Job Posting: Government and Community Vitality Extension Educator

by marsee | Oct 8, 2019 | Employment, Extension, News

MSU Extension and Michigan Sea Grant are hiring an Extension educator who can bring issues related to community vitality, land use, and public policy to elected and appointed officials and other local leaders. The educator will also reach the public with issues...

Open position for Sea Grant Educator in Escanaba, MI

by marsee | May 23, 2019 | Employment, Extension, News, Upper Peninsula

Sea Grant Extension educators serve a variety of stakeholder groups, but no single educator can be an expert in all areas of concern to all potential stakeholders. Therefore, educators are part of a collaborative team within Michigan Sea Grant and MSUE, specializing...

What does it take to make 10 pounds of salmon?

by boxcar-admin | Feb 28, 2019 | Dan O’Keefe, Extension, Fish, Fisheries, Fishing, History, News

The new edition of “The Life of the Lakes” from Michigan Sea Grant explores how much food Great Lakes gamefish really need. By Daniel O’Keefe In order to produce gamefish like trout and salmon, a lake must be able to produce the food source for these...

Alien language: Understanding terminology about nonindigenous species

by boxcar-admin | Feb 28, 2019 | Aquatic Invasive Species, Extension, News, Rochelle Sturtevant

Part 1: What is the difference between exotic, nonindigenous, non-native, alien, nuisance, and invasive species? By Rochelle Sturtevant National Invasive Species Awareness Week is Feb. 25-March 3, 2019. The goal is to draw attention to invasive species and what...

Alien language: Stages of invasion

by boxcar-admin | Feb 28, 2019 | Aquatic Invasive Species, Extension, Great Lakes Health, News, Rochelle Sturtevant

Part 2: Not every organism that is introduced is an equal risk for becoming invasive. By Rochelle Sturtevant, Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State University Extension; and El Lower, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) National Invasive Species...

Huron Pines AmeriCorps member to share his passion for the outdoors in Northeast Michigan

by boxcar-admin | Feb 5, 2019 | Brandon Schroeder, Extension, News

Adam Ziani plans to apply his Environmental Science and Society degree during service with the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative network. By Brandon Schroeder, Michigan Sea Grant; Tracy D’Augustino, MSU Extension; and Adam Ziani, Huron Pines...