by marsee | Jan 27, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Michigan Sea Grant (MISG) recently received $500,000 in funding from National Sea Grant for a project that will help improve resilience under future climate change scenarios in disadvantaged coastal communities in Michigan and Wisconsin. This collaborative effort...
by genlang | Jan 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Michigan Sea Grant (MISG) is pleased to welcome Dr. Mike Shriberg as our new interim director, effective January 23, 2023. Mike is a new faculty member at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (UM SEAS), with a joint appointment at the...
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 | 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...
by genlang | Aug 22, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
To say that Michigan Sea Grant Extension Educator Elliot Nelson loves birds would be an understatement. Based in the eastern Upper Peninsula, Elliot shares his passion for all things avian by hosting bird-watching walks, meeting fellow enthusiasts at festivals, and...
