University of Wisconsin Sea Grant/Water Resources Institutes

06/16/2026

Teachers, check out our new coastal engineering curriculum! Designed for middle schoolers, the six lesson plans cover erosion, beaches, engineering, green infrastructure and more.

The hands-on lessons teach kids about bluff erosion, stormwater, and green infrastructure.

06/16/2026

Sunday’s event offered stationary and mobile activities, snacks, free bus transportation and binoculars to borrow.

06/15/2026

Check out our fisheries specialist, Titus, doing what he does best: talking about the Great Lakes!

20,000 years in a blink of an eye: Dive into the story beneath the surface of the Great Lakes!

Join us on June 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM for a free, in-person talk hosted by Oscar Grady Public Library - Saukville in Saukville, WI, featuring presenter Titus Seilheimer (University of Wisconsin Sea Grant/Water Resources Institutes). No registration necessary for this talk. This event will not be held virtually.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/3vy8uxxt

Lakes

06/10/2026

Congratulations to Lucie Carignan and Hayden Leonard, who are this year’s recipients of the Weston scholarship! The scholarship honors talented undergraduates who’ve worked on Sea Grant-funded projects.

🌳 Lucie worked on a project investigating how groundwater affects tree growth in the unique ridge and swale ecosystem of Door County. Alongside mentor Eric Kastelic, a graduate student in geological engineering, she learned how to extract core samples from trees, prepare them for analysis, and calculate annual tree growth.

⛵Hayden volunteered with Wisconsin Historical Society maritime archaeologist Tamara Thomsen and participated in two Sea Grant-funded projects studying shipwrecks in Lake Michigan. He updated the Wisconsin Shipwrecks website with information about wrecks newly listed on the National Register of Historic Places and helped educate the public about the Wisconsin Historical Society’s underwater archaeology and preservation projects.

Kudos to you both!

06/05/2026

The effects of PFAS contamination, whether in a private well or a municipal water supply, are rarely straightforward. And research shows that public understanding of PFAS contamination and mitigation options is limited. Those impacted have to make sense of unfamiliar science, interpret complex test....

06/05/2026

Miss our conversation with Pamela Cameron, author of the Great Lakes, Great Read book "SPORT: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes"? The recording is now available!

https://youtu.be/uicdX47lLZg?si=coSfmvLBokQdEc6F

06/04/2026

06/03/2026

What do UW-Madison School of Human Ecology students think about making fish leather? The process was therapeutic, easier than expected, and slightly odorous. What will they make out of their sustainable, Wisconsin-caught fish skins? From bracelets to book covers to shirts, ideas abound.

Wisconsin Sea Grant's Sharon Moen and Titus Seilhimer first learned fish leather tanning at a 2025 workshop and have since been teaching others across Wisconsin. Ginny Carlton, Sea Grant’s education outreach specialist, helped forge a partnership with UW-Madison’s Design Studies department to bring fish leather tanning to UW-Madison. Students were encouraged by instructors Mary Hark and Anika Kozlowski to experiment creatively with the material.

Project supported by: The Brittingham Wisconsin Trust, Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture, Eat Wisconsin Fish