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.

Today is the LAST DAY to submit your fishy ideas!! www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-...

Swales! Students! Sturgeon! The latest issue of the ASC Chronicle has got the three S's covered. Read about research on swales at the Ridges Sanctuary in Door County, how staff and students spent their summers, and a new children's book about sturgeon. https://chronicle.aqua.wisc.edu/

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/

There's more to fish than the fillet, and we need your ideas on how to use it! Submit your suggestions to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest for a chance to win a #GreatLakes prize pack. Contest closes Oct. 24. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-your-ideas-to-the-100-wisconsin-fish-contest/

Get to know lake sturgeon at the 15th annual Wisconsin Science Festival on Oct. 25! "The Story of Water" mini expo will feature hands-on activities for kids, a book talk, and a fish dissection. https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/story-of-water-spotlights-sturgeon-at-wisconsin-science-festival/

Tony Kiszonas has seen first-hand how changing Great Lakes water levels affect the wetlands and forests at The Ridges Sanctuary. When Lake Michigan water levels drop, he sees that some swales dry up. But some swales remain unaffected. Read more about the research: https://ow.ly/48V750X7mZz

The Ridges Sanctuary in Door County is known for its unique ridge and swale ecosystems and rare, endangered species. But UW–Madison's Steve Loheide is most interested in what’s going on underground. Read more about this new WRI-funded research: https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/the-swale-tale/

@drfishsg.bsky.social is very practiced in the art of cooking whitefish! 👨‍🍳

There's more to fish than the fillet, and we need your ideas on how to use it! Submit your suggestions on how to use the whole fish to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest for a chance to win a #GreatLakes prize pack. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-...

For twelve interns stationed at aquaculture facilities across the state, this summer was the season of fish. 🐟 Funded through the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, this first-time program gave students hands-on opportunities to learn about fish farming. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/summer-...

The new Center for Great Lakes Literacy website is brimming with resources for educators! Explore the ever-expanding resource library full of data-driven lessons, curriculum packages, success stories, videos, storymaps, and more. buff.ly/EqWx1QR @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social @mnseagrant.bsky.social

Sea Grant-funded researcher Evan Larson just landed a big publication! Larson and his research team documented how Anishinaabe fire stewardship maintained pine forests on Wisconsin and Minnesota Points along Lake Superior. www.uwplatt.edu/news/univers...

Teachers, explore 10,000 years of history beneath the #GreatLakes with your students at the next Students Ask Scientists webinar on October 7! UW-Milwaukee professor Ashley Lemke will talk about what's buried beneath the waves of our biggest lakes. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/join-us...

We happen to agree with Joe! 😄

Could this whitefish be a hat? A drink? The elixir of life? 🧪 Submit your ideas on how to use the whole fish to the 100% Wisconsin Fish contest for a chance to win a #GreatLakes prize pack! www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/submit-...

Get revved up for Wisconsin Stormwater Week by connecting with water professionals and community leaders at Discovery World in Milwaukee this Friday, Sept. 19 from 1-3:30! The event will highlight ongoing projects and programs around water quality and stormwater. www.wistormwater.com

With funding from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Sea Grant supported 12 interns at aquaculture facilities across the state. It was a fun, busy summer filled with lots of learning! Hear what the interns had to say about the experience. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Eu...

"Saving our Sturgeon," a children's book about Wisconsin's beloved big fish, is out now! Written by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn, the book tells the story of how people came together to save the lake sturgeon – a prehistoric fish that can live up to 150 years. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-chi...

August is back-to-school season - and bird graduation! Join us on Thursday, Aug. 21 for an Everyone Can Bird event that celebrates baby birds as they move into adulthood and prepare for migration. The event is for folks of all ages and ability levels. More info: www.facebook.com/share/1EMftY...

“To see these fish in front of you is just a remarkable experience." Wisconsin Sea Grant's Anne Moser and author Rebecca Hogue Wojahn talk about lake #sturgeon and their new children's book, "Saving our Sturgeon," on WPR. www.wpr.org/news/childre...

The carp detectives are getting lots of attention! Check out this story from WPR about Sea Grant-funded research empowering kids to test for invasive carp in the Wisconsin River at Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center. www.wpr.org/news/meet-wi...

When people search for #PFAS online, what do they want to know? A new study sheds light on how public health professionals and scientists can better communicate about these "forever chemicals." www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-stu...

A great story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about a Sea Grant-funded project at Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center that recruits middle schoolers to test for #invasive #carp in the Wisconsin River. www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

Looking for a volunteer opportunity that gets you in the water? 💦 Join us on August 9 for Aquatic Invasive Species Snapshot Day, an event that invites nature-lovers of all ages to search for AIS in local lakes, rivers, and wetlands. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/aquatic...

Apply for the Enduring Lake Superior Communities program by this Friday, July 25! The program offers up to $2,000, tailored guidance from resilience professionals and connections with other #LakeSuperior communities facing similar challenges. Learn more: lakesuperiornerr.org/coastal-trai...

New book alert for that sturgeon curious middle schooler in your life! wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Arti... @uwiscseagrant.bsky.social

Nothing ruins a day at the beach like E. coli. 😩💩 Learn how Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researcher Ryan Newton is developing a quicker way to test for E. coli at public beaches and identify where it came from. www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/develop...

The latest edition of the Chronicle takes you 100 feet beneath the surface of #LakeMichigan to the wreck of the Little Harbor launch - a boat tied to cherry-picking and tourism in #DoorCounty. We've also got stories about aquaculture interns, wild rice, and fire. Read more: chronicle.aqua.wisc.edu