 4/1/21 An Experimental Cultivation Method Could Mean Healthy Potato Yield and Healthier Water Transcript Fried, baked or mashed, we love our potatoes. What we don’t love is drinking water with lots of nitrate — a form of nitrogen that fuels a robust potato crop because it acts as a fertilizer. In the Central
- [Great Lakes Shipping and Ice Cover Study](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/great-lakes-shipping-and-ice-cover-study/) - Episode 34, 6/3/21 Study will Examine effects of Reduced Ice Cover on Great Lakes Marine Transportation Transcript Many climate studies about the Great Lakes predict a trend toward reduced ice cover. Ice is expected to form later and melt earlier. With Wisconsin Sea Grant funding, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Superior (UWS) are looking into
- [Coastal Engineering Education Project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/coastal-engineering-education-project/) - Episode 35, 6/10/21 Coastal Engineering Education Project Transcript When Adam Bechle, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s coastal engineering outreach specialist, was growing up in Green Bay, he didn’t feel connected to Lake Michigan. When he visited the shore during rare school field trips, he enjoyed the outings but there was no one who could tell him how
- [Beach Ambassadors fill vital role on Milwaukee beach](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/beach-ambassadors-fill-vital-role-on-milwaukee-beach/) - Episode 36, 7/8/21 Beach Ambassadors fill vital role on Milwaukee beach Transcript This summer on Bradford Beach in Milwaukee (2021), swimmers might have noticed people in light blue T-shirts pushing an ice cream cart across the sand. But instead of frozen treats, the cart contained brochures and other information that beachgoers need to keep safe.
- [Lake Michigan Bluff Restoration](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/lake-michigan-bluff-restoration/) - Episode 37, 9/2/21 Lake Michigan Bluff Restoration Transcript It’s not often that a Sea Grant research project proposal contains the word “forgiveness.” However, that’s one of the missions of a multi-Sea-Grant-program endeavor taking place in three communities along the Lake Michigan coast. Record-high water levels, severe storm surges and shoreline armoring have caused significant erosion
- [Radium and Strontium Researchers Take a Seat at the Table](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/radium-and-strontium-researchers-take-a-seat-at-the-table/) - Episode 38, 11/2/21 Radium and Strontium Researchers Take a Seat at the Table Transcript You take a seat at the table for a meal in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and may have a glass of water to accompany the entrée. If you are University of Wisconsin-Madison Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Matt Ginder-Vogel and graduate
- [Using Sound to Connect People to Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/using-sound-to-connect-people-to-green-bay/) - Episode 60, 8/8/24 Using Sound to Connect People to Green Bay Transcript On a sunny morning in mid-June 2024, the Phoenix, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s research vessel, headed out onto the bay. Aboard were Sea Grant researchers Emily Tyner and Bill Sallak and a small mound of recording equipment. It was piloted by Chris Houghton,
- [Lake and River Foams Study Reveals High PFAS Levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/lake-and-river-foams-study-reveals-high-pfas-levels/) - Episode 59, 7/16/24 Lake and River Foams Study Reveals High PFAS Levels Transcript In a new study, natural foams and water surface microlayers of 43 Wisconsin rivers and lakes were found to contain 36 compounds in a group of chemicals known as PFAS. While PFAS were detected in both the foam and the water surface,
- [100% Great Lakes Fish Initiative](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/100-great-lakes-fish-initiative/) - Episode 16, 5/30/24 100% Great Lakes Fish Initiative Transcript In this episode we discuss the 100% Great Lakes Fish Initiative, which is a campaign aimed at commercial fishers to better use all parts of the fish they catch. Sharon and Marie speak with campaign leaders David Naftzger and John Schmidt with the Great Lakes St.
- [Making a Promising Treatment for Nitrate Pollution Even Better](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/making-a-promising-treatment-for-nitrate-pollution-even-better/) - Episode 39, 1/21/22 Making a Promising Treatment for Nitrate Pollution Even Better Transcript Joe Sanford with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville has spent his academic career getting his hands dirty. The assistant professor of soil and crop science has been studying uses for biochar, a form of charcoal that’s made by burning wood and plant byproducts
- [Road Salt and Groundwater](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/road-salt-groundwater/) - Episode 40, 2/22/22 Road Salt and Groundwater Transcript As research currently underway at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is uncovering, increased levels of chloride from road salt can persist in surface waters even in summer—when no salt is being applied—because it appears to be stored in groundwater. A study titled, “Mass Discharge of Road Salt via
- [Use of Fluridone in Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/use-of-fluridone-in-lakes/) - Episode 41, 4/4/22 Use of Fluridone in Lakes Transcript In a study recently published in the journal, “Aquatic Toxicology,” researchers found that while concentrations of the herbicide fluridone similar to those used when it’s applied to lakes to control Eurasian watermilfoil and hydrilla did not kill fathead minnows, it can impact fish health in more
- [Great Lakes Teacher Mentor Project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/great-lakes-teacher-mentor-project/) - Episode 42, 5/16/22 Great Lakes Teacher Mentor Project Transcript Teachers with a passion for the Great Lakes are sharing their expertise across the region with other teachers in a program that benefits the educators and their students. The mentor program, organized by the Center for Great Lakes Literacy (or CGLL), is funded through the Great
- [Percolating pollution](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/percolating-pollution/) - Episode 43, 6/1/22 Percolating pollution Transcript A Wisconsin Water Resources Institute project is exploring how bacteria and other water contaminants flow through soil by applying a medical technology usually used for cancer imaging. Chris Zahasky, assistant professor in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, received two years of funding to study soil
- [Research Survey Aligns the Wisconsin Idea with Water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/research-survey-aligns-the-wisconsin-idea-with-water/) - Episode 44, 8/30/22 Research Survey Aligns the Wisconsin Idea with Water Transcript The Wisconsin Idea is one of the longest and deepest traditions surrounding the University of Wisconsin. It promotes the principle that education and the influence of the university need to reach beyond the boundaries of the classroom across the state. Associate Professor of
- [Accessible Birding Event Delivers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/accessible-birding-event-delivers/) - Episode 45, 10/25/22 Accessible Birding Event Delivers Transcript Barker’s Island in the Duluth-Superior Harbor was the site of a free, bird-focused morning during the fall of 2022. People of all ages and ability levels attended an accessible birding outing led by experts from the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory and the Friends of the Lake Superior
- [Marine Debris Play Debuts in Door County](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/marine-debris-play-debuts-in-door-county/) - Episode 46, 11/17/22 Marine Debris Play Debuts in Door County Transcript Text Version What empowers people to help the environment and rhymes at the same time? Answer: “Me and Debry,” a half-hour, whimsical, audience-participation play about litter (or marine debris) in the Great Lakes. The play had its “world premiere” in Wisconsin’s Door County in
- [The Stories Trees Tell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/the-stories-trees-tell/) - Episode 47, 1/5/23 The Stories Trees Tell Transcript A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded research and outreach project is designed to explore how the Anishinaabe people connected to and homesteaded the lands of Wisconsin and Minnesota points and how they used fire to manage the landscape. The project name, “Nimaawanji’idimin Giiwitaashkodeng,” translates into “We are all gathering
- [Testing Ceded Territories for PFAS at request of tribes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/testing-ceded-territories-for-pfas-at-request-of-tribes/) - Episode 48, 4/3/23 Testing Ceded Territories for PFAS at request of tribes Transcript The three-year tribally driven project called, “Quantifying PFAS bioaccumulation and health impacts on economically important plants and animals associated with aquatic ecosystems in Ceded Territories,” was recently funded. The project has three goals: One is to assess aquatic environments for PFAS contamination
- [The Big Picture on Bluff Erosion Along Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/the-big-picture-on-bluff-erosion-along-lake-michigan/) - Episode 49, 4/27/23 The Big Picture on Bluff Erosion Along Lake Michigan Transcript High water levels in Lake Michigan since 2013 have caused erosion rates that are faster than usual, especially in 2020, when lake levels set records. This has created an urgent need to know more about erosion processes along and in the lake.
