Forgot to post yesterday but here are more fish faces for #SundayFishSketch. Finished the bass with yellow bass.

My 14th year of spring beach cleanups at Silver Creek beach in Manitowoc. At this point I just feel anger while picking up all this plastic. Why is this my job? Most common items were plastic bottle caps, misc small plastic, and cigar tips. Burned out on this endless effort... #GreatLakes

"New research reveals that the species (alligator gar) is best managed using highly restrictive limits akin to those used for other long-lived fish populations, like sturgeon" @solomonrdavid.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/tnature/...

Reflections in streams

‘Doug the Tank’ returns to native habitat after rescue from Lake Michigan surf www.mlive.com/environment/...

Join us this Wednesday to talk about some of life's greatest things: the Great Lakes, books, dogs, and lighthouses.

The Hazardous Material Transport Outreach Network (HazMaTON) is back with its summer webinar series! The first one, "Shaping the Next Generation of Great Lakes Spill Responders," kicks off on May 27 at 11 a.m. https://hazmaton.org/webinars/

Funny fish faces for #SundayFishSketch. Rock bass, white bass, and largemouth bass.

An old #SundayFishSketch for all the moms out there - thanks for taking care of your kids, even if it means holding them in your mouth for an extended period of time to protect them from being eaten by predators. A clearly universal experience for moms everywhere.

“What’d you think when people first mentioned that you could surf out here?” “I thought they were kind of stupid honestly,” he says. “It looked really bad, and I thought no way they’re having fun out there.” www.michiganpublic.org/podcast/beyo...

Some nice coverage of last week's Everyone Can Bird event! Even the pelicans showed up. https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2026/05/04/twin-ports-birding-event-aims-expand-accessibility/

There are over 50 plant, fungus, and animal taxa named in honor of Sir David Attenborough, including Nothobranchius attenboroughi, a brightly colored seasonal killifish found only freshwater ephemeral pools and wetlands in Tanzania

Congratulations to "A Wilderness Act," which was selected for the 2025-2026 Films for the Forest juried film collection! The documentary features Sea Grant-funded research on fire and pine forests in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. https://www.filmsfortheforest.org/films/a-wilderness-act

Want to learn more about migratory suckers in the #GreatLakes. Sucker science! @karenjmurchie.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/Ump1N...

In the lower #GreatLakes, whitefish numbers have been declining in part due to invasive mussels - now a bill under consideration in the Michigan state Senate would allocate funding to the state's DNR for a rearing/stocking program to support whitefish recovery www.greatlakesnow.org/2026/05/05/m...

Join us on May 13 at 6 p.m. to talk about books, dogs, and lighthouses with Pamela Cameron, author of the Great Lakes, Great Read picture book selection, "SPORT – Ship Dog of the Great Lakes." https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-great-read-author-to-talk-about-books-dogs-and-lighthouses/

I'm reading Moby Dick again, so my "fish" for this week is the sperm whale! #SundayFishSketch

When people search for #PFAS online, what type of information do they find? Tune in to hear Lyn van Swol and Rachel Hutchins talk about their Sea Grant-funded research on PFAS communication. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/lets-talk-risk/the-case-for-honest-pfas-LHWrCxdPn1X/#google_vignette

April showers bring May flowers...and the ASC Chronicle! The latest issue is blooming with stories about water, research, and people. https://chronicle.aqua.wisc.edu/

More sucker spawning today. #GreatLakes

Fish watching season. Spawning white suckers. #GreatLakes

Those who can, do. Those who can't decide, Sea Grant!

Interested in the topic? There's a whole book about it! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/carly... I enjoyed it.

Breaking Bonds: Wildlife Range Shifts in a Changing World storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4042...

For the #SundayFishSketch this week, I'm going with shellfish. I cooked some Alaskan Spot Shrimp today, so that's what I sketched. Don't could the legs because I didn't get them all (hey, I'm not a science illustrator!).

Can someone help #translate this postcard sent by my grandfather to his Aunt, from Ukrainian to English?

