News
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How can we stop drownings in the Great Lakes?
Published on March 5, 2017
Water safety conference to address ways to improve safety, education and more -
Local Macomb County resident begins year of service providing environmental education and outreach
Published on February 28, 2017
Huron Pines AmeriCorps member to serve with MSU Extension and Michigan Sea Grant expanding outreach capacity. -
Ontario Ojibwa members travel to U.P. to attend Seafood HAACP training
Published on February 28, 2017
Anishnawbeg Iskatewizaagegan of Kiigoogewin working to reopen walleye fishery in Shoal Lake, Ontario. -
Great Lakes prey fish populations declining
Published on February 28, 2017
Conference provides a cross-basin overview of status and trends from 1978 to 2015. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week series highlights threats Michigan faces
Published on February 26, 2017
Damage caused by invasive plants alone costs the U.S. estimated at $34.7 billion a year. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Hemlock woolly adelgid
Published on February 26, 2017
MSU researchers recently were awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding to prevent and control invasive species in Michigan, including hemlock woolly adelgid. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Didymo
Published on February 26, 2017
This invasive is often called 'rock snot' and looks like wet wool. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Oak wilt
Published on February 26, 2017
MSU researchers recently were awarded a total of $1 million in grant funding to prevent and control invasive species in Michigan, including oak wilt. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: New Zealand mudsnail
Published on February 26, 2017
When found in large numbers, tiny New Zealand mudsnails can clog water intake pipes at facilities drawing from infested waters. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Red swamp crayfish
Published on February 26, 2017
This invasive can be a host for parasites and diseases and can carry crayfish fungus plague. -
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Flowering rush
Published on February 26, 2017
This plant is an up and coming aquatic invasive plant in the Saginaw Bay Watershed. -
Farming for Fish? Webinar will explore how to get started
Published on February 16, 2017
Webinar series for beginning farmers includes an overview of this fast-growing business sector. -
Birding trails helping to encourage tourism, conservation
Published on February 7, 2017
Workshop in Traverse City on Feb. 24 will explain how to create, manage and market a trail. -
Michigan Sea Grant welcomes new Extension educator to Saginaw Bay region
Published on February 6, 2017
Kip Cronk brings wide range of experience and is excited to start 'dream job.' -
MSU grad launches into year of service with youth in Northeast Michigan
Published on January 25, 2017
Huron Pines AmeriCorps member to work with the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative supporting place-based stewardship education. -
Biodiversity Is … Youth voices on biodiversity conservation to be shared through film
Published on January 24, 2017
Thunder Bay International Film Festival features Great Lakes issues, ocean exploration, maritime heritage and more. -
Ciscoes of the Laurentian Great Lakes and Lake Nipigon
Published on January 13, 2017
A new Great Lakes Fishery Commission publication describes in detail the past and present day ciscoes of the Great Lakes and Lake Nipigon. -
Great Lakes fisheries educational session Jan. 28 will be held in Traverse City
Published on January 4, 2017
Michigan Sea Grant coordinating daylong program on issues influencing commercial fishing on the Great Lakes. -
A flurry of winter birding opportunities await in Michigan’s Eastern Upper Peninsula
Published on December 21, 2016
New interactive online guide hosted on the North Huron Birding trail website provides suggestions on where to find winter bird species in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. -
Lake sturgeon habitat projects show promising results
Published on December 20, 2016
Experts will monitor success of coastal wetland habitat construction in the Detroit River.