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 Read more about Unsalted Fish for Shark Week[…]
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 Read more about Chocolate Milk and Biting Flies: A Lake Superior Sailing Experience[…]
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 Read more about Among Old Dunes on the Shore of Lake Michigan[…]
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 Read more about Celebrate Lake Superior Day[…]
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 Read more about Exploring Challenges Facing the Great Lakes: David Hart’s View[…]
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 Read more about Exploring the Estuarium[…]
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 Read more about Boating in Circles for Science: Mapping the War Eagle Wreck[…]
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 Read more about The Husky Energy Oil Refinery Fire – What’s Going on With the Environment?[…]
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.
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 Read more about Ancient Algae Alludes to Future Water Quality[…]