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.

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.

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

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

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.