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 Read more about Catch the Fishmas spirit![…]
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 Read more about Sea Grant fisheries specialist takes on holiday alter ego[…]
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 Read more about Sediment plumes bloom in Lake Superior[…]
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. Read more about The birth of Wisconsin Sea Grant[…]
The first River Talk of the season kicked off on Oct. 24 at the Estuarium on Barker’s Island in Superior, Wisconsin. People gathered to listen to Kelsey Prihoda, a researcher with the Lake Superior Research Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, describe her work with groundwater. “Groundwater is a very limited resource,” Prihoda said. “Less Read more about Breaking ground on Wisconsin groundwater research[…]
Healthier habitats are coming back to the St. Louis River, which forms the far northwest border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Many natural resources agencies, researchers and nonprofit organizations are conducting the work. This progress means that the “Stories and Science of the St. Louis River Estuary” website (stlouisriverestuary.org) needs to keep pace with the progress. Thanks Read more about Restoration Progress Updated on St. Louis River Website[…]
Halloween is upon us. In this season of goblins and ghouls it also seems an appropriate time to ponder vampires, and in the context of the Great Lakes, the vampire fish. The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) has earned its moniker because of a rasping disk-shaped mouth outfitted with teeth that clamp onto a host fish’s Read more about Children of the Night? Nope, These Vampires are Round-the-Clock Terrors[…]
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, Read more about College Course Uses Lake Superior Watershed as a Climate Change Example[…]
Anne Moser, senior special librarian for the Wisconsin Water Library, asked some of our Sea Grant staff members what the biggest challenges are facing the Great Lakes today. We are featuring their answers in a series of blog posts. This is the fifth and final post in the series. (Read Post 1, Post 2 and Post 3, and Post 4 if Read more about Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: Tim Campbell’s View[…]
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.) Read more about Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: Julia Noordyk’s View[…]