Online shipwreck game educates players
A free online video game for children about a Great Lakes shipwreck is now available. “The Legend of the Lost Emerald,” is a point-and-click adventure game designed for players grades 4-6.
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Meet the Knauss Fellows: Elizabeth McNamee
Meet Elizabeth McNamee, who is spending her Knauss Fellowship year at the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.
Meet the Knauss Fellows: Becky Curtis
Meet one of Wisconsin’s four 2022 Knauss Fellows.
Annual symposium explores water-science-humanities-people connections
Sign up now for water symposium happening on April 22, 2022.
“Introduced” podcast wins national award
A podcast series about aquatic invasive species won gold in a national competition.
Black ash and birds featured at River Talks
The next River Talk will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 13, via Zoom. Alexis Grinde with the Natural Resources Research Institute and Cole Wilson with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present, “Black ash and birds: conserving critical habitat in the St. Louis River Estuary.”
Lake Talks series to explore Sea Grant’s past and future
The focus of the April 28 Lake Talk will be the organization itself, as Wisconsin Sea Grant celebrates its 50th anniversary year.
Wisconsin Sea Grant to celebrate 50th anniversary with public artwork
A call for artists seeks creative, engaging proposals related to the Great Lakes and science. Sea Grant is partnering with the City of Sturgeon Bay on this effort.
Water science is the focus of a new undergraduate research program
The Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program and its sister organization the University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute (WRI) Tuesday received a $358,000 two-year grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin to set up summer undergraduate research experiences for students on University of Wisconsin System campuses. The experiences will focus on freshwater science. Sea Grant Director Read more about Water science is the focus of a new undergraduate research program[…]
Herbicide study finds good news, bad news for use of fluridone in lakes
In a study recently published in the journal “Aquatic Toxicology,” researchers found that while concentrations of the herbicide fluridone similar to those used when it’s applied to lakes to control Eurasian watermilfoil and hydrilla did not kill fathead minnows, it can impact fish health in more subtle ways.