Eating snails, for science
Sea Grant’s fisheries specialist recently joined a top chef for the collection of nonnative snails for a tasty meal. It will air on a nationally broadcast program on the Outdoor Channel in January.
Sea Grant’s fisheries specialist recently joined a top chef for the collection of nonnative snails for a tasty meal. It will air on a nationally broadcast program on the Outdoor Channel in January.
Sea Grant-funded research has found PFAS and PFOA, known as forever chemicals and detrimental to human health, have spread into the Great Lakes via a contaminated site in northeastern Wisconsin.
The River Talks will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the Lake Superior Estuarium in Superior, with “Nimaawanji’idimin Giiwitaashkodeng: Working with Fire to Heal the Land on Wisconsin and Minnesota Points,” an in-person and Zoom presentation by Evan Larson, University of Wisconsin-Platteville and Melonee Montano, Red Cliff tribal member and University of Minnesota graduate student.
Alison Mikulyuk is the new Water@UW coordinator.
A Wisconsin Sea Grant event held in Madison this fall celebrated Wisconsin’s water, from drinking water to water on which businesses rely for their livelihoods. These include commercial fishing and aquaculture operations.
Episode 9, 12/16/22 Taste of Wisconsin Waters Transcript The Fish Dish traveled to Madison for an invitation-only event held in October of 2022 that celebrated Wisconsin’s water, from drinking water to businesses that depend on water for their livelihood. These include commercial fishing and aquaculture. “A Taste of Wisconsin Waters” was a first-ever event organized Read more about Taste of Wisconsin Waters[…]
A research project on Wisconsin and Minnesota points seeks to combine tree-ring data with Indigenous Experiential Knowledge.
As the creative manager, Sarah Congdon creates branded print and digital design solutions that tell the stories of science and outreach related to Wisconsin’s waters. Sarah leads with a user-first design philosophy and enjoys the challenge of bringing visual simplicity to complex information. Prior to joining Sea Grant in late 2022, Sarah was senior graphic and Read more about Sarah Congdon[…]
Episode 9, 11/29/22 Houselessness and the environment: a roundtable Transcript People experiencing houselessness are amongst those most affected by extreme cold, extreme heat, wildfires and other weather exacerbated by climate change. The Water We Swim In team wanted to learn more about houselessness and its ties to the environment – especially because Wisconsin’s already frigid Read more about Houselessness and the environment: a roundtable[…]