A flier advertising upcoming webinars that will feature lightning talks about crayfish research and management; one webinar will be held on April 27 at 2 PM CT, and the other will be held on April 28 at 11 AM CT.

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/

When I become independently wealthy and start my own research institute, I'll write you a check.

Warning though: So far, being an outreach specialist hasn't been especially lucrative but you never know!

Weekly BioBlitz challenges from April 22 to May 23 focus on photographing aquatic and terrestrial life with specific themes like reflections, adaptations, and camouflage.

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.

www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/edu...

Quantification of macroplastics and litter dynamics in a highly active bay of Lake Victoria Macroplastics and litter pollution in freshwater ecosystems remain poorly quantified in tropical Africa despite growing concern over their socio-ecolo…

Quantification of macroplastics and litter dynamics in a highly active bay of Lake Victoria

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Ink and watercolor sketch of a long, scaleless fish without a jaw.

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

It's eventually going to be Christmas in July!

With enough caffeine you'll be fine!

This is the life that I want!

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

Wait, do people over 30 celebrate their birthdays?

‘Absolute tank’ of a snapping turtle rescued from Lake Michigan surf after wandering shoreline for days Doug the Tank was being tumbled around by waves when an animal sanctuary volunteer found him.

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

Nom nom nom!

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!

"Our findings serve to alert the Great Lakes research and management community to possibly substantial propagule pressure to Lake Superior from veligers of both Dreissena species, and to encourage further efforts to apply DNA target markers in a Dreissena veliger assessment context."

Patterns revealed and questions raised by first application of dual species Dreissena DNA markers to lakewide Lake Superior zooplankton samples Veligers of the two species of Dreissena mussels—quagga (D. rostriformis bugensis) and zebra (D. polymorpha) mussels—cannot be morphologically disting…

Patterns revealed and questions raised by first application of dual species Dreissena DNA markers to lakewide Lake Superior zooplankton samples

#GreatLakes 🧪

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Describing the seasonal abundance and growth rates of larval fishes across productivity gradients in Lake Huron in 2017 Several of the Laurentian Great Lakes, including Lake Huron, have undergone oligotrophication in the past decades and prey fish biomass has concomitan…

Describing the seasonal abundance and growth rates of larval fishes across productivity gradients in Lake Huron in 2017

#GreatLakes 🧪

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A woman wearing a dark green textured sweater with a name tag standing in a modern indoor space with large windows and beige seating.

Congratulations to our education outreach specialist, Ginny Carlton, who just took home the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education's Dave Engleson award!

www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/ginny-carlton-wins-...

Ink sketch of the long mouth and head of the pike on top. Bottom is view from above of two pike cruising the shallows.

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

Lake Sturgeon spawning

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...

Aerial view of a vast wetland with scattered small islands and a boat floating on calm water under a bright sky.

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: uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_82manssQ1BIS...

A field-based, minimally invasive biomonitoring approach to evaluate American herring gull health at two Lake Erie colonies Biomonitoring is an important consideration for determining the health status of wildlife as it pertains to pollutants and other stressors. In the pre…

A field-based, minimally invasive biomonitoring approach to evaluate American herring gull health at two Lake Erie colonies

#GreatLakes 🧪

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- YouTube We are Wisconsin Sea Grant video

Day of Badger, UW–Madison’s annual giving event, returns next week on April 14-15, and Wisconsin Sea Grant is participating! We work to protect the Great Lakes and coastal communities through research, outreach, and education. https://youtu.be/coJyK-8rUvQ

Two bison at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Shawnee National Forest

Shawnee Hills in the Shawnee National Forest

Here in Illinois, you might not think about the US Forest Service having much of a presence, but the agency manages important places like Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie and Shawnee National Forest - learn more about what they do from @extension.illinois.edu: aces.illinois.edu/news/illinoi...

A woman with brown hair wearing a blue and green fleece jacket standing on a sandy Lake Superior beach with gentle waves and a forested shoreline in the background.

Meet Cailin Young, our Great Lakes Coastal Leadership Academy Fellow! Cailin is developing a series of workshops about coastal processes and hazards for Great Lakes communities.

www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/keillor-fellow-help...

First In Fish: 'Fully Warm-Blooded' Moonfish Prowls The Deep Seas "It's hard to stay warm when you're surrounded by cold water but the opah has figured it out," a NOAA Fisheries biologist says.

You don't only have to look up to be in awe of the moon(fish)! www.kpbs.org/news/2015/05...