- [Persistent Pollution: Researchers Investigate the key to E. coli Bacteria Survival in Lake Michigan Beach Sand and Water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/persistent-pollution-researchers-investigate-the-key-to-e-coli-bacteria-survival-in-lake-michigan-beach-sand-and-water/) - Episode 50, 7/24/23 Persistent Pollution: Researchers Investigate the key to E. coli Bacteria Survival in Lake Michigan Beach Sand and Water Transcript Sea Grant-funded researchers Sandra McLellan and Gyaneshwar Prasad, both with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, are building on previous research to find ways to decomplicate beach managers’ lives by determining what factors could limit
- [Lack of housing looms large as barrier to nature-based jobs in northern Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/lack-of-housing-looms-large-as-barrier-to-nature-based-jobs-in-northern-wisconsin/) - Episode 51, 8/24/23 Lack of housing looms large as barrier to nature-based jobs in northern Wisconsin Transcript A report published recently by Wisconsin Sea Grant cites a lack of housing as a major barrier to development of nature-based jobs in Wisconsin’s northern tier. This includes Douglas, Ashland, Bayfield and Iron counties. This episode features interviews
- [Providing Access for All to a National Lakeshore](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/providing-access-for-all-to-a-national-lakeshore/) - Episode 52, 8/29/23 Providing Access for All to a National Lakeshore Transcript How do you make a park in the middle of Lake Superior accessible to people with disabilities? Natalie Chin and Marie Zhuikov from Wisconsin Sea Grant had the chance to travel to Stockton Island in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore to see first-hand
- [Hoping for snow: Wisconsin snow data project captures snowflake images and students’ attention](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/hoping-for-snow-wisconsin-snow-data-project-captures-snowflake-images-and-students-attention/) - Episode 53, 10/9/23 Hoping for snow: Wisconsin snow data project captures snowflake images and students’ attention Transcript Michael Notaro with the University of Wisconsin-Madison is teaching Wisconsin school children the similarities in snowflakes to share the wonder of nature and information about the Great Lakes climate, but also to expand an international environmental database. Darien
- [Plastics learning kit educates and enthralls](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/plastics-learning-kit-educates-and-enthralls/) - Episode 54, 11/6/23 Plastics learning kit educates and enthralls Transcript Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Anne Moser has learned enough about wastewater treatment to create “Plastic Panic,” a grab-and-go kit that formal and nonformal educators can use to teach about plastic pollution in the Great Lakes, specifically, microplastics. The colorful artwork in the “grab-and-go” kit both educates
- [Wisconsin’s rural residents concerned about water quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/wisconsins-rural-residents-concerned-about-water-quality/) - Episode 55, 12/12/23 Wisconsin’s rural residents concerned about water quality Transcript A new report published by the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that Wisconsin’s rural residents perceived significant risks to water quality from pesticides, PFAS (which are per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) and excess nutrients. They also ranked water as very or extremely important for supporting wildlife
- [Marine Debris Play Script Available for Free](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/marine-debris-play-script-available-for-free/) - Episode 56, 1/29/24 Marine Debris Play Script Available for Free Transcript What is marine debris, what are its impacts and what can we do about it? These are the central messages of a play written on behalf of Wisconsin Sea Grant by David Daniel with American Players Theatre of Wisconsin. “Me and Debry,” is a
- [Northern Wisconsin communities benefit from climate change program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/northern-wisconsin-communities-benefit-from-climate-change-program/) - Episode 57, 2/6/24 Northern Wisconsin communities benefit from climate change program Transcript Leaders in several northern Wisconsin counties and cities were chosen to participate in a Lake Superior Climate Champions Program organized by Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve in 2023. The program provided funding and guidance to two teams
- [Wisconsin sport fish carry suite of new viruses](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/wisconsin-water-news/wisconsin-sport-fish-carry-suite-of-new-viruses/) - Episode 58, 4/3/24 Wisconsin sport fish carry suite of new viruses Transcript Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have detected a suite of new viruses in five species of Wisconsin sport fish. Although none pose a threat to human health, one is a type of coronavirus that’s usually associated with birds. It was found in
- [Fresh water, old problems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/fresh-water-old-problems/) - When most people think of water and environmental justice, they think of the Flint water crisis. On the introductory episode of The Water We Swim In, Bonnie and Hali talk to UW-Madison’s Dr. Manny Teodoro. Dr. Teodoro walks us through the troubled history of racial conflict in the Great Lakes region, why Flint captured the public’s imagination, and what we can do about the historic legacies that still impact our freshwater today.
- [Hidden Currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/hidden-currents/) - Episode 2, 5/26/22 Hidden currents Transcript In this episode, we dive beneath the water to explore why Black children are drowning more than any other race, why marginalized communities often lack access to swimming pools, how to stay safe among hidden currents. We hear about the alarming trend facing swimming pools in cities across the
- [Access is justice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/access-is-justice/) - Episode 3, 6/8/22 Access is justice Transcript In this episode, we focus on accessibility in the Great Lakes region. We hear powerful stories from people making a difference and we hear the bittersweet stories of people experiencing their first “kayak experience” – when water gives them a special sense of freedom. First, we hear from
- [Eating fish (soup) safely](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/eating-fish-soup-safely/) - Episode 4, 6/22/22 Eating fish (soup) safely Transcript Immigrants and refugees often bring their food habits with them to their new homes. This includes their love for fishing, or maybe their favorite fish soup recipe. But what happens when immigrant families rely on fish from contaminated waters? A Wisconsin Department of Health Services study found
- [Learning to fish with the Midwest Crappie Hunters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/learning-to-fish-with-the-midwest-crappie-hunters/) - Episode 1, 5/11/22 Learning to fish with the Midwest Crappie Hunters Transcript Fishing is an activity that gets people outdoors and helps them develop a relationship with water. It provides many anglers with peace and can often have a positive impact on mental health. But for those growing up in segregated central cities, economic and
- [Reconnecting through books](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/reconnecting-through-books/) - Episode 6, 8/10/22 Reconnecting through books Transcript Books provide a plethora of perspectives, and it is important for people from all walks of life to have access to books about their culture, language, and way of life. This is why Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission teamed up to
- [The leaders of tomorrow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/the-leaders-of-tomorrow/) - Episode 7, 8/24/22 The leaders of tomorrow Transcript For this episode, we criss-cross Wisconsin to talk to ten young people about the future. These young individuals, from the age range of middle school to college graduates, are all passionate about the environment; whether that is focus on the Great Lakes, sustainability, waste, water or environmental
- [Water is life: Lake Winnebago](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/water-is-life-lake-winnebago/) - Episode 8, 9/8/22 Water is life: Lake Winnebago Transcript As the largest lake entirely within Wisconsin’s borders, Lake Winnebago spans nearly 132,000 acres across three counties. Fed by the Wolf and Fox rivers, it’s a place rich in significance for several tribal nations, including the Ho Chunk, Meskwaki, Fox, Sauk, Menominee, Oneida, Stockbridge-Munsee, Brothertown and
- [Houselessness and the environment: a roundtable](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/houselessness-and-the-environment-a-roundtable/) - Episode 9, 11/29/22 Houselessness and the environment: a roundtable Transcript People experiencing houselessness are amongst those most affected by extreme cold, extreme heat, wildfires and other weather exacerbated by climate change. The Water We Swim In team wanted to learn more about houselessness and its ties to the environment – especially because Wisconsin’s already frigid
- [Season Two: An Update](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/season-two-an-update/) - 2/6/23 Season Two: An Update Hear an update about season two and a farewell message from Hali, co-creator of The Water We Swim In and former Wisconsin Sea Grant intern. Credits Bonnie Willison | Host Video Producer What I do at Sea Grant As the videographer and digital storyteller, Bonnie uses her video and animation skills
- [Fire, blueberries and treaty rights](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/fire-blueberries-and-treaty-rights/) - Episode 10, 2/8/23 Fire, blueberries and treaty rights Transcript Today, we’re talking about red pine forests, blueberries, treaty rights, and how they all converge around fire on a tiny split of land jutting out into Lake Superior – what we now call Minnesota and Wisconsin Points. The story starts at the opening ceremony of a
- [Public Trust: Tapped Out](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/1-public-trust-tapped-out/) - Episode 11, 10/3/23 1. Public Trust: Tapped Out Transcript What happens when an entire Wisconsin community can no longer use their tap water? In this episode, we travel to the small town of Campbell on French Island to find out. French Island resident and local official Lee Donahue gives us a tour of the neighborhood.
- [2. Public Trust: Fighting Fires](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/2-public-trust-fighting-fires/) - Episode 12, 10/25/23 2. Public Trust: Fighting Fires Transcript In this episode, we return to French Island, a community near La Crosse in Western Wisconsin, to learn more about how local drinking water became contaminated with PFAS. For decades, firefighting foams made from PFAS were used at the local airport for routine training and to
- [3. Public Trust: Testing the Waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/3-public-trust-testing-the-waters/) - Episode 13, 11/15/23 3. Public Trust: Testing the Waters Transcript Are PFAS in maple sap, wild rice, fish and other harvestable goods important to the Anishinaabe way of life? These are some of the questions the Voigt Intertribal Task Force asked Gavin Dehnert, Wisconsin Sea Grant’s emerging contaminants scientist, after PFAS were found in wolves.
