News Releases | Wisconsin Sea Grant

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.

Lake Superior Climate Champions program available for communities A new program for community leaders in northern Wisconsin who are looking for ways to address climate change is available through Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Summer of research kicks off Water@UW-Madison Summer Research Opportunity Program offers students 10 weeks of water science and mentoring.

Hard work, joy and more than a bit of luck add up to an accomplished coastal engineering career To commemorate our 50th anniversary, we're catching up with former staff members, such as coastal engineer Gene Clark.

Launch of new podcast about equity and the Great Lakes A brand-new podcast series will explore water and equity.

Meet the Knauss fellows: Theresa Vander Woude This Knauss Fellow is working at the intersection of environmental policy and human dimensions.

A visit to Wisconsin’s oldest intact shipwreck A recent discovery yielded Wisconsin's oldest intact shipwreck--a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe.