The deadline is fast approaching to sign up for our online Introduction to Lakes course. January 27 at 5 pm is when the boat leaves the dock! We hope you can join us, and help us spread the word.

periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides

We are currently accepting applications for a Ph.D. student to start in 2026. If you find this paper interesting (journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...), come help us take the next step! Application information can be found here: www.wagnerlabmsu.com/lab-info.html.

Jeremy Hartsock and Erick Elgin from our team recently co-led an educational event on Tawas Lake, highlighting the extraordinary biological richness of this shallow lake. Along with rare birds and diverse wildlife, the lake is home to our largest bed of wild rice. www.mlive.com/environment/...

Our #paddlefish and #native #nongame technician job is NOW OPEN! Please share widely. Taking apps until 9/7 www.wildlifedepartment.com/about/career...

The Zotero browser plugins + its integration with RStudio & Quarto is game changing quarto.org/docs/get-sta...

Join the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society for $10 to save $25 on registration: michigan.fisheries.org/about/join-u...

There are still spaces available in this Aquatic Plant Identification workshop on August 13 at Michigan State University! Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Learn aquatic plants of Michigan from some of our best!

Come join the MU Limnology Lab as the new field manager! To apply for this position, please visit the MU web site at hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/s... and look for job opening ID 56749.

I'm thrilled to share more cool fish genetics, led by former MSc student Amanda Meuser, and with former student Amy Pitura and collaborator @erynmcfarlane.bsky.social. This one is about minnow hybrids! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our new field guide just arrived from the printer! So happy. Can't wait it to get it into people's hands! (If you just can't wait to see what's inside, it's already available online: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/aq...) #MacrophyteMonday

Be the coolest catfish at the cookout this weekend by sharing esoteric fish facts with your friends and family - a throwback to my Fisheries Blog post about official state (and provincial) fishes thefisheriesblog.com/2022/07/04/u...

You know that invasive plants are bad for our lakes. But do you know how to identify them? Do you know there's a Michigan program where you can learn to identify them, how to find them, and how to report them? It's the Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch! #MacrophyteMonday www.micorps.net/wp-content/u...

Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!

Hey Michiganders! Want to REALLY get to know your aquatic plants? Join two of my favorite macrophyte maniacs for this workshop, hosted by the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society! #MacrophyteMonday

Does anyone know if a DIDSON cable can work with an ARIS?

Wrapping up your PhD? I’m planning to hire a postdoc in the next few months (start date flexible). Will start formally advertising soon, but you heard it here first!! Possible research topics include - critical zone hydrology, agricultural water quality, SW-GW interactions. Reach out if interested!

A little tetra fish painting to brighten your Friday! #teamfish #sciart

Check it - A Tomelleri & Troll Fish show is being held at Volland, A Place for Art & Community in the heart of the beautiful Flint Hills in Kansas. Show is part of an event called Fish Wizards: vollandfoundation.org/fish-wizards-2… There are still tickets for Sunday's fish expedition at the creek.

This is so awesome, I'm tempted to drive to KS for it!

Sign up now to be part of our Michigan-wide Aquatic Invasive Species bioblitz! Help build the biggest-ever snapshot of invasions statewide to support research and management. www.micorps.net/events/micor...

Such a cool and impactful program - our unit in Michigan was just opened at the request of the state in 2023 to help them address pressing state and regional fisheries and wildlife issues!

Do you know this freshwater species? #MacrophyteMonday

Want to learn more about a nearby stream or river? Do you care about how clean the waters around you are? Do you like bugs? If you're in Michigan, check out these opportunities to join a volunteer stream monitoring event near you! www.michigan.gov/egle/newsroo...

@tkingfisher.com seems up your alley!

@solomonrdavid.bsky.social I found your record label: garholerecords.com?srsltid=AfmB...

Have been working on an illustration of Chiasmodon niger and decided to modify it a bit to fit today's #SundayFishSketch theme.