- [4. Public Trust: David and Goliath](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/4-public-trust-david-and-goliath/) - Episode 14, 12/19/23 4. Public Trust: David and Goliath Transcript For the final episode of Public Trust, we head to the communities of Peshtigo and Marinette in northeast Wisconsin, where we meet local residents who have been engaged in a yearslong battle with a multinational company that polluted their drinking water with PFAS. We learn
- [Lead paint, pipes, and progress in Milwaukee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-water-we-swim-in/lead-paint-pipes-and-progress-in-milwaukee/) - Episode 15, 2/12/24 Lead paint, pipes, and progress in Milwaukee Transcript How does lead contamination affect Great Lakes communities, especially marginalized ones? In this episode, Bonnie and guest host Dr. Deidre Peroff explore the impact of lead contamination in Milwaukee. At Milwaukee’s Sixteenth Street Health Center, we meet Alejandra, who goes door to door doing
- [Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/northern-waters-smokehaus-cookbook/) - Episode 15, 3/22/24 Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook Transcript The episode features a new cookbook with fishy connections. The book’s title is “Smoke on the Waterfront: The Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook.” The Smokehaus has been described as a “cultural icon of Lake Superior cuisine.” It’s located in Duluth, Minnesota, inside the DeWitt Seitz Building in Canal
- [Craig Hoopman and Greek-Style Lake Whitefish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/craig-hoopman-and-greek-style-lake-whitefish/) - Episode 1, 11/4/21 Craig Hoopman and Greek-Style Lake Whitefish Transcript Eat Wisconsin Fish Outreach Specialist Sharon Moen spent part of her summer visiting commercial fishers and fisheries managers in the Bayfield, Wisconsin, area. One of them was Craig Hoopman of Craig Hoopman Fisheries. He shares his beginnings in the business, current challenges, plus his dreams
- [Nate Calkins and Mango Salsa Tilapia](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/nate-calkins-and-mango-salsa-tilapia/) - Episode 2, 12/6/21 Nate Calkins and Mango Salsa Tilapia Transcript Eat Wisconsin Fish Outreach Specialist Sharon Moen spent part of her summer visiting aquaponics and aquaculture facilities in Wisconsin. One of them was Lake Orchard Farm in Sheboygan, run by Nate Calkins. He shares his beginnings in the business, fascinating statistics about his operation, plus
- [Lutefisk Wars!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/lutefisk-wars/) - Episode 3, 12/29/21 Lutefisk Wars! Transcript Sharon and Marie discover there are different camps that can get a little feisty when it comes to cooking this traditional holiday fish. Wisconsinites of Swedish and Norwegian descent feel strongly about their favorite preparation methods for lutefisk. We were invited into the home of Mary Childs in Port
- [Lake Superior Sushi](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/lake-superior-sushi/) - Episode 4, 2/17/22 Lake Superior Sushi Video Transcript Sharon and Marie interview Ryan Lepak, a research limnologist at the Environmental Protection Agency in Duluth who studies mercury. He’s also an avid fisherman. In the second, “Fish-o-Licious” part of the show, Ryan helps us make sushi for the first time with Lake Superior fish. We even
- [Red Cliff Fish Company and Lake Whitefish on the Run](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/red-cliff-fish-company-and-lake-whitefish-on-the-run/) - Episode 5, 4/29/22 Red Cliff Fish Company and Lake Whitefish on the Run Video Transcript In this episode, we meet Daniel Grooms, business manager for the Red Cliff Fish Company in Red Cliff, Wisconsin. Red Cliff is at the top of Wisconsin’s Bayfield Peninsula and is the home of the Red Cliff Band of Lake
- [Hayward Fishing Hall of Fame](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/hayward-fishing-hall-of-fame/) - Episode 6, 7/12/22 Hayward Fishing Hall of Fame Transcript The Fish Dish hits the road when Marie and Sharon take a trip to the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wisconsin, where they tour the facilities and gardens and meet Emmett Brown, its executive director. The Hall of Fame’s mission is to preserve
- [Cooking the Bounty of the Big Lake with Karalyn](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/cooking-the-bounty-of-the-big-lake-with-karalyn/) - Episode 7, 8/17/22 Cooking the Bounty of the Big Lake with Karalyn Transcript The Fish Dish hits the road again when Marie and Sharon travel to the North House Folk School for a day-long Lake Superior fish-cooking class. You’ll meet University of Wisconsin-River Falls instructor Karalyn Littlefield who taught the class six new fish dishes,
- [Isle Royale Charter Fishing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/isle-royale-charter-fishing/) - Episode 8, 10/5/22 Isle Royale Charter Fishing Transcript In this episode, Sharon and Marie take “The Fish Dish” to the water for a charter fishing experience on Lake Superior. One foggy morning, they visited Isle Royale National Park where they signed up for a fishing charter provided by the Rock Harbor Lodge on this wilderness
- [Taste of Wisconsin Waters](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/taste-of-wisconsin-waters/) - Episode 9, 12/16/22 Taste of Wisconsin Waters Transcript The Fish Dish traveled to Madison for an invitation-only event held in October of 2022 that celebrated Wisconsin’s water, from drinking water to businesses that depend on water for their livelihood. These include commercial fishing and aquaculture. “A Taste of Wisconsin Waters” was a first-ever event organized
- [Happy Burbotine’s Day!](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/happy-burbotines-day/) - Episode 10, 2/10/23 Happy Burbotine’s Day! Transcript In this episode Sharon and Marie interview Titus Seilheimer, Sea Grant’s fisheries outreach specialist. Then they travel to Cornucopia, Wisconsin, on the south shore of Lake Superior to speak with staff from Halvorson Fisheries. What’s the topic? Burbot! If you’re not familiar with what a burbot fish is,
- [Karalyn’s Fish Dish Students](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/karalyns-fish-dish-students/) - Episode 11, 5/24/23 Karalyn’s Fish Dish Students Transcript In this episode, Sharon and Marie visit with a class of food science and technology majors from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The students cooked several recipes found on the Eat Wisconsin Fish website. They helped perfect the dishes, plus the campus photographer snapped a few photos.
- [Shore Lunch](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/shore-lunch/) - Episode 12, 8/14/23 Shore Lunch Video Transcript In this episode, The Fish Dish takes the kitchen to the beach – Wisconsin Point Beach, to be exact, along the shore of Lake Superior. With summer full upon us, we thought it would be fun to bring you along on a classic dining experience: the shore lunch.
- [Michael Valley, Mississippi River Fisherman and Catfish Fillets with Lime](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/michael-valley-mississippi-river-fisherman-and-catfish-fillets-with-lime/) - Episode 13, 11/16/23 Michael Valley, Mississippi River Fisherman and Catfish Fillets with Lime Video Transcript In this episode, The Fish Dish travels to the Mississippi River to meet Michael Valley, a fourth-generation fisherman out of Prairie du Chien. Mike operates Valley Fish and Cheese, a quirky store that sells a plethora of different river fish
- [Growing Atlantic Salmon in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/the-fish-dish/growing-atlantic-salmon-in-wisconsin/) - Episode 14, 1/31/24 Growing Atlantic Salmon in Wisconsin Transcript The Fish Dish travels to Superior Fresh, an aquaponics business located on 800 acres of rolling woodland and prairie in Hixton, Wisconsin. They’ve been raising Atlantic salmon and growing salad greens in their indoor facilities since 2017. The business reports it’s the largest of its kind
- [Moss balls and mystery seeds](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/moss-balls-and-mystery-seeds/) - Episode 18, June 16, 2021 Moss balls and mystery seeds Transcript In Moss balls and mystery seeds, we dive deep into two news stories that involved some unexpected international hitchhikers. In the summer of 2020, individuals all over the United States started receiving random packages of unsolicited and unidentified seeds. Why was this happening? Were
- [Crayfish crisis (Rerun)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/crayfish-crisis-rerun/) - Episode 17, May 26, 2021 Crayfish crisis (Rerun) Transcript Our story starts in the summer of 2009 in Germantown, Wisconsin. Residents of the Esquire Estates subdivision became concerned when they noticed what they described as “small lobsters” crawling through their lawns at dusk. This suburban pond was overrun with red swamp crayfish, an invasive species
- [A lake on the edge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/a-lake-on-the-edge/) - Episode 16, May 12, 2021 A lake on the edge Transcript In the fall of 2009, a group of UW-Madison Center for Limnology students were out on Lake Mendota learning how to sample zooplankton by dragging a fine mesh net through the water. When they checked the nets, they discovered tiny, invasive spiny waterfleas. It
- [Faith and wild rice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/faith-and-wild-rice/) - Episode 15, April 28, 2021 Faith and wild rice Transcript Wild rice is very important to the Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region, both as a food source, as a spirit and as a way of life. In Ojibwemowin, the language of the Ojibwe people, wild rice is called Manoomin. Throughout the region, Manoomin
- [An appetizer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/an-appetizer/) - Episode 14, April 21, 2021 Introduced: An appetizer Transcript Many introduced species are edible. The red swamp crayfish, native to the Gulf Coast, is commonly used in crayfish boils. Leaves of the water hyacinth can be steamed and the bulbs can be deep fried or roasted. Bighead, silver, black and grass carp are common aquaculture
- [On the scent](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/on-the-scent/) - Episode 13, April 7, 2021 On the scent Transcript Invasive species can permanently alter ecosystems and economies. But at the same time, these introduced species can occasionally spur novel ideas and businesses. On a chilly November day, Bonnie and Sydney met the Conservation Dogs Collective canines and staff at a park and ride near Milwaukee.
