2023 year in review
Celebrate 2023 and the Great Lakes.
News Archive
Great Lakes, Great Read program announced
Community read focused on water to kick off in 2024.
Keillor Fellow, reviewing resilience of coastal wetlands
A fellow is spending a year and a half rating the vulnerability of Lake Superior wetlands to climate change.
Convening CHAOS to spot signs of shoreline erosion
Debuting a new tool to spot signs of shoreline erosion on Lake Superior.
Making Sense of Algal Blooms
The next River Talk will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, with “Making Sense of Algal Blooms in the St. Louis River Estuary,” an in-person presentation by Euan Reavie with the Natural Resources Research Institute. His talk will be held at the Lake Superior Estuarium (3 Marina Dr., Superior, Wis.).
Water librarian releases torrent of information, programming and goodwill
Anne Moser wins Wisconsin Library Association President’s Volunteer Award.
Remucal named interim director of Sea Grant
Prominent water contaminants researcher Christy Remucal takes over as Sea Grant director.
Plastics learning kit educates and enthralls
“Plastic Panic” is a grab-and-go teaching kit that formal and nonformal educators can use to teach about plastic pollution in the Great Lakes, specifically, microplastics.
Sea Grant education on fishery expected to lead to $15 million in exports to Sweden
Sea Grant education leads to a $15 million market for Great Lakes commercial fisheries.
“Skill, tenacity, humility and compassion”: Jim Hurley, director of the Aquatic Sciences Center, to retire
Director Jim Hurley is retiring on Oct. 13.