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

Meet Ethan, a summer intern at the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility in Bayfield, Wisconsin. A lifelong angler, Ethan is getting hands-on experience with fish care and research. He hopes the skills he learned will lead him to a future in fisheries biology. https://youtu.be/3BrpGJQr_D8

We’re proud to celebrate our own Ginny Carlton, recipient of the Dave Engleson Award 🎉 As our Education Outreach Specialist, Ginny’s work, from microplastics lessons to coastal engineering curriculum, continues to inspire educators and students across the state. https://youtu.be/AvtzZsUG8_A

Ice fishing is a Wisconsin winter tradition—but changing ice conditions can make it dangerous. ⚠️ Learn how Sea Grant-funded researchers are working to improve ice angler safety in the Great Lakes: https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-sea-grant-study-aims-to-improve-ice-angler-safety/

Meet Marian Azeem-Angel, our 2025-2026 J. Philip Keillor Wisconsin Coastal Management Fellow! She's helping Great Lakes coastal communities build resilience to changing weather and water conditions. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/keillor...

👀 Saving our Sturgeon is getting noticed 👀 It just made the Nature Generation's 2026 Green Earth Book Award Long List! https://natgen.org/programs/green-earth-book-awards/

Have you ever wanted to tour the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility? The NADF, located in Bayfield WI, is a place where aquaculture research meets fish farmers. Get the inside scoop with Emma Hauser, WI Sea Grant's aquaculture outreach and education specialist. https://youtu.be/e3-D_sqQemk

Educators, apply for this FREE opportunity to learn about the #GreatLakes and coastal engineering this summer in Milwaukee! Work with engineers, scientists, and educators to explore coastal engineering education and get ideas for lesson plans to teach your students. https://go.wisc.edu/6qoud7

Educators, apps for the Shipboard Science Immersion are due Feb. 28! Still on the fence? Take a kook at what last year's cohort did: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/acdcf911ab5c40b7b3088015b0ed6983 Register: https://cgll.org/signature-program/r-v-lake-guardian-shipboard-science-immersion/

It's National Invasive Species Awareness Week, and we've got good news. A new study from WISG's Tim Campbell shows that boater education programs really work! https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/education-works-boaters-who-know-the-stop-aquatic-hitchhikers-rules-are-doing-their-part-to-stop-ais/

Folks in Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron counties: Applications for the Enduring Lake Superior Communities Program are now open! https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-superior-community-leaders-work-together-on-coastal-resilience-projects-funding-for-2026-projects-available/

Love books AND the #GreatLakes? 🩵 Join us for the 2026 Great Lakes, Great Read! The program just announced their book selections for the upcoming year. Think: shipwrecks, sturgeon, and...ship dogs! https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/great-lakes-great-read-program-announces-2026-book-selections/

Sturgeon spearing season opens this weekend, and we've got a book for that! https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-childrens-book-celebrates-sturgeon-conservation-in-wisconsin/

Our fisheries specialist, @drfishsg.bsky.social , will be joining chef Tory Miller, MAD Agriculture, and Sitka Salmon to discuss sustainable fisheries on March 5 in Madison. Check it out! 🐟 www.eventbrite.com/e/know-thy-f...

With #SeaGrant funding, Tisha King-Heiden is studying how #PFAS impact the nervous and immune systems of fish. But she's not just using common lab fish - she is focusing on Wisconsin fish like walleye and sturgeon. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/measuring-the-impact-of-pfas-on-wisconsins-fish/

Join us on February 18 for the first Maadagindan - Start Reading book club meeting of the year! We'll be discussing Anton Treuer's coming-of-age novel, "Where Wolves Don't Die." Register for the event and check out future books: https://waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu/maadagindan/where-wolves-dont-die/

How do #PFAS get into drinking water? Our director, Christy Remucal, describes how "forever chemicals" move around the #GreatLakes in The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/pfas-are-turning-up-in-the-great-lakes-putting-fish-and-water-supplies-at-risk-heres-how-they-get-there-271489

Congrats to Samantha Helle, Wisconsin Sea Grant's Knauss Fellow! Helle will join a cohort of early-career professionals in Washington D.C. to learn about policymaking related to marine, coastal, and Great Lakes issues. https://seagrant.noaa.gov/sea-grant-announces-2025-2026-fellowship-selections/

Last week, ASC staff gathered in the bitter cold for our annual strategic planning meeting in northern Wisconsin. It was a good time to connect, plan for the upcoming year, and reunite with dear friend, The Fisher.

What happens after an eaglet comes down from the nest? On the ground, the Eagle Health team works carefully to collect blood samples that will reveal how contaminants move through the food web, and how they may affect immune health in bald eagles. https://youtube.com/shorts/OIyxeth6h68?feature=share

Bird lovers, this one's for you. 🦅 The latest Chronicle profiles the work of the Great Lakes Eagle Health Project, which is investigating how PFAS impact the health of bald eagles. Learn how the team finds eagles, scales trees, and takes blood samples. https://chronicle.aqua.wisc.edu/

Meet the tree climbers behind the Great Lakes Eagle Health Project. Watch what it takes to get that eagle-eye view 🦅. https://youtube.com/shorts/iydZJwrl87s?feature=share

What can bald eagles tell us about “forever chemicals”? In our latest feature, follow the Great Lakes Eagle Health Project team as they study bald eagles as a sentinel species. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/eagles/

Teachers and students, join us on January 14 for another edition of Students Ask Scientists! Professor Ben Peterson will be talking about mercury and microbes in aquatic environments. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-january-14/

Teachers, looking for #GreatLakes lesson plans? The newly revamped Center for Great Lakes Literacy website has a library of FREE resources for you - like our shipwreck video game, The Legend of the Lost Emerald! https://cgll.org/resource/game-lost-emerald-searching-for-greatlakes-shipwrecks/