- [A borrowed fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/a-borrowed-fish/) - Episode 12, March 31, 2021 A borrowed fish Transcript Fishing for salmon on the Great Lakes has become a beloved tradition. “It’s very active and it’s very thrilling. It’s just kind of addicting,” explains charter captain Barb Carey. But coho and Chinook salmon have not always lived in these freshwater lakes. These salmon are native
- [The snail next door](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/the-snail-next-door/) - Episode 11, March 24, 2021 The snail next door Transcript Even the smallest introduced snails can mean big changes for the region’s lakes and streams. Our first snail story today comes from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Kelsey Taylor, aquatic invasive species coordinator, has spent many summer days waist-deep in water,
- [Peering through the smelt crystal ball](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/peering-through-the-smelt-crystal-ball/) - Episode 10, March 17, 2021 Peering through the smelt crystal ball Transcript An old Wisconsin story tells of an impoverished family living near the mouth of the Peshtigo River and Lake Michigan in 1934. The two sons come back from chores with a laundry bucket full of unfamiliar silvery fish they found schooling in the
- [Becoming “invasive”](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/becoming-invasive/) - Episode 9, March 9, 2021 Becoming “invasive” Transcript Who gets to decide where a species belongs? What does it mean for something to be “invasive?” In episode nine, we explore these questions. The term “invasive species” is commonly used by researchers and academics. But as the authors of the Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad – A Tribal
- [BONUS: The claws have the sweetest meat](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/bonus-the-claws-have-the-sweetest-meat/) - Episode 19, July 1, 2021 BONUS: The claws have the sweetest meat Transcript This episode of Teach Me About the Great Lakes features the Introduced team. Teach Me About the Great Lakes speaks again with Dr. Brian Roth about his work on invasive crayfish and with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant’s own Greg Hitzroth about the Invasive
- [Crayfish crisis](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/crayfish-crisis/) - Episode 8, July 22, 2020 Crayfish crisis Transcript Our story starts in the summer of 2009 in Germantown, Wisconsin. Residents of the Esquire Estates subdivision became concerned when they noticed what they described as “small lobsters” crawling through their lawns at dusk. This suburban pond was overrun with red swamp crayfish, an invasive species never
- [Invasives online](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/invasives-online/) - Episode 7, July 15, 2020 Invasives online Transcript A lot of live aquatic organisms are bought and sold on the internet. A small but concerning percentage of those could potentially become invasive in the Great Lakes region. Species like red swamp crayfish, water lettuce and water hyacinth are prohibited in Wisconsin for that reason. But
- [Flipped](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/flipped/) - Episode 6, July 8, 2020 Flipped Transcript If you looked at Madison’s Lake Wingra in 2005, you would see a murky, shallow lake, clogged with algae. And if you peeked under the surface, you’d see the invasive fish responsible for the green water that people hesitate to swim in. A century after the common carp
- [From revered to reviled (Invasive Carp part 2)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/from-revered-to-reviled-invasive-carp-part-2/) - Episode 5, June 23, 2020 From revered to reviled (Invasive Carp part 2) Transcript Silver, bighead, black and grass carp were imported from Asia to North America in the 1970s to control algae in human-made ponds. Within ten years, carp had escaped and started multiplying in the Mississippi River system and beyond. This group of
- [The carp are coming (Invasive Carp part 1)](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/the-carp-are-coming-invasive-carp-part-1/) - Episode 4, June 17, 2020 The carp are coming (Invasive Carp part 1) Transcript Invasive silver, bighead, black and grass carp (often collectively known as Asian carp) have upended ecosystems and caused economic pandemonium after being introduced into some of North America’s largest lakes and rivers. There’s a lot of fear and uncertainty about what
- [Bringing home the beetles](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/bringing-home-the-beetles/) - Episode 3, June 10, 2020 Bringing home the beetles Transcript Our story today follows the tiny little Cella beetle on a long, slow journey from a laboratory in Switzerland to Wisconsin’s wetlands. It’s also a story of the researchers and community members who’ve helped the beetles along the way, and how the beetles have challenged our understanding of what it means
- [The ones that live in your house](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/the-ones-that-live-in-your-house/) - Episode 2, June 3, 2020 The ones that live in your house Transcript While on a field trip, a UW-Madison class discovers a “mystery fish” in a local stream. Ben Martin and Rob Mooney eventually identify it as a feral goldfish – one that had lost its color in the wild. While many people release
- [Crayfish, cargo and chaos: How we got here](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/introduced/crayfish-cargo-and-chaos-how-we-got-here/) - Episode 1, May 27, 2020 Crayfish, cargo and chaos: How we got here Transcript We start our tale in the 1960s with Otis, a Wisconsin bait shop owner. As the story goes, Otis took a trip to Indiana, brought home some crayfish he captured there and scattered them in a few northern Wisconsin lakes. And
- [Sea Grant and Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/sea-grant-and-lake-superior/) - The world's largest freshwater lake in surface size, Superior is a unique jewel of the Great Lakes system and is an area of both considerable economic activity and increasing environmental concern. Find out how Wisconsin Sea Grant has supported various initiatives to help foster and sustain the economic and environmental vitality of this freshwater ocean.
- [Earthwatch Radio - Water Sport Safety](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-water-sport-safety/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Diving](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-diving/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Aquatic Invasive Species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-aquatic-invasive-species/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Learn more...
- [Making Maps, Mapping History](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/making-maps-mapping-history/) - Audio commentary of selected maps complements the information in the exhibit booklet. The comments have been generously offered by UW-Madison experts in the history of cartography, the history of the Great Lakes region, and remote sensing technology.
- [Earthwatch Radio - Aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-aquaculture/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind.
- [UW Sea Grant in the News](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/uw-sea-grant-in-the-news/) - Follow the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute in the news.
- [People of the Sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/people-of-the-sturgeon/) - The Secrets of Sturgeon – This playlist consists of clips for the audiobook version of People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s love affair with an ancient fish.
- [Sturgeon Sound](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/sturgeon-sound/) - These sounds were collected during fieldwork by Chris Bocast on the Wolf River in 2011 and 2012.
- [Earthwatch Radio - Toxics](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-toxics/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind.
- [On Fellowships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/on-fellowships/) - Even for students with years of college experience, applying for fellowships can sometimes seem like either an opaque mystery or an educated crapshoot. To help save potential applicants time and worry, Sea Grant has put together a short series of informative podcasts to aid those who are interested in some of the various fellowships that
- [Water, Wisconsin, and the Mercury Cycle](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/water-wisconsin-and-the-mercury-cycle/) - Audio-only podcast produced by the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute. This entertaining science documentary series is intended for general audiences and features high production values.
- [Aquifers and Watersheds](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/aquifers-and-watersheds/) - Though caring for our nation's waters continues to be an important public priority, the level of geoscience involved in this effort has become increasingly complex. This series features experts who explain in plain words the foundational ideas underlying the science of hydrology, while also taking the listener into the field to meet the researchers working
- [Aquaculture and You](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/aquaculture-and-you/) - A comprehensive guide to an intriguing subject, this series provides an in-depth primer for anyone interested in aquaculture.
- [Undercurrents - The Hidden Knowledge of Groundwater](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/undercurrents-the-hidden-knowledge-of-groundwater/) - Out of sight, out of mind. For most of humanity’s existence, this has been the extent of our perception of groundwater. But in the 21st century, the pressures of growing populations and increasingly industrialized societies has pushed the importance and fragility of all water resources to the very front of the critical concerns of this
- [Sea Grant and Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/sea-grant-and-lake-michigan/) - Sea Grant’s mission of research, education and public outreach naturally includes the waters of Lake Michigan. The considerable human presence around Lake Michigan brings special urgency for Sea Grant’s efforts to quantify and maintain water quality, as well as for our campaigns to promote cleaner and safer beaches. Find out how Sea Grant has supported
- [Earthwatch Radio - The Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-the-great-lakes/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-water-quality/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Ports, Harbors, and Marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-ports-harbors-and-marinas/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Habitats and Ecosystems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-habitats-and-ecosystems/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Fish and Fisheries](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-fish-and-fisheries/) - Commercial fishing has resumed off the coast of Louisiana, but the effort is short on boats and ice. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Coastal Engineering](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-coastal-engineering/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Coastal Communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-coastal-communities/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...
- [Earthwatch Radio - Climate Change](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio/earthwatch-radio-climate-change/) - Earthwatch Radio was inspired by Wisconsin U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. Launched in 1972, it was the first radio program in the nation to concentrate on environmental news. When the last show aired 35 years later, this award-winning program had become the longest-running program of its kind. Read more...

