A collage of Great Lakes plants and animals with a camera and the words "Gotta find 'em all! 2026 Sea Grant Great Lakes BioBlitz"
Lots of ways to participate in the BioBlitz:
- Take an afternoon to explore and document some wildlife in your area
- Pick a location to return to weekly
- Set a goal to find something new every day
- Follow the weekly challenges
- Choose your own BioBlitz adventure!
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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...
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
Man in a fish taco costume stands next to a woman wearing an orange Eat Wisconsin Fish apron and black hat.
1,848 minutes later, Day of the Badger is a wrap! A Great Lakes-sized thank you for supporting Great Lakes research, education and outreach across Wisconsin. If you didn’t get a chance to donate yet, don’t fret! You can still show your support: https://go.wisc.edu/m31j28
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
With six field locations across the state, Wisconsin Sea Grant is in your town…or not too far from it! Natalie Chin, our outreach specialist located in Superior, explains how we help Great Lakes communities by connecting them to resources and technical expertise. http://dayofthebadger.org/aquasci
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
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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-...
Why should you support us on Day of the Badger? Because we’re a good investment. Wisconsin Sea Grant funds research, education and outreach projects that keep our Great Lakes healthy now — so we can avoid big, expensive issues later. dayofthebadger.org/campaign/aquatic-science...
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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...
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
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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...
Last call - application deadline tomorrow for two Water Policy Specialist positions. Come join us in working to protect, conserve, and restore freshwater resources!
Announcement for the 2026 Sea Grant Great Lakes BioBlitz Kick-Off Webinar on April 16 at 2 p.m. CT with details on citizen science and data collection.
Attention birders, fish fanatics, bug watchers, and plant-people: the Great Lakes Bioblitz returns April 22! Join us at the kick-off webinar on April 16 to learn how scientists use these data in their work.
seagrant.umn.edu/events/2026-sea-grant-gr...
Deadline extended to April 20!
Proud to be part of this community of practice promoting coordination between Great Lakes organizations working on coastal resilience: coast.noaa.gov/states/stori...
2027 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship applications open with deadline June 3, 2026, promoted by Sea Grant over Capitol building background.
Are you a grad student interested in Great Lakes or coastal policy? Wisconsin Sea Grant is now accepting applications for the Knauss Fellowship Program. Learn more at our webinar on April 17: www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/edu...
Join us for UW Science Expeditions on April 10-12! These FREE events invite kids and adults to explore science of all types at UW–Madison's campus. Wisconsin Sea Grant will be hosting hands-on activities about erosion and microplastics on April 11.
https://science.wisc.edu/science-expeditions/
A teacher stands on a research boat with a view of the Milwaukee shoreline
Educators, apply for this FREE opportunity to learn about the Great Lakes and coastal engineering in Milwaukee! Work with engineers, scientists, and educators to explore coastal engineering education and get ideas for lesson plans to teach your students. Due April 1!
https://go.wisc.edu/6qoud7
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...
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
Two people ice fishing on a frozen lake, one adjusting a fishing rod while the other watches near a white bucket.
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: www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/new-sea-grant-study...
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...
Cover of Saving our Sturgeon, which shows a sturgeon leaping out of a river with onlookers onshore
👀 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
A teacher stands on a research boat with a view of the Milwaukee shoreline
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: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/acdcf911ab5c40b7...
Register: cgll.org/signature-program/r-v-la...
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!
www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/education-works-boa...
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Folks in Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, and Iron counties: Applications for the Enduring Lake Superior Communities Program are now open!
www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/lake-superior-commu...