Join us for a webinar! "What Lies Beneath: Detecting Invasive Plants in Michigan Lakes" - presented by our own Erick Elgin and @jolatimore.bsky.social along with volunteers who participate in our MiCorps Exotic Aquatic Plant Watch. May 28, 9 AM ET. www.michigan.gov/egle/outreac... #invasivespecies

Bumping to the Fishes! and Science feeds.🐟🧪

I've been wanting to draw a Devil's Hole Pupfish for a few years now, and finally started the illustration. #SundayFishSketch #SciArt

Hello #portfolioday! Here's some of my work as a wildlife illustrator

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Heather, an interpretive planner, writer, and illustrator. I work in all sorts of media, both traditional and digital. If you're looking for interpretive panels, diagrams, illustrations, or digitally painted murals, I'd love to chat. I also teach online classes.

Hi #PortfolioDay. I'm Jennifer, a freelance scientific illustrator who loves to draw fish and concept figures 🐡

In West Michigan? You can help monitor native sucker fish through this opportunity shared by @miseagrant.bsky.social! All it takes is a pair of polarized sunglasses for spotting fish and ten minutes to walk the riverbank counting and recording fish. www.canr.msu.edu/news/spring-...

We're so fortunate to have Jeremy on our team! Great feature about him and his work from the North Central Region Water Network at the link.

Introducing our newest teammate, Dr. Jeremy Hartsock! Jeremy was a researcher here at Michigan State University for a few years and joined the faculty last summer. His work on aquatic plants is changing how we manage our lakes in Michigan - read about his work: northcentralwater.org/dr-jeremy-ha...

Agreed! This is a worthwhile watch for anyone interested in conservation of freshwater fish habitat.

Hi there, my student is making a survey about the use of R packages in Ecology, could you please spend two mins on filling it 🥹 Very appreciated! And if you could spread it further (RT), that would be just awesome. ❤️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Unexpected bottom topography (ridges of clay with what look like scour holes) at 110 m in Lake Michigan. Anyone know more about these geologic features?

NEWS: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to offer reinstatement to thousands of fired probationary employees at the Departments of Defense, Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, Interior and Veterans Affairs. Judge Alsup is also demanding sworn testimony from a senior OPM official.

Calling all budding artists! This year's Wildlife Forever Fish Art Contest has a #GreatLakes Fish specialty award. K-12 students are eligible. And who doesn't want the chance to win a model of a sea lamprey?! Submissions are due Feb. 28 #sciart www.theartofconservation.org/great-lakes-...

Can anyone point me towards papers looking at the differences between Fulton's K body condition and residual body condition? I am finding a lot of math-heavy papers but having difficulty finding how to interpret differences between the two measures of condition.

Michigan volunteers collect critical data about 100s of lakes statewide each year. We're proud to support them through the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) program. Enrollment is open for this year! Learn about the program, explore our 50 years of data, and enroll at www.micorps.net

Are you (or someone you know) looking for a community-engaged #hydrology #postdoc? I am seeking a post doctoral scholar at University of Vermont focusing on "Stormwater Management Adaptations to Climate Change" for a new USGS funded project in the northeastern US. Learn more:

Do you use the #rstats package dataRetrieval? We are looking for users to join us for usability testing. Your input will help shape the future of the package as we update functionality to serve USGS water data from new APIs. Interested? Email [email protected] github.com/DOI-USGS/dat...

I am still looking for a Master's student to join my lab at Northern Michigan University in fall 2025. Please get in touch if you are interested, and share with keen students interested in fish, genetics, or evolution!

Fish telemetry folks: Anyone have any HR2 Innovasea receivers sitting on a shelf that we could borrow for a few months for a pond study? Ideally, we could use 8, but can get by with less. Thanks!

January 28 is the registration for our class, all about lakes! Anyone can take it - you don't have to be in Michigan. We've been offering it annually for 10 years and it is a perennial hit! www.canr.msu.edu/courses/intr...