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- [Habitats and Ecosystems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/habitats-and-ecosystems/)
- [Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/water-quality/)
- [water sport safety](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/water-sport-safety/)
- [aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/aquaculture/)
- [Fred Binkowski](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fred-binkowski/)
- [Robert Ragotzkie](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/robert-ragotzkie/)
- [Athelstan Spilhaus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/athelstan-spilhaus/)
- [sediment plumes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sediment-plumes/)
- [Elizabeth Minor](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/elizabeth-minor/)
- [Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/superior/)
- [flooding](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/flooding/)
- [Titus Seilheimer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/titus-seilheimer/)
- [Tamara Thomsen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tamara-thomsen/)
- [Rouse Simmons](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rouse-simmons/)
- [Christmas tree ship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/christmas-tree-ship/)
- [Wisconsin Maritime Museum](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-maritime-museum/)
- [Manitowoc](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/manitowoc/)
- [Fishmas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fishmas/)
- [Katie O'Reilly](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/katie-oreilly/)
- [scicomm](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/scicomm/)
- [communications](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/communications/)
- [Anders Andren](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/anders-andren/)
- [Sam Cook](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sam-cook/)
- [science communication](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/science-communication/)
- [Door County Reads 2019](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/door-county-reads-2019/)
- [Anne Moser](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/anne-moser/)
- [Julia Noordyk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/julia-noordyk/)
- [Marie Zhuikov](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/marie-zhuikov/)
- [Northwest Passage photos](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/northwest-passage-photos/)
- [Peter Geye](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/peter-geye/)
- [Dan Egan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dan-egan/)
- [Martyann Birman](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/martyann-birman/)
- [River Talk](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/river-talk/)
- [Andrea Crouse](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/andrea-crouse/)
- [Todd Carlson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/todd-carlson/)
- [Tiffany Sprague](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tiffany-sprague/)
- [Regional Stormwater Protection Team](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/regional-stormwater-protection-team/)
- [road salt](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/road-salt/)
- [Megan Hoff](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/megan-hoff/)
- [Gene Clark](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/gene-clark/)
- [Madeline Island dock case](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/madeline-island-dock-case/)
- [Wisconsin Supreme Court](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-supreme-court/)
- [Philip Myers pier](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/philip-myers-pier/)
- [River Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/river-talks/)
- [Jennifer Raynor](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jennifer-raynor/)
- [fisheries management](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fisheries-management/)
- [economics](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/economics/)
- [Wisconsin Clean Marina Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-clean-marina-program/)
- [Theresa Qualls](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/theresa-qualls/)
- [Fund for Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fund-for-lake-michigan/)
- [Keith Okeson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/keith-okeson/)
- [muskie fishing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/muskie-fishing/)
- [emergency management in douglas county](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/emergency-management-in-douglas-county/)
- [St. Louis River Summit 2019](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-summit-2019/)
- [AIS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ais/)
- [Spring Thaw Throwdown](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/spring-thaw-throwdown/)
- [macrophytes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/macrophytes/)
- [muskie](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/muskie/)
- [Muskies Inc.](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/muskies-inc/)
- [meteotsunami](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/meteotsunami/)
- [meteotsunami-generated rip currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/meteotsunami-generated-rip-currents/)
- [Chin Wu](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chin-wu/)
- [Megan Dodson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/megan-dodson/)
- [Eric Anderson GLERL](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/eric-anderson-glerl/)
- [Alvaro Linares](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/alvaro-linares/)
- [Robert Dukesherer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/robert-dukesherer/)
- [2003 Warren Dunes drownings](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/2003-warren-dunes-drownings/)
- [macroinvertebrates](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/macroinvertebrates/)
- [Dreissenids](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dreissenids/)
- [Eurasian Ruffe](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/eurasian-ruffe/)
- [round goby](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/round-goby/)
- [sea lamprey](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sea-lamprey/)
- [silver carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/silver-carp/)
- [bighead carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/bighead-carp/)
- [Asian carp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/asian-carp/)
- [VHS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/vhs/)
- [phragmites](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/phragmites/)
- [purple loosestrife](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/purple-loosestrife/)
- [koi herpes virus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/koi-herpes-virus/)
- [Eurasian watermilfoil](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/eurasian-watermilfoil/)
- [starry stonewort](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/starry-stonewort/)
- [Brazilian elodea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/brazilian-elodea/)
- [water lettuce](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/water-lettuce/)
- [water hyacinth](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/water-hyacinth/)
- [invasive aquatic plants](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/invasive-aquatic-plants/)
- [Ginny Carlton](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ginny-carlton/)
- [Spring Thaw Throwndown](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/spring-thaw-throwndown/)
- [shipwrecks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/shipwrecks/)
- [Wisconsin Water Library](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-water-library/)
- [Jane Anklam](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jane-anklam/)
- [Doug Soldat](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/doug-soldat/)
- [Great Lakes Protection Fund](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-protection-fund/)
- [stormwater management at great lakes marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/stormwater-management-at-great-lakes-marinas/)
- [green infrastructure](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/green-infrastructure/)
- [Jennifer Hauxwell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jennifer-hauxwell/)
- [wisconsin sea grant research paper impacts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-sea-grant-research-paper-impacts/)
- [research citations compilation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/research-citations-compilation/)
- [Thomas J Miller](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/thomas-j-miller/)
- [James F Kitchell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/james-f-kitchell/)
- [Adrian J Hill](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/adrian-j-hill/)
- [flash flooding](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/flash-flooding/)
- [flash floods](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/flash-floods/)
- [extreme precipitation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/extreme-precipitation/)
- [Wisconsin soil health](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-soil-health/)
- [jumping worms](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jumping-worms/)
- [soil tests](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/soil-tests/)
- [Emma Wiermaa](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/emma-wiermaa/)
- [Bret Shaw](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/bret-shaw/)
- [zebra mussels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/zebra-mussels/)
- [quagga mussels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/quagga-mussels/)
- [Water Bar](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/water-bar/)
- [Natural Resources Research Institute](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/natural-resources-research-institute/)
- [June Breneman](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/june-breneman/)
- [fishing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fishing/)
- [lures](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lures/)
- [Fish ID](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fish-id/)
- [Eat Wisconsin Fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/eat-wisconsin-fish/)
- [people of the sturgeon audio](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/people-of-the-sturgeon-audio/)
- [Kathleen Kline](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kathleen-kline/)
- [Ronald Bruch](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ronald-bruch/)
- [whitefish trawl study](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/whitefish-trawl-study/)
- [Mike LeClair](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mike-leclair/)
- [Susie-Q](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/susie-q/)
- [John and Jeremy Kulpa](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/john-and-jeremy-kulpa/)
- [Newton Creek contamination](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/newton-creek-contamination/)
- [Lorena Rios Mendoza](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lorena-rios-mendoza/)
- [Knauss Fellows](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/knauss-fellows/)
- [Knauss Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/knauss-fellowship/)
- [Danielle Cloutier](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/danielle-cloutier/)
- [sportfishing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sportfishing/)
- [aquatic invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/aquatic-invasive-species/)
- [Clean Boats](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/clean-boats/)
- [boating](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/boating/)
- [Tim Campbell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tim-campbell/)
- [Molly Bodde](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/molly-bodde/)
- [Great Lakes dangerous currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-dangerous-currents/)
- [dangerous currents workshop ashland](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dangerous-currents-workshop-ashland/)
- [Todd Breiby](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/todd-breiby/)
- [Greag Kleinheinz](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/greag-kleinheinz/)
- [Wisconsin beach projects](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-beach-projects/)
- [economic impacts of beach redesigns](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/economic-impacts-of-beach-redesigns/)
- [environmental impacts of beach redesigns](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/environmental-impacts-of-beach-redesigns/)
- [trout](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/trout/)
- [salmon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/salmon/)
- [rip currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rip-currents/)
- [Port Washington](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/port-washington/)
- [water safety](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/water-safety/)
- [polyaromatic hydrocarbons](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/polyaromatic-hydrocarbons/)
- [aquaponics](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/aquaponics/)
- [Andrea Hicks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/andrea-hicks/)
- [Chris Hartleb](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chris-hartleb/)
- [climate change](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/climate-change/)
- [saugeye](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/saugeye/)
- [Morgan Witte](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/morgan-witte/)
- [sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sturgeon/)
- [sturgeon spearing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sturgeon-spearing/)
- [decoys](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/decoys/)
- [oral history](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/oral-history/)
- [library](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/library/)
- [Superior Fresh](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/superior-fresh/)
- [fish fry](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fish-fry/)
- [B-WET](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/b-wet/)
- [BWET](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/bwet/)
- [commercial fishing](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/commercial-fishing/)
- [maritime history](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/maritime-history/)
- [maritime archaeology](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/maritime-archaeology/)
