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Since 1985, Minnesota Sea Grant has been serving Minnesotans in need of Superior water science. https://seagrant.umn.edu/
Three people wearing winter jackets on a rocky shoreline with a black dog. Image credit: NOAA.
🐶Who’s a good oil detector?
Poppy the Springer Spaniel is sniffing out sunken oil like a pro — even 5 meters underwater! Join us August 15 for the next #HazMaTON webinar, where oil spill response goes to the dogs (in the best way).🧪
🔗 Register: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hazmato...
A woman wearing a life jacket on a boat holds a stick with a secchi disk at the end of it. Credit: USFWS.
This #SundayFunday, try a DIY that's so easy a kid could do it. 🔧
No, really! Our #Secchi disk tutorial is made for kids & perfect for #WaterQualityMonth.💧
Start by learning about Secchi disks & the #WaterScience behind them: z.umn.edu/mnsg_secchid...
#WaterSky #EduSky
Two kayaks, two people, paddling on water with forested shoreline in the background. Credit: MNSG.
🚣Don’t be that paddler—the one who forgets a life jacket, skips the weather check, or ends up in a “what not to do” story.
Minnesota Sea Grant’s new safety video is here to help you paddle smart and safe! 🛟
📰 Read the full scoop:
👉 z.umn.edu/mnsg_pstp-photoquest25
#WaterSky
Hilarie Sorensen testing water quality with a handheld device. Text over the image reads "Water Quality Month August 2025." Credit: MNSG
💧August is #WaterQualityMonth!
From drinking to swimming and fishing, we all depend on clean water—every day.
Follow us this month as we spotlight how #Minnesota Sea Grant supports clean water in the Land of 10,000+ lakes (+ one really big lake).🌊🧪
#CleanWaterMN #GreatLakes #WaterSky
Bright green algae collecting near a sandy Minnesota beach. Credit: MNPCA.
🌊 Algae blooms in northern #Minnesota? It's more likely than you think.
Join Itasca Waters + Minnesota #SeaGrant to learn how a changing climate is fueling harmful #AlgaeBlooms, even in cold, clear lakes like #LakeSuperior.
🧪 Free webinar on August 7 → z.umn.edu/mnsg_pww-alg...
The Straight River as viewed from Township Road 2 in Straight River Township, Minnesota. Image credit: Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons.
What do potatoes have to do with trout?
Find out on 8/6 w/ @mnpca.bsky.social’s Kevin Stroom at #TwinPorts Freshwater Folk. Join us in #Duluth or online to explore the Straight River’s ecology, agriculture, & #WaterQuality!🧪
Lunch @ 11:30, talk @ 12.
Free w/registration: z.umn.edu/mnsg_tpff-ri...
#MNSG brought together decision-makers, fish farmers & researchers for 2025 #Aquaculture Decision-Maker Day! 🧪
✅ Local food discussions
✅ Fish farm tours
✅ Policy connections
Aquaculture is #agriculture—see how #MN is supporting sustainable seafood. Watch the full recap: z.umn.edu/2025MNSG-DMD
Educators in pairs look at pails of water from along a rocky shoreline of Lake Superior. Credit: MNSG.
Educators stand in a row preparing a science equipment in front of a bench with scientific equipment on top. Credit: MNSG.
A man in hiking equipment points in the distance, while two educators stand on a rocky overlook beside him. Credit: MNSG.
A man in orange gloves holds up two fish in his hands to a crowd of seated educators in front of a yurt. Credit: MNSG.
This week, Lake Superior Speaks brought educators together for 3 days of science, reflection, & place-based learning at Wolf Ridge ELC along #LakeSuperior. 🌊🧪
Huge thanks to event partners, researchers, & attendees for supporting #EnvironmentalEducation rooted in #GreatLakes stories!
#EduSky🍎
Logo for Minnesota Sea Grant 2025 Undergraduate Internship program, surrounded by icons for five focus areas: healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries & aquaculture, resilient communities and economies, environmental literacy and workforce development, and Great Lakes transportation. Credit: MNSG.
Join #Minnesota Sea Grant’s 2025 Internship Showcase on Aug. 8! Hear from summer interns tackling Paddle Safe #TwinPorts, invasive #cattails, #YellowPerch aquaculture & more. 🧪
Free, virtual, & open to all!
Register here: z.umn.edu/mnsg_intern-... #SeaGrant #EduSky
A street sweeper driving down a street. Image credit: Mississippi Watershed Management/Flickr.
