Restoring piping plover habitat on Wisconsin Point
One of our science communicators takes a field trip to Wisconsin Point’s Bird Sanctuary to hear the latest intel about the status of the endangered piping plover shorebird.
Author: University of Wisconsin Sea Grant
History of Fond du Lac and winter Ojibwe stories shared at River Talks
Christine Carlson and Mark McConnell shared their wealth of knowledge about the community of Fond du Lac MN and Ojibwe stories for the March River Talks.
Happy Burbotine’s Day!
Episode 10 In this episode Sharon and Marie interview Titus Seilheimer, Sea Grant’s fisheries outreach specialist. Then they travel to Cornucopia, Wisconsin, on the south shore of Lake Superior to speak with staff from Halvorson Fisheries. What’s the topic? Burbot! If you’re not familiar with what a burbot fish is, you will be by the …
Fire, blueberries and treaty rights
Episode 10 Today, we’re talking about red pine forests, blueberries, treaty rights, and how they all converge around fire on a tiny split of land jutting out into Lake Superior – what we now call Minnesota and Wisconsin Points. The story starts at the opening ceremony of a Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded project called Nimaawanji’idimin giiwitaashkodeng: …
Season Two: An Update
Hear an update about season two and a farewell message from Hali, co-creator of The Water We Swim In and former Wisconsin Sea Grant intern.
St. Louis River Summit
The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve is holding its 13th annual St. Louis River Summit March 8-10 with a half-day of virtual sessions and two days of in-person sessions at the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjacket Union. Michael Waasegiizhug Price, Traditional Ecological Knowledge specialist with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, is the keynote speaker. Wiscosin Sea Grant is one of the event sponsors.
Why people love the St. Louis River
The November River Talk featured a researcher and a youth panel who spoke to the theme: “Tell us what you Love About the River.” Molly Wick, a Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve Margaret A. Davidson Fellow, described a study she designed to help environmental managers understand how the community benefits from local lakes, rivers and streams and how this work could help make those benefits more accessible to everyone. Afterward, a panel of three young people rounded out the discussion with their personal stories about why the St. Louis River is important to them.
The Stories Trees Tell
A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded research and outreach project is designed to explore how the Anishinaabe people connected to and homesteaded the lands of Wisconsin and Minnesota points and how they used fire to manage the landscape. The project name, “Nimaawanji’idimin Giiwitaashkodeng,” translates into “We are all gathering around the fire.” It is being led by …