- [Wisconsin Historical Society](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-historical-society/)
- [scow schooners](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/scow-schooners/)
- [Kenosha Dunes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kenosha-dunes/)
- [Adam Bechle](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/adam-bechle/)
- [submerged sills](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/submerged-sills/)
- [Lake Michigan erosion control](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-michigan-erosion-control/)
- [dangerous currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dangerous-currents/)
- [todd brieby](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/todd-brieby/)
- [shelly holland](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/shelly-holland/)
- [flash rips](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/flash-rips/)
- [south shore of Lake Superior rip currents](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/south-shore-of-lake-superior-rip-currents/)
- [fishopedia pack](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fishopedia-pack/)
- [Great Lakes fish educational pack](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-fish-educational-pack/)
- [fish-o-pedia](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fish-o-pedia/)
- [lake guardian teacher cruise 2019](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-guardian-teacher-cruise-2019/)
- [Jody Henseler](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jody-henseler/)
- [Brian Henrickson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/brian-henrickson/)
- [Katie Riley](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/katie-riley/)
- [Center for Great Lakes Literacy](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/center-for-great-lakes-literacy/)
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant new coastal engineer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-sea-grant-new-coastal-engineer/)
- [coastal engineering Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/coastal-engineering-great-lakes/)
- [Sarah Dance](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sarah-dance/)
- [Matthew Ginder-Vogel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/matthew-ginder-vogel/)
- [wild rice research in wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wild-rice-research-in-wisconsin/)
- [baldwin idea grant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/baldwin-idea-grant/)
- [Lake Superior Day 2019](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-superior-day-2019/)
- [Barker's Island](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/barkers-island/)
- [Lake Superior images free](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-superior-images-free/)
- [fortune telling fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fortune-telling-fish/)
- [Kyle Woolever](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kyle-woolever/)
- [Dane County Regional Airport Sea Grant display](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dane-county-regional-airport-sea-grant-display/)
- [Denis Sullivan teacher cruise](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/denis-sullivan-teacher-cruise/)
- [2019 shipboard science workshop](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/2019-shipboard-science-workshop/)
- [Natalie Chin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/natalie-chin/)
- [tourism](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tourism/)
- [climate](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/climate/)
- [AIS pathways](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ais-pathways/)
- [educational resources in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/educational-resources-in-wisconsin/)
- [NADF](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/nadf/)
- [education](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/education/)
- [workforce development](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/workforce-development/)
- [John Berges](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/john-berges/)
- [Erica Young](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/erica-young/)
- [silica in Lake Michigan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/silica-in-lake-michigan/)
- [silica in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/silica-in-the-great-lakes/)
- [Cladophora and silica](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cladophora-and-silica/)
- [Clean Bay Backers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/clean-bay-backers/)
- [Bringing Back the Bay Tour 2019](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/bringing-back-the-bay-tour-2019/)
- [AOC](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/aoc/)
- [Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/green-bay/)
- [Fox River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fox-river/)
- [Chris Houghton](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chris-houghton/)
- [benthos](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/benthos/)
- [River Talks speaker series](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/river-talks-speaker-series/)
- [Jerry Sherren](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jerry-sherren/)
- [Bloody red shrimp](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/bloody-red-shrimp/)
- [Rivers2Lake Education Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rivers2lake-education-program/)
- [Deanna Erickson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/deanna-erickson/)
- [Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-superior-national-estuarine-research-reserve/)
- [Great Lakes water levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-water-levels/)
- [NOAA](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/noaa/)
- [Atlantic salmon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/atlantic-salmon/)
- [Ginny Carlson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ginny-carlson/)
- [Chazen Museum of Art](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chazen-museum-of-art/)
- [Plastic entanglements exhibit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/plastic-entanglements-exhibit/)
- [microplastics and art](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/microplastics-and-art/)
- [Greg Fischer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/greg-fischer/)
- [Keillor Fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/keillor-fellow/)
- [Keillor Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/keillor-fellowship/)
- [Adam Arend](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/adam-arend/)
- [coastal management](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/coastal-management/)
- [Jenny Sherren](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jenny-sherren/)
- [Harbor Centre Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/harbor-centre-marina/)
- [Clean Marina recertification](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/clean-marina-recertification/)
- [Clean Marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/clean-marinas/)
- [Caitlin Zant](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/caitlin-zant/)
- [Tori Kiefer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tori-kiefer/)
- [Wisconsin Maritime Preservation Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-maritime-preservation-program/)
- [EPA](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/epa/)
- [Ryan Lepak](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ryan-lepak/)
- [GLTED](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/glted/)
- [methylmercury](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/methylmercury/)
- [Matt TenEyck](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/matt-teneyck/)
- [UWS ballast water treatment testing facility](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/uws-ballast-water-treatment-testing-facility/)
- [Great Waters Research Collaboratives](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-waters-research-collaboratives/)
- [graduate students](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/graduate-students/)
- [lepak](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lepak/)
- [mercury](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mercury/)
- [James Hurley](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/james-hurley/)
- [Hurley](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/hurley/)
- [Jim Hurley](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jim-hurley/)
- [quagga mussel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/quagga-mussel/)
- [Great Lakes Aquarium](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-aquarium/)
- [Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division EPA](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-toxicology-and-ecology-division-epa/)
- [Joel Hoffman](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/joel-hoffman/)
- [Human Health and Environmental Research Fellows program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/human-health-and-environmental-research-fellows-program/)
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- [Christina Remucal](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/christina-remucal/)
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- [Environmental Science and Technology journal](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/environmental-science-and-technology-journal/)
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- [Philip Keillor Water Science Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/philip-keillor-water-science-fellowship/)
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- [Lake Superior water levels forecast](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-superior-water-levels-forecast/)
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- [Wisconsin Coastal Management Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-coastal-management-program/)
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- [Chris Hamerla](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chris-hamerla/)
- [Phil Skawinski](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/phil-skawinski/)
- [Chuck Shea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chuck-shea/)
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- [st. louis river summit 2020](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-summit-2020/)
- [Cedarburg Bog](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cedarburg-bog/)
- [Gretchen Meyer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/gretchen-meyer/)
- [Saukville Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/saukville-wisconsin/)
- [Lake Talks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-talks/)
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- [lectures](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lectures/)
- [Vern Northrup](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/vern-northrup/)
- [Akinomaage](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/akinomaage/)
- [Chippewa](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chippewa/)
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- [Adrea Crouse](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/adrea-crouse/)
- [Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes/)
- [Fond du Lac wild rice health impact assessment](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fond-du-lac-wild-rice-health-impact-assessment/)
- [Superior Municipal Forest](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/superior-municipal-forest/)
- [Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/friends-of-the-lake-superior-reserve/)
- [Michael K Anderson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/michael-k-anderson/)
- [COVID-19](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/covid-19/)
- [Vern Northrup photographer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/vern-northrup-photographer/)
- [Elise Ertl](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/elise-ertl/)
- [Denis Sullivan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/denis-sullivan/)
- [tribal knowledge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tribal-knowledge/)
- [place-based learning](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/place-based-learning/)
- [Kristin Runge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kristin-runge/)
- [Wisconsin Aquaculture Association](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-aquaculture-association/)
- [world's largest research ocean](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/worlds-largest-research-ocean/)
- [Biosphere 2 ocean](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/biosphere-2-ocean/)
- [Earth Day blog stories](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/earth-day-blog-stories/)
- [UW-Stevens Point](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/uw-stevens-point/)
- [UWSP](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/uwsp/)
- [Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/northern-aquaculture-demonstration-facility/)
- [Deidre Peroff](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/deidre-peroff/)
- [Jacob Fincher](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jacob-fincher/)
- [Rebecca Abler](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rebecca-abler/)
- [Rick Hein](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rick-hein/)
- [Great Lakes literacy messaging project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-literacy-messaging-project/)
- [Lakeshore Water Summit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lakeshore-water-summit/)
- [stormwater messaging resource hub](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/stormwater-messaging-resource-hub/)
- [leatherback sea turtles](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/leatherback-sea-turtles/)
- [Pacuare Reserve](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/pacuare-reserve/)
- [Tami Thomsen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tami-thomsen/)
- [lake levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-levels/)
- [Martin Shafer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/martin-shafer/)
- [PFAS in rainwater](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/pfas-in-rainwater/)
- [University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/university-of-wisconsin-madison-school-of-medicine-and-public-health/)
- [Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-state-laboratory-of-hygiene/)
- [National Atmospheric Deposition Program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/national-atmospheric-deposition-program/)
- [David Koser](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/david-koser/)
- [water](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/water/)
- [UW-Madison](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/uw-madison/)
