Keillor Fellow reflects on horizon-expanding experience assisting Great Lakes coastal communities
Emily Rau reflects on her year-long experience as a Keillor Fellow stationed at the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program.
News Archive
American Fisheries Society honors journal article based on Sea Grant-funded research
The article revealed a more accurate and complex picture of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHSV) in state waters than previously understood.
Summer scholars benefit from mentoring during internship
Ten students just completed a formative summer internship.
Reviving rice: Large collaborative effort will investigate possible wild rice restoration around Lake Winnebago
The Lake Winnebago InterTribal Connectivity Project is bringing together resources, equipment and knowledge from a vast network of partners to consider future plans for wild rice in the area.
Noordyk named a Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation
The Lake Michigan Stakeholders named Julia Noordyk, Sea Grant’s water quality and coastal communities specialist, a Lake Michigan Champion of Conservation at a recent awards ceremony.
Uncountable contribution–Linda Campbell retires
The one and only Linda Campbell has retired–in July–from the Aquatic Sciences Center after 40 years at ASC and 49 total years working for the people of Wisconsin at the state and university level. Although we will never be able to quantify her immense contributions, we had to try.
Finalists announced for the 2023 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program
The largest class of Knauss finalists in recent years includes Wisconsin’s Mary Solokas, a recent UW-Madison graduate in freshwater and marine sciences.
Disaster preparedness project in northeastern Wisconsin will build on earlier flood resilience work
Funding from the National Sea Grant Office and NOAA’s Disaster Preparedness Program will allow Wisconsin Sea Grant to strengthen communities’ resilience to flooding by looking at who lives in the most flood-prone areas of a city.
Great Lakes shipwreck game wins international competition
The Legend of the Lost Emerald earned a gold medal at the 2022 International Serious Play Awards Program. The immersive adventure game was one of nine educational games developed for K-12 learners that was cited for excellence.
Scientific buoy locations adjusted in the Apostle Islands
For the summer of 2022, eight buoys have been deployed in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore to aid paddler and boater safety.