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.

Wealth of Fellowships

There are four fellowship opportunities pending through Wisconsin Sea Grant.

A Hard Rain’s 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.

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.

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

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.

Water’s Close-up

Jake Wears was recently hired to help with video production for Sea Grant and our sister organization, the Water Resources Institute.