Beach Ambassadors fill vital role on Milwaukee beach

This summer on Bradford Beach in Milwaukee, swimmers might notice people in light blue T-shirts pushing an ice cream cart across the sand. Instead of frozen treats, the cart contains brochures and other information that beachgoers need to keep safe.

Sea Grant wins communications awards

Sea Grant won two communications awards in an international competition sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, an association that shares strategies and tactics to engage alumni, donors, prospective students, parents, government officials, community leaders and those in the private sector to support education. The podcast series Introduced, produced by Bonnie Willison Read more about Sea Grant wins communications awards[…]

Trimming Our Sails 2021

Take a deep dive with Sea Grant this summer and investigate maritime underwater shipwrecks and how aquatic invasive species impact water quality, the food web, and shipwrecks over a two day workshop series. Day one explores maritime archaeology and Great Lakes shipwrecks with a feature presentation by Tamara Thomsen, maritime archaeologist, photographer, researcher, and research Read more about Trimming Our Sails 2021[…]

Meet the summer 2021 interns

Three undergraduates and two recent graduates with bachelor’s degrees were selected through a competitive process that drew interest from students across the nation for a Wisconsin Sea Grant summer internship. They are joined by an additional two recent graduates, one with a B.A. and the other with a certificate in geographic information services (GIS), to Read more about Meet the summer 2021 interns[…]

EPA Fellow’s world travels lead to Duluth

Prarthana Shankar is the latest EPA Fellow. She’s working to understand the risks that per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances pose to freshwater fish and ecosystems.