- [Sam Hansen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sam-hansen/)
- [geese control and wild rice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/geese-control-and-wild-rice/)
- [St. Louis River Estuary](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-estuary/)
- [CHAOS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chaos/)
- [Coastal Hazards of Lake Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/coastal-hazards-of-lake-superior/)
- [Joe Moore NWS](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/joe-moore-nws/)
- [Melanie Perello](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/melanie-perello/)
- [Deanna Apps US Army Corps of Engineers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/deanna-apps-us-army-corps-of-engineers/)
- [NWS lakeshore flooding and storm damage reporting form](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/nws-lakeshore-flooding-and-storm-damage-reporting-form/)
- [Joe Naughton](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/joe-naughton/)
- [Knauss Fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/knauss-fellow/)
- [SOST](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sost/)
- [Brookfield](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/brookfield/)
- [podcasts](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/podcasts/)
- [Clean Marina Program in Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/clean-marina-program-in-wisconsin/)
- [Memorial Day 2020 and marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/memorial-day-2020-and-marinas/)
- [E. Carl Kiekhaefer](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/e-carl-kiekhaefer/)
- [Trimming our sails workshop](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/trimming-our-sails-workshop/)
- [art and science projects](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/art-and-science-projects/)
- [Under the Surface](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/under-the-surface/)
- [sturgeon art](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sturgeon-art/)
- [poly pledge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/poly-pledge/)
- [David Hart](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/david-hart/)
- [Celeste Gunderson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/celeste-gunderson/)
- [Rykia Amos](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rykia-amos/)
- [Undergraduate Research Scholars](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/undergraduate-research-scholars/)
- [stormwater](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/stormwater/)
- [brook trout](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/brook-trout/)
- [brown trout](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/brown-trout/)
- [boat decontamination](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/boat-decontamination/)
- [boat launches](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/boat-launches/)
- [GLCCC](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/glccc/)
- [Gavin Dehnert](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/gavin-dehnert/)
- [Wisconsin Water Resources Science-Policy Postdoctoral Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-water-resources-science-policy-postdoctoral-fellowship/)
- [Sarah Yang](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sarah-yang/)
- [Wisconsin Department of Health Services](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-department-of-health-services/)
- [Merrill High School](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/merrill-high-school/)
- [Olivia Dachel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/olivia-dachel/)
- [Drew Polak](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/drew-polak/)
- [2020 Aquaculture Challenge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/2020-aquaculture-challenge/)
- [Lake Superior State University](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-superior-state-university/)
- [People of the Sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/people-of-the-sturgeon/)
- [NOAA Voices Oral History Archives](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/noaa-voices-oral-history-archives/)
- [Mary Lou Schneider](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mary-lou-schneider/)
- [Lake sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-sturgeon/)
- [Canada geese deterrence on St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/canada-geese-deterrence-on-st-louis-river/)
- [geese and wild rice](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/geese-and-wild-rice/)
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant summer internships 2020](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-sea-grant-summer-internships-2020/)
- [Isabel St. Arnold](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/isabel-st-arnold/)
- [Emma Holtan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/emma-holtan/)
- [Claire Finucane](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/claire-finucane/)
- [Brenna DeNamur](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/brenna-denamur/)
- [Sarah Schiltz](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sarah-schiltz/)
- [Eliza Suchan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/eliza-suchan/)
- [University of Wisconsin-Green Bay](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/university-of-wisconsin-green-bay/)
- [Cofrin Center](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cofrin-center/)
- [shellfish assessment biologist](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/shellfish-assessment-biologist/)
- [UWSP NADF](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/uwsp-nadf/)
- [consumer opinion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/consumer-opinion/)
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- [Adam Minter](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/adam-minter/)
- [Secondhand](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/secondhand/)
- [recycling](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/recycling/)
- [secondhand goods](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/secondhand-goods/)
- [waste](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/waste/)
- [Amy Thielen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/amy-thielen/)
- [eelpout](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/eelpout/)
- [burbot](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/burbot/)
- [underwater photography program for youths](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/underwater-photography-program-for-youths/)
- [Northwest Passage](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/northwest-passage/)
- [Toben Lafrancois](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/toben-lafrancois/)
- [Sadaf Nasir](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sadaf-nasir/)
- [Lakewolves](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lakewolves/)
- [Rick Erickson Bayfield HIgh School](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rick-erickson-bayfield-high-school/)
- [Apostle Islands National Lakeshore](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/apostle-islands-national-lakeshore/)
- [Sandra McLellan](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sandra-mclellan/)
- [Natalie Rumball](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/natalie-rumball/)
- [E. coli](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/e-coli/)
- [beach contamination](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/beach-contamination/)
- [J. Philip Keillor coastal management fellow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/j-philip-keillor-coastal-management-fellow/)
- [Lydia Salus](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lydia-salus/)
- [Rachel Johnson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rachel-johnson/)
- [Stephanie Houser](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/stephanie-houser/)
- [CD3](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cd3/)
- [Sarah DeZwarte](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sarah-dezwarte/)
- [YMCA Camp Y-Koda](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ymca-camp-y-koda/)
- [Lake Guardian shipboard science project](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-guardian-shipboard-science-project/)
- [Madeline Island Marina](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/madeline-island-marina/)
- [Alan Hardie](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/alan-hardie/)
- [Madeline Island Yacht Club](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/madeline-island-yacht-club/)
- [Spiny Waterflea](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/spiny-waterflea/)
- [invasive species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/invasive-species/)
- [wisconsin beach management webinar](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-beach-management-webinar/)
- [wisconsin coastal beaches working group](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-coastal-beaches-working-group/)
- [Jhonatan Sepulveda Villet](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jhonatan-sepulveda-villet/)
- [Mark McBride](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mark-mcbride/)
- [David Hunnicutt](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/david-hunnicutt/)
- [yellow perch](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/yellow-perch/)
- [columnaris](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/columnaris/)
- [columnaris disease](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/columnaris-disease/)
- [Flavobacterium columnare](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/flavobacterium-columnare/)
- [St. Norbert College](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-norbert-college/)
- [UW-Milwaukee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/uw-milwaukee/)
- [Shark Week 2020](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/shark-week-2020/)
- [Video](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/video/)
- [Hiring](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/hiring/)
- [Schulz Aquatic Center Milwaukee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/schulz-aquatic-center-milwaukee/)
- [Cheryl Bledsoe](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cheryl-bledsoe/)
- [David Thomas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/david-thomas/)
- [Friends of Lincoln Park](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/friends-of-lincoln-park/)
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- [Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-aquaculture-collaborative/)
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- [Nathan Pollesch](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/nathan-pollesch/)
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- [Milwaukee County Zoo](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/milwaukee-county-zoo/)
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- [Jeff Gunderson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jeff-gunderson/)
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- [sea lamprey taste test 1996](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sea-lamprey-taste-test-1996/)
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- [Great Lakes Champion Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-champion-award/)
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant 2021 Great Lakes Champion Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-sea-grant-2021-great-lakes-champion-award/)
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- [Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin/)
- [research fellowships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/research-fellowships/)
- [St. Louis River wetlands research](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-wetlands-research/)
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- [river water levels](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/river-water-levels/)
- [st. louis river plant communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-plant-communities/)
- [Yael Gen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/yael-gen/)
- [biennial report design](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/biennial-report-design/)
- [Elizabeth White](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/elizabeth-white/)
- [Kristen Rost](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kristen-rost/)
- [Can Water Be Sticky](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/can-water-be-sticky/)
- [PFAS Action Plan Wisconsin](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/pfas-action-plan-wisconsin/)
- [PFAS in sediment](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/pfas-in-sediment/)
- [Great Lakes Aquaculture Day](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-aquaculture-day/)
- [East River Resiliency Collaborative](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/east-river-resiliency-collaborative/)
- [Explore Lake Sturgeon](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/explore-lake-sturgeon/)
- [Wisconsin Coastal Guide](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-coastal-guide/)
- [Kelly Beaster](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kelly-beaster/)
- [Reed Schwarting](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/reed-schwarting/)
- [Lake Superior Research Institute](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-superior-research-institute/)
- [Lake Superior coastal wetlands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-superior-coastal-wetlands/)
- [wild rice education and outreach toolkit for lake superior audiences](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wild-rice-education-and-outreach-toolkit-for-lake-superior-audiences/)
- [semaphore flags](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/semaphore-flags/)
- [Biennial Report](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/biennial-report/)
- [2018-20 biennial report](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/2018-20-biennial-report/)
- [microbially influenced corrosion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/microbially-influenced-corrosion/)
- [freshwater biocorrosion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/freshwater-biocorrosion/)
- [great lakes harbor corrosion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-harbor-corrosion/)
- [Chad Scott](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/chad-scott/)
- [Randall Hicks](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/randall-hicks/)
- [Mikael Elias](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mikael-elias/)
- [Jim Sharrow](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jim-sharrow/)
- [Wilson Lake](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wilson-lake/)
- [St. Louis River](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river/)
