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Doing good for the Great Lakes. Official account for Michigan Sea Grant (MISG), a collaborative NOAA program housed at University of Michigan and Michigan State University Extension.
A hand holding a burbot fish. Credit: Kristian Kostov/Wikimedia.
Did you target Burbot (Eelpout, Lawyer, Freshwater Cod) ice fishing in the #LakeSuperior basin (including bays/tributaries) during the 2025/2026 season?
@miseagrant.bsky.social fellow Grayson Wolf wants your input for management decisions.
Anonymous Survey: z.umn.edu/mn-burbot-sm
We'll be there too, with resources about paddling safety and aquatic invasive species -- drop by!
26.02.2026 20:58 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Bringing back some of the #GLANSIS team's greatest for #NationalInvasiveSpeciesAwarenessWeek: here's some great coverage of last year's landmark paper on the top 10 most impactful #GreatLakes #AIS!
#NISAW
Curious about which #GreatLakes #AIS have the most severe or wide-ranging impacts across the basin? Check out this paper from MISG's #GLANSIS team about the top 10 aquatic invaders in our region! #NISAW
24.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Do you have #GreatLakes #AIS data you’d like to share? Contact the #GLANSIS team to do so -- you can also direct us to additional resources or contribute to our peer review process! https://buff.ly/41mdtYU #InvSpWk #NISAW
19.02.2025 17:51 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Curious about which #GreatLakes #AIS have the most severe or wide-ranging impacts across the basin? Check out this paper from MISG's #GLANSIS team about the top 10 aquatic invaders in our region! #NISAW
24.02.2026 18:24 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Bringing back some of the #GLANSIS team's greatest for #NationalInvasiveSpeciesAwarenessWeek: here's some great coverage of last year's landmark paper on the top 10 most impactful #GreatLakes #AIS!
#NISAW
NAISMA NISAW National Invasive Species Awareness Week
National Invasive Species Awareness Week is here. From emerald ash borer to zebra mussels, invasive species harm ecosystems everywhere.
Join NAISMA at their educational webinars all week: naisma.org/events/list/... #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology #NISAW 🧪🌍🍁
The word Upwellings over an image of a snowy boardwalk stretching into a frozen marsh
A Knauss Fellow in Times Square, an underwater vacuum cleaner in Higgins Lake, a burbot survey: all this and more in our February Upwellings newsletter! buff.ly/7jw3jBB
19.02.2026 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Emily Stuller, a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, smiles in front of some green shrubbery.
Emily and another adult wear snorkeling gear as they interact with a child wearing a life jacket in shallow, clear inland Florida waters
Incoming Knauss fellow Emily Stuller grew up near Lake Michigan and fell in love with the water. After studying marine science, she's ready to explore the world of ocean and Great Lakes policy and management. Get to know Emily (and meet her cute dog) with this Q&A article: buff.ly/BNTVepV
12.02.2026 15:04 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Emily Stuller, a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, smiles in front of some green shrubbery.
Emily and another adult wear snorkeling gear as they interact with a child wearing a life jacket in shallow, clear inland Florida waters
Incoming Knauss fellow Emily Stuller grew up near Lake Michigan and fell in love with the water. After studying marine science, she's ready to explore the world of ocean and Great Lakes policy and management. Get to know Emily (and meet her cute dog) with this Q&A article: buff.ly/BNTVepV
12.02.2026 15:04 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A headshot of Emily, who has blonde hair and blue eyes, smiling in front of green shrubs
This week, we're celebrating the Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship! This summer, finalists will match with federal legislative/executive offices and will officially start yearlong fellowships supporting marine and Great Lakes policy, research, and management. Meet MI's incoming fellow: buff.ly/cUbcYTu
11.02.2026 15:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"When I first saw the opportunity, my immediate reaction was: this is not for me... Then I paused."
Entrepreneur, grad student, and outgoing Knauss Fellow Ola Ayeni thrived in the Sea Grant office. Her takeaways -- including the moment she saw herself on a billboard in Times Square: buff.ly/hWACCAY
(2/2) Tomorrow, we'll share a farewell from Olamide Ayeni, an entrepreneur whose fellowship wrapped up this winter. Then we'll introduce Emily Stuller, a marine biologist making a splash for the Great Lakes. Stay tuned for their stories!
09.02.2026 18:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A grid of 10 photos of members of the incoming 2026 Knauss class. They represent a range of genders and ethnic backgrounds.