💥 IT’S GONNA GET GRITTY! 💥
Street sweepers. Salt trucks. Brine tanks. All REVVED UP for the ultimate Salting & Sweeping Showdown in Minnetonka on August 12!
🚛 Who cleans the streets best? Who handles winter worst?
FIND OUT & REGISTER: z.umn.edu/mnsg_sweep-s...
#CleanSweepMN #SaltMadness
☀️ Summer’s better w/fresh fish!
🎣 Find local #GreatLakes fish for your grill, your pond, or your next fishing trip w/the Fresh Fish Finder 👉 freshfishfinder.org
✅ Food fish
✅ Stocking fish
✅ Ornamental fish
✅ Fee fishing spots
✅ Bait fish
Fish farmers—get listed & help people discover your fish!
Graphic displaying dates, times and locations of summer 2025 tabling opportunities for Paddle Safe Twin Ports. On the bottom are a kayak, canoe, and paddleboard icons. Credit: Minnesota Sea Grant.
🛶 Paddle season isn’t over yet! #MNSG will be out at events around the #TwinPorts—swing by our table to grab safety tips and enter our #PaddleSafe photo contest.
Snap a pic of your paddling adventure, submit it, and you could win a summer prize pack: z.umn.edu/mnsg_photoqu...
📅 Find our table! 👇
Two kayakers paddling in front of the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge on a clear day. Credit: UMPR.
Paddle smart, paddle safe, & win prizes! 🚣
Check out PaddleSafeTwinPorts.org for weather updates, launch info, & safety tips before you hit the water. Then enter the Paddle Safe Photo Quest by 8/29 for a chance to win 1 of 3 paddling prize packs!
📸 Enter here: z.umn.edu/mnsg_photoqu...
#WaterSky
Maggie Karschnia guides Minnesota Sea Grant staff and advisory board members in playing the Watershed Game. Image credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
At our May #MNSG advisory board meeting, members got hands-on with the #WatershedGame! 💧
They explored how land use decisions impact water, & had some fun while learning, too.🧪
See how the game helps communities achieve clean water goals or try a copy for yourself: z.umn.edu/MNSG-WSG
#EduSky
A wetland covered in cattails, with a patch removed, under a bright blue sky. The tip of a silver boat is visible. Credit: Brendan Nee/MNSG.
#MNSG's Invasive Cattails project team is back in the field for 2025! 🌾
We’re studying whether removing invasive hybrid #cattails can help nearshore lake environments thrive.🧪
🔗 See the latest project updates: z.umn.edu/mnsg_cattails
"Voices of Minnesota Aquaculture" panel presentation in front of a room of attendees. Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
Julia Grenn, MNSG aquaculture extension educator, speaks with a group of legislators and producers in a greenhouse in front of a sign reading "Minnesota Sea Grant Aquaculture Lab." Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
Amy Schrank, MNSG aquaculture extension educator, speaks to legislative staff and producers in front of Yellow Perch fingerling tanks. Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
A jar of small, golden minnows, called Golden Shiners, swimming. Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
#MNSG wrapped up the 2025 Aquaculture Decision-Maker Day on June 24! 🐟
From local fish tastings to research tours, we connected policymakers with the people growing #Minnesota’s #aquaculture industry sustainably.
🔗Learn more about our work in #fisheries and aquaculture: z.umn.edu/mnsg_sfa
A leaf floating on a running rocky creek, with a forest in the background. Image credit: UMPR.
Join the #Minnesota Stormwater Research Council on July 17 to hear the state of #stormwater at their annual meeting! 🌧️
Hop on a morning bus tour of active research sites, then stick around (or log on) for the afternoon business meeting. 🧪
🔗Register free: z.umn.edu/mnsg_stormwa...
A woman in overalls uses a handheld spectroscope to examine wavelengths from two different types of lightbulbs. Credit: MNSG/A. Shie
TODAY: Last day to register for #LakeSuperior Speaks!🌊
This #WaterScience confluence of educators & researchers will be held July 23 - 25 at Wolf Ridge ELC. As a bonus, you can bring the whole family!🧪
🔗Register today: z.umn.edu/mnsg_lakesup...
#EduSky 🍎
...and don't forget to check out past HazMaTON webinars on #Minnesota Sea Grant's YouTube playlist: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hazmato...
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A freighter departing the Port of Duluth-Superior going under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. Credit: MNSG/A. Shie.
The #HazMaTON summer webinar series is BACK for 2025, starting on July 16!