- [summer interns](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/summer-interns/)
- [internships](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/internships/)
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant summer internships 2021](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-sea-grant-summer-internships-2021/)
- [Advisory Council](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/advisory-council/)
- [Lori Tate](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lori-tate/)
- [Becky Sapper](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/becky-sapper/)
- [Madelyn Leopold](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/madelyn-leopold/)
- [Duluth Port Authority](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/duluth-port-authority/)
- [Weston Scholarship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/weston-scholarship/)
- [Weston Scholar](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/weston-scholar/)
- [St. Louis River Summit 2021](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-summit-2021/)
- [Dudly Edmondson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dudly-edmondson/)
- [Cameron Davis](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cameron-davis/)
- [St. Louis River Exhibit](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-exhibit/)
- [Alexis Berke](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/alexis-berke/)
- [coastal wetlands](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/coastal-wetlands/)
- [AWRA](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/awra/)
- [VHSV](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/vhsv/)
- [viral hemorrhagic septicemia](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/viral-hemorrhagic-septicemia/)
- [Tony Goldberg](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tony-goldberg/)
- [David Giehtbrock](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/david-giehtbrock/)
- [Whitney Thiel](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/whitney-thiel/)
- [Lake Winnebago](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-winnebago/)
- [pathogens](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/pathogens/)
- [Wisconsin Water Week](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-water-week/)
- [conferences](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/conferences/)
- [A River of Poems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/a-river-of-poems/)
- [Tyler Dettloff](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tyler-dettloff/)
- [Heather Dobbins](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/heather-dobbins/)
- [Ben Green](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ben-green/)
- [Lorraine Lamey](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lorraine-lamey/)
- [Joan Macintosh](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/joan-macintosh/)
- [Kate Meyer-Currey](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kate-meyer-currey/)
- [Rebecca Nelson](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rebecca-nelson/)
- [Stephanie Niu](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/stephanie-niu/)
- [Diana Randolph](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/diana-randolph/)
- [Ron Riekki](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ron-riekki/)
- [Derold Sligh](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/derold-sligh/)
- [Lucy Tyrell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lucy-tyrell/)
- [Bud Harris](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/bud-harris/)
- [Vicky Harris](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/vicky-harris/)
- [Hallet Harris](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/hallet-harris/)
- [Dean Haen](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dean-haen/)
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Great Lakes Champion Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-sea-grant-great-lakes-champion-award/)
- [Wisconsin Sea Grant Actionable Science Award](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-sea-grant-actionable-science-award/)
- [summer undergraduate interns](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/summer-undergraduate-interns/)
- [Cat Island](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cat-island/)
- [Great Lakes plastic pollution](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-plastic-pollution/)
- [Lake Michigan plastic pollution](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-michigan-plastic-pollution/)
- [Belle Papparlardo](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/belle-papparlardo/)
- [Milwuakee Riverkeeper](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/milwuakee-riverkeeper/)
- [Clement J. Zablocki Community School](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/clement-j-zablocki-community-school/)
- [Diallo Tyler](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/diallo-tyler/)
- [Leah Holloway](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/leah-holloway/)
- [University of Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/university-of-milwaukee-school-of-freshwater-sciences/)
- [Plastic Free MKE](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/plastic-free-mke/)
- [Marinette](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/marinette/)
- [emerging contaminants](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/emerging-contaminants/)
- [Cat Island Chain](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/cat-island-chain/)
- [State of the Bay Report](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/state-of-the-bay-report/)
- [Steve Loheide](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/steve-loheide/)
- [Dan Wright](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dan-wright/)
- [MMSD](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mmsd/)
- [Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/milwaukee-metropolitan-sewerage-district/)
- [Kris Eilers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kris-eilers/)
- [Nikky Farmakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/nikky-farmakes/)
- [St. Louis River tourism](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-tourism/)
- [St. Louis River Water Trail](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-water-trail/)
- [Hauxwell](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/hauxwell/)
- [Water@UW-Madison](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wateruw-madison/)
- [spring symposium](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/spring-symposium/)
- [white sucker spawning](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/white-sucker-spawning/)
- [longnose sucker spawning](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/longnose-sucker-spawning/)
- [Silver Creek Manitowoc](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/silver-creek-manitowoc/)
- [blog](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/blog/)
- [free gift](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/free-gift/)
- [Field Notes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/field-notes/)
- [outdoors use in Wisconsin during covid](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/outdoors-use-in-wisconsin-during-covid/)
- [Samantha Bee comedian](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/samantha-bee-comedian/)
- [Earth Day](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/earth-day/)
- [Anne Sayers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/anne-sayers/)
- [Mary Monroe Brown](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mary-monroe-brown/)
- [outdoor recreation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/outdoor-recreation/)
- [economy](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/economy/)
- [travel ideas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/travel-ideas/)
- [Thomas Howes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/thomas-howes/)
- [Wisconsin Point](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wisconsin-point/)
- [Superior-Douglas County Chamber of Commerce](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/superior-douglas-county-chamber-of-commerce/)
- [Travel Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/travel-superior/)
- [St. Louis River Alliance](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/st-louis-river-alliance/)
- [river tourism](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/river-tourism/)
- [tourism promotion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/tourism-promotion/)
- [emerging contaminants scientist postion](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/emerging-contaminants-scientist-postion/)
- [Preston Cole](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/preston-cole/)
- [live tweeting a conference](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/live-tweeting-a-conference/)
- [Water@UW-Madison symposium](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wateruw-madison-symposium/)
- [Great Lakes maritime transportation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-maritime-transportation/)
- [ice cover predictions](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ice-cover-predictions/)
- [climate change and Great Lakes shipping](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/climate-change-and-great-lakes-shipping/)
- [Richard Stewart](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/richard-stewart/)
- [Daniel Rust](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/daniel-rust/)
- [University of Wisconsin Superior](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/university-of-wisconsin-superior/)
- [Great Lakes Region Bay Watershed Education and Training program](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-region-bay-watershed-education-and-training-program/)
- [Racine](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/racine/)
- [coastal engineering education for middle school students](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/coastal-engineering-education-for-middle-school-students/)
- [Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/great-lakes-community-conservation-corps/)
- [Ojibwe history Wisconsin Point](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ojibwe-history-wisconsin-point/)
- [Ojibwe burial ground](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ojibwe-burial-ground/)
- [Scott McComb](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/scott-mccomb/)
- [AIS outreach](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/ais-outreach/)
- [Kenosha](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/kenosha/)
- [Milwaukee](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/milwaukee/)
- [lake monitoring](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/lake-monitoring/)
- [Sally Mayasich](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sally-mayasich/)
- [UMD](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/umd/)
- [Human Health and Environment Res](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/human-health-and-environment-res/)
- [Carlie LaLone](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/carlie-lalone/)
- [Prarthana Shankar](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/prarthana-shankar/)
- [EPA Fellowship](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/epa-fellowship/)
- [Habitattitude](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/habitattitude/)
- [University of Minnesota Duluth](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/university-of-minnesota-duluth/)
- [Rock Pond](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/rock-pond/)
- [goldfish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/goldfish/)
- [President Biden's FY22 budget](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/president-bidens-fy22-budget/)
- [Sea Grant appropriation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/sea-grant-appropriation/)
- [mentors](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/mentors/)
- [Jackson Parr](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/jackson-parr/)
- [flood resilience](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/flood-resilience/)
- [public healh](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/public-healh/)
- [Department of Health Services](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/department-of-health-services/)
- [floods](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/floods/)
- [CASE Awards](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/case-awards/)
- [fish farmers](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/fish-farmers/)
- [farmed fish](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/farmed-fish/)
- [grilling](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/grilling/)
- [food safety](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/food-safety/)
- [food preparation](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/food-preparation/)
- [Wequiock Creek Natural Area](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/wequiock-creek-natural-area/)
- [Amy Wolf](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/amy-wolf/)
- [Stephanie Dodge](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/stephanie-dodge/)
- [restoration](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/restoration/)
- [Dangerous currents in the Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/dangerous-currents-in-the-great-lakes/)
- [spotter sensor](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/spotter-sensor/)
- [green dye](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/tag/green-dye/)
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- [The Great Lakes](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/the-great-lakes/)
- [Habitats and Ecosystems](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/habitats-and-ecosystems/)
- [Ports Harbors & Marinas](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/ports-harbors-marinas/)
- [Water Quality](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/water-quality/)
- [Water Sport Safety](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/water-sport-safety/)
- [Coastal Engineering](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/coastal-engineering/)
- [Diving](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/diving/)
- [Fish and Fisheries](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/fish-and-fisheries/)
- [Coastal Communities](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/coastal-communities/)
- [Climate Change](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/climate-change/)
- [Aquatic Invasive Species](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/aquatic-invasive-species/)
- [Maps](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/maps/)
- [Aquaculture](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/aquaculture/)
- [Toxics](https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/audio-topics/toxics/)