The only major conference dedicated solely to Lake Michigan and to Great Lakes beaches happens in less than two weeks. Registration has been brisk but there are still some spots available.
Only days remain until the Lake Superior Fish Classic, when the historic Union Depot in Duluth, Minn., will open its doors to professional chefs and judges, fish connoisseurs and 350 pounds of Lake Superior herring and whitefish.
Grab a mug of coffee or maybe a glass of beer and learn about the St. Louis River Estuary at the same time. Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve are teaming up to start a series of science café-type evening talks about the estuary.
Sarah Wilkins will be the 23rd Dean A. Knauss Sea Grant Fellow from Wisconsin. Follow the path that brought her to this point that will allow her to explore ocean, coastal and Great Lakes national policy decisions affecting freshwater and marine resources.
As a complement to Sea Grant’s podcast series on Lake Superior now comes a comprehensive, entertaining and informative look at the world’s fifth largest lake, at the eastern border of Wisconsin.
Tickets are going fast for a professional chef fish cook-off and tasting event hosted by the Wisconsin and Minnesota Sea Grant programs in Duluth, Minn., at the Depot on Oct. 4, 2013, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Judge for yourself; are Wisconsin or Minnesota chefs better at cooking Lake Superior fish? Tickets ($15) are available online or by calling (218) 726-8106. For more information, visit http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/fisheries/classic.
Carry 174 Wisconsin fish in your pocket with our downloadable apps. A mobile website with finger-friendly design is also available.
We are reprinting our always-popular “Fish of the Great Lakes” poster and are entertaining suggestions for what kinds of fish you want to see appear.
The SeaCavesWatch.org real-time wave observation system for the mainland sea caves at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Lake Superior just got even more useful. Kayakers can just press a big red button to access the web site, which provides photos and data about conditions at the sea caves, before they venture out.
University of Wisconsin-Superior senior Tucker Lindberg is spending the summer at boat ramps on Lake Superior. Although he enjoys being around the water, Lindberg is there for a purpose: to talk to boaters about invasive species and to inspect their boats so that they don’t unwittingly spread unwanted plants or animals to the next lake.