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.
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River Talks resume with Barker’s 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
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
Methylmercury uptake rate in phytoplankton is among the highest recorded A recently published study in the journal of the American Chemical Society, Environmental Science and Technology, found that while Great Lakes waters harbor low methylmercury concentrations, the rates of methylmercury transfer to phytoplankton are extremely high, higher than rates observed in open oceans. Phytoplankton Read more about Methylmercury water concentrations low, but Great Lakes fish consumption advisories persist—new research documents one probable culprit[…]
Wisconsin Sea Grant awarded $334,000 to support state’s 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
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
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
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
Speaker Jackson Parr will discuss the Flood Resilience Scorecard and how it helps Wisconsin communities prepare for flooding events and their aftermaths.
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.