Join us next Wednesday to hear from Jim Elliott, chief operating officer of the T&T Group of Companies, about the risks, responses, and recommendations for #FutureFuels.🚢🧪
🔗https://z.umn.edu/mnsg_futurefuels-webinar
A juvenile lake sturgeon captured during a fisheries assessment in the St. Clair-Detroit River System. Photo by James Boase/USFWS.
On 7/15, #TwinPorts Climate Conversations is talking about raising GIANTS!
Okay, maybe this little guy doesn't scream "giant," or anything but "adorable." But 1 day, this small #LakeSturgeon will be one of the largest fish in #LakeSuperior w/a BIG role to play.🧪
🔗https://z.umn.edu/mnsg_tpcc-giants
Graphic of a person holding a phone taking a picture of a person paddling a kayak wearing a life jacket and using reflective paddle tips. Text reads Paddle Safe Photo Quest and has logos for Minnesota Sea Grant and Wisconsin Sea Grant.
Rules for the Paddle Safe Photo Quest including a link for submissions at z.umn.edu/mnsg_photoquest25
🚨 Paddle Safe Photo Quest is ON! 🛶
Submit a photo showing safe paddling in Duluth-Superior—PFDs, float plans, reflective paddles, & more all welcome.
🎁 Winners get a paddling prize pack + a feature on MNSG socials & PaddleSafeTwinPorts.org!
📅 Deadline: Aug 29
🌊 Details: z.umn.edu/mnsg_photoqu...
Amy Schrank, right, teaches small children about Great Lakes fish using a sample. Credit: M. Thoms/MNSG.
The administration’s FY26 budget for NOAA proposes terminating the #SeaGrant Program.
Now more than ever, we need to show Congress TODAY how vital Sea Grant is to our communities. 💙
Sign our supporters’ letter: z.umn.edu/mnseagrant_l... AND contact your representatives: democracy.io#!/
A flower of the starry stonewort pinched between a finger and thumb over a pile of starry stonewort in the background.
🎆This #IndependenceDay, we’re not just thinking about stars & stripes—we’re talking starry stonewort, an #AquaticInvasive threatening #Minnesota lakes.
Join Itasca Waters + #MNSG for a free #WaterWisdom webinar with Dr. Daniel Larkin on 7/10. 🧪
🗓️ Register: z.umn.edu/mnsg_pww-sto...
A gold mansion with a green guitar in front stands in front of an orange building, beach, and water. Text says 10th annual Concerts on the Pier. Credit: Glensheen Mansion.
#MNSG takes to the water...well, pier!🌊
Catch our table at Glensheen Mansion's Concerts on the Pier TONIGHT starting at 5 p.m.! Walk or paddle up to learn more about our #WaterSafety program and PaddleSafe #TwinPorts while listening to sweet sounds.🎶
🔗https://z.umn.edu/mnsg_cotp1
A ranger points into the distance as he gives educators a tour at the Duluth Entry lighthouse. Credit: Cait Dettmann/MNSG.
TODAY: Last day to apply for scholarships! 🎓
#MNSG is offering scholarships to the first 20 educators to register for the upcoming “#LakeSuperior Speaks: Educator & Researcher Confluence” event from July 23-25 at Wolf Ridge ELC!
Don't wait, apply today: z.umn.edu/mnsg_lss-sch...
#EduSky 🍎
Registration is now open for the 2025 HazMaTON Summer Webinar Series. You can register for any/all of the three webinars in the series at: z.umn.edu/HazMaTON25
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Abby Haugen smiles with a member of the public at a Minnesota Sea Grant table at the Minnesota Point 50 Turning Point event. Image credit: M. Rodman/MNSG.
We 💙connecting with local community members!
Last month, #MNSG attended the Turning Point Summit hosted by #Minnesota Point 50 to play #LakeSuperior trivia and share educational resources related to community resilience! 🌊
Check out our projects related to community resilience: z.umn.edu/mnsg_rce
Graphic titled "The Hidden Colors of Lake Superior" describing a professional development workshop for educators on July 1 at the Great Lakes Aquarium. Credit: MNSG.
#MNSG-funded researcher Elizabeth Minor is bringing research on the photochemistry of plume constituents in #LakeSuperior to educators!🧪
Educators are invited to join us at the #GreatLakes Aquarium on July 1 for a FREE workshop exploring photochemistry.
Learn more: z.umn.edu/mnsg_hiddenc...
We 💙 field season!!
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