🎶 I'm just a gill, sitting here on Capitol Hill 🎶 Spending the day running around talking about #GreatLakes fisheries issues on behalf of @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social and the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission

Kassandra L Ford, Rose Peterson, Kory M Evans, Adam P Summers, James S Albert, 2026. Radiations and morphological divergence: complex craniofacial evolution in a diverse group of African electric fishes (Mormyridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 206, Issue 4. 🐟🧪

Happy first day of the Great Lakes Bioblitz! Here are your challenges: Aquatic: Upside down and all around! Capture a photo of a plant or animal reflected on a body of water. Terrestrial: Places to be, things to see! Take a picture of an animal in action: flying or climbing, swimming or crawling.

A revised stratigraphic positioning of the Arkona Beach of Ancestral Lake Erie in Northwest Ohio, USA #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy Earth Day. We've only got one planet Earth, so let's take care of it for now and the future!

Non-native steelhead (aka rainbow trout) in Silver Creek. Still not seeing much sucker movement near the mouth but they are certainly in the watershed. #GreatLakes

It's a snap to stay up to date with the latest crayfish research! The Invasive Crayfish Collaborative is hosting 2 webinars next week featuring short lightning talks from crayfish experts about the newest science and management of all things crayfish - register here: invasivecrayfish.org/events1/

Spend Earth Day outside with the Great Lakes BioBlitz! Join our iNaturalist project and participate in challenges, record species, and build community from April 22-May 24. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/education/great-lakes-and-marine-education-resources/great-lakes-bioblitz/

Quantification of macroplastics and litter dynamics in a highly active bay of Lake Victoria www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪

Sea lamprey for #SundayFishSketch. Learned about potential genetic biocontrol in the #GreatLakes last week.

Educators, get those applications in by April 20 for a summer experience you won't forget! This August, join us in Milwaukee to learn more about the #GreatLakes and coastal engineering as well as activities and lessons you can use to teach your students. Apply: https://go.wisc.edu/6qoud7

Doug the Tank, a 33-lb, 30-something-year-old snapping turtle, was rescued after being found wandering the Lake Michigan shoreline and being battered by waves - an unusual sight since these guys typically inhabit the slower waters (like wetlands) of the #GreatLakes www.mlive.com/environment/...

Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Titus Seilheimer, aka Dr. Fish, is ready to answer your fish questions, whether they're about sturgeon or the Friday fish fry. Located in Manitowoc on Lake Michigan, Titus spreads “the mission of Great Lakes fisheries throughout the state.” http://dayofthebadger.org/aquasci

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Day of the Badger has officially begun, and we need your help to support our mission! Wisconsin Sea Grant means great Great Lakes for all Badgers, no matter where they are in the state. (We're also skilled at dodging falling squirrels!) Give today: http://dayofthebadger.org/aquasci

I spent a couple years at the Northern Research Station in St Paul. It is hard to see how this dismantling of USFS research is going to be good for the American people!

Patterns revealed and questions raised by first application of dual species Dreissena DNA markers to lakewide Lake Superior zooplankton samples #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Describing the seasonal abundance and growth rates of larval fishes across productivity gradients in Lake Huron in 2017 #GreatLakes 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Congratulations to our education outreach specialist, Ginny Carlton, who just took home the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education's Dave Engleson award! https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/ginny-carlton-wins-top-environmental-education-award/

I've been watching spawning Northern Pike in the last week, so here are two sketches of them. #SundayFishSketch

Consider supporting the great things that we do at Sea Grant! #GreatLakes

Spring means warmer temperatures and the start of fish spawning. One of the earliest spawning fish in Wisconsin is the Northern Pike. Pike arrive right after ice out and use flooded areas. This gives their offspring a long first year growing season. #GreatLakes

After disappearing from the Milwaukee River in the early 20th century due to overfishing and habitat loss, the new discovery of an adult sturgeon 20 miles upstream from Lake Michigan is a milestone in a massive restoration project that’s been underway for 20 years www.wuwm.com/lake-sturgeo...

Have you worked with Wisconsin Sea Grant before? We're in the process of developing our 2028-2031 strategic plan and need your feedback to guide our work in the future. Please take our survey by April 20: https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_82manssQ1BIS6Am