Get In Touch

The Coastal Resilience Resource Hub’s goal is to support coastal managers. Please reach out to Michigan Sea Grant with any comments, questions, or suggestions about the Hub: miseagrant@umich.edu 

Looking for local assistance or help on a specific topic? 

Reach out to Michigan Sea Grant’s Extension Educators! 

As part of the statewide network of Michigan State Extension  (MSU) offices, our Extension Educators help bring the vast Great Lakes knowledge and resources of MSU and the University of Michigan to individuals, communities, businesses, and organizations. Ways they can potentially help:

• Answer specific questions
• Recommend resources
• Connect with other experts
• Support a project’s first steps

Erica Clites (she/her), Extension Educator, Southeast District

Counties: Wayne, Macomb, Monroe, and St. Clair

Areas of Focus: 

• Habitat restoration
• Coastal community development
• Leads the Southeast Michigan Coastal Resilience Community of Practice 

clitese1@msu.edu
(313) 494-4678

Mark Breederland, Extension Educator, Northwest District

Counties: Emmet, Charlevoix, Antrim, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie and Manistee; statewide as needed

Areas of Focus: 

• Great Lakes levels / hydrology
• Sustainable coastal development
• Michigan Clean Marina Program
• Great Lakes Observing Systems
• Brownfield and coastal land redevelopment
• Coastal wetlands

breederl@msu.edu 
(231) 922-4628 (office)
(231) 590-0413 (cell)

Tyler Augst (he/him), Extension Educator, Government & Community Vitality

Counties: Berrien, Van Buren, Allegan, Ottawa, Muskegon, Cass, St. Joseph, Branch, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Barry, Kent, Ionia, and Montcalm

Areas of Focus: 

• Working with community elected and appointed officials
• Training, education, and resources on planning, land use, and resiliency issues
• MSU Extension Citizen Planner

augsttyl@msu.edu
(269) 657-8213

Meaghan Gass (she/her), Extension Educator, Saginaw Bay District

Counties: Arenac, Bay, Tuscola, Huron, and Sanilac

Areas of Focus:

• Great Lakes literacy
• Community resilience
• Place-based and natural resources education

gassmeag@msu.edu 
Bay City: (989) 895-4026 ext. 5
Standish: (989) 846-4111 ext. 9032

Elliot Nelson (he/him), Extension Educator, Eastern Upper Peninsula

Counties: Chippewa, Mackinac, Luce, Schoolcraft, Alger, Delta, Marquette, and Menominee (overlapping with the Western UP district)

Areas of Focus:

• Aquaculture workforce development
• Aquaculture and seafood consumer education
• Coastal tourism development
• Birding education programs
• 4-H partnerships
• Tribal partnerships

elliotne@msu.edu
906-322-0353

Lauren Jescovitch, Extension Educator, Western Upper Peninsula

Counties: Marquette, Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon, and Gogebic (overlapping with the Eastern UP district)

Areas of Focus: 

• Commercial fisheries
• State and tribal aquaculture and fisheries
• HACCP
• Water quality
• Needs assessments

jescovit@msu.edu
(906) 487-2974