Salt makes parking lots, roads, and sidewalks safer to traverse in winter -- but it can also affect lakes and rivers. How much should you use, and when? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct04luWoplM

We asked what you would do with a pile of fish guts, and your answers did not disappoint! Read more about the winning ideas of the 100% Wisconsin Fish Contest. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/guts-and-glory-thinking-beyond-the-fillet/

Join us on Jan. 14 for another edition of Students Ask Scientists! Ben Peterson of the UW–Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences will be talking about mercury, methylmercury, and microbes in aquatic environments. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-january-14/

Our director, Christy Remucal, was featured in a recent WPR story about #PFAS in landfill runoff. https://www.wpr.org/news/study-landfill-runoff-wisconsin-high-pfas-levels

Say, do you know what a seiche is? If you don't, Dr. Fish explains!

With the help of the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, Alverno College students got a crash course in #aquaculture this past summer. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/alverno-college-students-explore-great-lakes-aquaculture/

Join us Dec. 6 for #GreatLakes fun at Uncommon Pints! Fisheries specialist Titus Seilheimer, emerging contaminants specialist Gavin Dehnert and Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center director Amy Workman will be discussing lakes, invasive species and PFAS. https://www.facebook.com/share/1FinjbzNmV/

A hearty congratulations to the team behind "A Wilderness Act," who brought home awards from the Red Nation Sea International Film Festival AND the Equinox Mountain Film Festival. The doc features Sea Grant-funded research on fire and pine forests. https://www.ishkode.org/a-wilderness-act

Looking for a gift that's the right blend of fun, educational, and unique? Look no further than the Wisconsin Aquaculture Coloring and Sticker Activity Book! A great gift the fish-obsessed kid (or kid at heart!) in your life. https://brand.wisc.edu/gift-guide/

#PFAS in maple syrup? Our emerging contaminants specialist, Gavin Dehnert, will be talking about his research at the Great Lakes PFAS Summit on December 2. https://egle.idloom.events/2025-PFAS-Summit

Sam Krueger wasn't sure about grad school, but then she caught the research bug at the Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program. The program is now accepting applications for the summer. https://freshwater.wisconsin.edu/freshwater-at-uw-krueger/

UW–Madison students, are you interested in academic librarianship? The Wisconsin Water Library is #hiring a student assistant for next semester! Apply by Friday, November 21. https://studentjobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/509715/wisconsin-water-library-library-assistant

Our video producer, Bonnie Willison, won two Madison Media Pros WAVE awards last week, including judge's choice. The winning video chronicles a night spearfishing with the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. Congrats, Bonnie! 🏆 Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NP-TEp4XCI

This weekend, we're rooting for A Wilderness Act at the Red Nation International Film Festival! The film, which features Sea Grant-funded research on fire and red pine forests, was nominated for best short documentary. 🏆 https://www.rednationff.com/2025-nominees-2/

Great Lakes + trivia + drinks + bingo = Get it on the calendar, people! Join Titus Seilheimer, Gavin Dehnert, and Amy Workman on Dec. 6 at 4 pm as they discuss lakes, invasive species, and PFAS at Uncommon Pints in Rothschild, WI. https://today.wisc.edu/events/view/215327

Organized by the UW–Green Bay Center for First Nations Education and Wisconsin Sea Grant, the Outdoor Learning with an Elder series gets people outside to learn about natural areas near campus. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/outdoor-learning-series-connects-elders-students-and-the-land/

Fifty years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior after hitting a ferocious storm. None of the 29 crew members survived. Learn more about this wreck and others at wisconsinshipwrecks.org. Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Students, want to spend your summer on a boat, in a lake, or at the lab? Apply to the Freshwater@UW Summer Research Opportunities Program! Gain hands-on research experience, learn how to communicate science, and explore future careers. https://water.wisc.edu/wateruw-madison-undergraduate-research/

How do scientists track fish? Join Anna Hill for the next Students Ask Scientists event TOMORROW, Nov. 6 and find out! Hill is studying how yellow perch move through #LakeMichigan. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-november-6/

Love sturgeon? Come hang out with us in Bay City on December 12 for a screening of the brand-new short documentary, "Dinosaur Fish"! The free, public event will include a Q&A panel with folks who are working hard to restore lake sturgeon in the Saginaw Bay area. Details: buff.ly/Tu9qRtM

Gavin Dehnert, Sea Grant emerging contaminants specialist, and wildlife ecologist Emily Cornelius Ruhs will be talking about their research on bald eagles and #PFAS at an upcoming webinar on Nov. 13. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y_Bjx-0gSB2ym-MA0SntQw#PFAS

This Halloween, meet a spooky #GreatLakes specimen, the bloody red shrimp! Like vampires, bloody red shrimp avoid direct sunlight, and so they'll swarm in the shadows of boats and piers. Most haunting of all, we don't yet know how this nonnative species will impact the Great Lakes...😱

Green Bay's got the green and gold, but they've also got...green stormwater infrastructure? On Oct. 2, the East River Collaborative led a tour of green stormwater infrastructure projects in the city. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/stormwater-infrastructure-tour-puts-the-green-in-green-bay/

How do scientists track fish? Join Anna Hill for the next Students Ask Scientists event on Nov. 7 and find out! Hill is studying how yellow perch move through #LakeMichigan. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us-for-students-ask-scientists-on-november-6/

We had a fin-tastic time at the Wisconsin Science Festival this weekend! Over 250 people dropped by to learn about #sturgeon, coastal engineering, maritime archaeology, plastic pollution, and zebra mussels. Titus Seilheimer#sturgeonalso dissected a juvenile sturgeon.