03/22/22

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[…]

03/17/22

Great Lakes BioBlitz 2022

Photo Contest for photographers 18 and under We want to celebrate your outdoor photography and through it, encourage others to get outside, too. Your 2022 BioBlitz photograph(s) may be featured as a banner image next year in our BioBlitz projects. Ten winners will be chosen – one for each of the 9 local BioBlitz projects Read more about Great Lakes BioBlitz 2022[…]

03/17/22

Great Lakes BioBlitz 2022

Educators, students and families, and students are invited to participate in the Great Lakes BioBlitz! What is the Great Lakes BioBlitz? A bioblitz is a communal citizen-science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. This bioblitz focuses on the entire Great Lakes Basin (US) and Ontario. It Read more about Great Lakes BioBlitz 2022[…]

03/15/22

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.

03/07/22

Lake Talks series to explore sustainable, land-based fish farming

On Thursday, March 17, an online panel will discuss a type of fish farming known as recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). Attendees will learn about RAS research happening in Wisconsin and nationally, and how aquaculture and wild-caught fisheries can go hand in hand to provide domestic fish for U.S. consumers.

03/03/22

Sea Grant-supported work on the bay of Green Bay published in Journal of Great Lakes Research

Newly published research sheds light on how the bay of Green Bay has changed over time. Until this effort, the benthos of lower Green Bay had not been comprehensively studied since 1978.

03/02/22

New science communication tool available

Looking for help communicating about science to a nonscientist audience? A new publication is available to help students and researchers.

02/22/22

Road Salt and Groundwater

Episode 40, 2/22/22 Road Salt and Groundwater Transcript As research currently underway at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is uncovering, increased levels of chloride from road salt can persist in surface waters even in summer—when no salt is being applied—because it appears to be stored in groundwater. A study titled, “Mass Discharge of Road Salt via Read more about Road Salt and Groundwater[…]

02/21/22

Construct wild rice knockers at River Talks

The next River Talk will take place Tuesday, March 8, at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjacket Union as part of the St. Louis River Summit. Marne Kaeske with the 1854 Treaty Authority will present, “Bawa’iganaakoog (Wild Rice Harvesting Sticks).”

02/17/22

Lake Superior Sushi

Episode 4, 2/17/22 Lake Superior Sushi Video Transcript Sharon and Marie interview Ryan Lepak, a research limnologist at the Environmental Protection Agency in Duluth who studies mercury. He’s also an avid fisherman. In the second, “Fish-o-Licious” part of the show, Ryan helps us make sushi for the first time with Lake Superior fish. We even Read more about Lake Superior Sushi[…]