by marsee | Jan 9, 2023 | News
Extension educators enjoy adventure to Indonesian fish farms Lauren Jescovitch and Elliot Nelson In summer 2022, Michigan State University Extension educators Lauren Jescovitch and Elliot Nelson went on an adventure of a lifetime to Indonesia. Earlier in the spring,...
by marsee | Dec 9, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
At the end of 2022, Michigan Sea Grant’s director will hang up his hat and begin his well-earned retirement. Tom Johengen joined Michigan Sea Grant (MISG) as director in 2019. By then, he’d already been an integral member of the Great Lakes research community for 31...
by marsee | Oct 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s nothing like an open septic tank to make a person appreciate the value of clean water. A LEAKY ISSUE In Michigan’s Saginaw Bay watershed, many residents rely on septic systems to treat wastewater from toilets and drains. Home septic systems typically consist...
by marsee | Sep 9, 2022 | News
By Brandon Schroeder A freshwater feast is as simple and easy as: catch fish, clean fish, pan fry fish – and then eat fish while enjoying time with family. If you haven’t tried it before, this summer is a great time to start. My love for fishing – and eventually...
by marsee | Aug 29, 2022 | News
Stewardship. Resilience. Autonomy. A northern Michigan Ojibwe nation is working with Michigan Sea Grant-supported researchers to create an Indigenous knowledge guidance document to convey the principles that frame their relationships with the land they inhabit and...
by marsee | Aug 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
“It was very cute and very slimy.” That was one child’s reaction to holding a juvenile lake sturgeon at a riverside release event on August 19, 2022. That day, several hundred people met lake sturgeon up close while sending them into their new homes in the Saginaw Bay...