2017 has been a tumultuous year for many, and the Great Lakes region was no exception. Mid-Michigan communities experienced severe flooding. Federal funding cuts loomed over Sea Grant programs and Great Lakes restoration projects. Invasive carp probed Lake...
It’s October and the air grows crisp. Classrooms bustle, leaves burst into flame, and fishing poles head back into garages and basements until next year. At Michigan Sea Grant, the summer’s flurry is dying down and action is moving indoors. Fall gives us...
Notes from the director So far, 2017 has been a busy year for Michigan Sea Grant: events, awards, budget challenges, staffing changes, and institutional shifts. Personally, I have experienced considerable change, as I am retiring from the University of Michigan after...
At Michigan Sea Grant, we love to brag about the Great Lakes. These astonishing lakes and their connecting rivers make up the planet’s largest body of fresh water. They provide drinking water for millions of people, span an international border, sustain billions of...
The winter winds may blow and ice may rim the shores of the Great Lakes, but Michigan Sea Grant is still hard at work. In Ann Arbor, East Lansing, and coastal communities around the state, Michigan Sea Grant staff are preparing for conferences, reviewing graduate...
Happy anniversary, Sea Grant! On October 15, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson put pen to paper and authorized the National Sea Grant College and Program Act. Fifty years later, with 33 programs operating in every coastal and Great Lakes state — plus Puerto Rico and...
