With tongue-in-cheek award categories like Great Lakes Donut of the Year and more typical ones, the 2023 Lakie Award competition run by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant was good to Wisconsin Sea Grant.
Sea Grant Science Communicator Jenna Mertz learns how fish aquaculture water turns into organic greens, both of which reach dinner tables in Wisconsin and beyond!
Members of the Sea Grant communications team toured Sea Grant-related projects on Lake Michigan to learn more about the benefits of wild rice on the lake’s ecosystem.
Staffer Sharon Moen spent part of her year on four trips across the state of Wisconsin to speak with and interview fish producers.
Marie Zhuikov’s favorite project of 2021 all began when she found strange rusty bumps on the steel support legs of her cabin dock. The lumps looked hauntingly familiar.
The third weekend in September is traditionally a time for beach cleanups by communities in the Great Lakes. Volunteers scour beaches and shorelines for trash as part of the International Coastal Cleanup. Our Sea Grant staff members got in the spirit, participating in cleanups spanning across the state, from Wisconsin Point in Lake Superior, to Read more about Sea Grant staff collect commendable beach cleanup haul[…]
Our summer Coastal Science Communications Intern Elise Ertl describes her learning experience.