This week, we're celebrating the Knauss Fellowship!
This prestigious program has empowered nearly 2,000 grad students and young professionals to make a difference for marine and Great Lakes science, policy, and management by spending a year working in federal offices. (1/2)
The logo of the Michigan Clean Water Corps accompanies text: 2026 MiCorps Stream Grants Now Open! Apply by March 6, 2026. Cleanup Grants For local units of govermnet. Amount: $500 to $5000. Purpose: Support trash removal from streams, rivers, and creeks. Stream Monitoring Grants. For: Local units of government, nonprofits, and tribes. Amount: Startup: up to $5000 (1 year). Implementation: up to $20,000 (2-years). Maintenance: up to $3000. Purpose: volunteer macroinvertebrate monitoring and habitat assessment in wadeable streams.
Volunteer-led stream work has a big impact, and MiCorps stream cleanup and monitoring grants are now open for 2026.
If your organization is building or expanding a program, these grants can help cover staff time, training, and equipment costs.
Applications due March 6.
www.micorps.net/streams/grants
Still time to register!
Educators are invited to join the Great Lakes Region Place-Based Education Institute starting this Feb and dive into hands-on strategies that connect students with their communities and local environments.
Learn more & register:
greatlakesstewardship.org/about-2/gl-r...
Researchers want help from ice fishers to collect data on ice thickness to improve ice forecasting in the #GreatLakes.
www.interlochenpublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Coldest Lake Michigan morning of the year, so far.
#GreatLakes
Stay safe, folks!
21.01.2026 15:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Illustration of underwater lake life with the phrase, "Dive into lake learning - Introduction to Lakes Online. 6 Week Online Course. Michigan State University Extension Center for Lakes and Streams".
Last call! Our Intro to Lakes online course starts soon - you can sign up through 5 PM ET January 27. Join us!
www.canr.msu.edu/courses/intr...
Are you a grad student in Illinois or Indiana working on topics that could benefit #GreatLakes communities? The @ilinseagrant.bsky.social Graduate Scholars program provides funding to advance research as well as professional networking and development opportunities iiseagrant.org/its-time-to-...
19.01.2026 15:21 — 👍 12 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
Great Lakes ice update for January 19, 2026: Combined 19% | Lake Superior 7% | Lake Michigan 17% | Lake Huron 25% | Lake Erie 55% | Lake Ontario 5% | #GreatLakes
Great Lakes ice update for January 19, 2026: Combined 19% | Lake Superior 7% | Lake Michigan 17% | Lake Huron 25% | Lake Erie 55% | Lake Ontario 5% | #GreatLakes
19.01.2026 22:04 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The GLC will be hiring a 2026 miseagrant.bsky.social summer intern! This position will fund an undergraduate to work on aquatic invasive species projects relevant to the #GreatLakes, including the #GLAISBlitz.
For more info and how to apply, visit: https://ow.ly/ZTSk50Y05Hv
It's fun to watch these two Brits discovering our wonderful state: buff.ly/2rZzVy9
16.01.2026 21:52 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This is pretty neat. Watch the documentary through the link. It's about 22 minutes long. Protecting our Great Lakes is so important. More of us need to get involved.
#greatlakes #dinosaurfish #greatlakespulse
Missed last month's premier of the Dinosaur Fish documentary, featuring lake sturgeon restoration in Saginaw Bay? Never fear, you can still watch the doc and support sturgeon restoration in many fun ways: buff.ly/YURr3L3
14.01.2026 21:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Some familiar nemesis species on this list: www.michiganpublic.org/environment-...
#AIS
Bohemian waxwing
Canada Jay
Pine Grosbeaks
Elliot Nelson, Michigan Sea Grant's bird whisperer, shares his wintertime tips for spotting raptors, finches, grouse, gulls, and more (especially in the Eastern Upper Peninsula). Grab your binoculars, and let us know what you see! buff.ly/hC1yqn4
13.01.2026 15:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Illustration of a lake below the surface, including plants, fish, and invertebrates. In the distance, three people are depicted jumping into the lake off of a floating platform. Text reads, "Dive into lake learning. introduction to lakes. 6 week online course starts in January. canr.msu.edu/lakesonline", and includes the Michigan State University Extension logo.
The deadline is fast approaching to sign up for our online Introduction to Lakes course. January 27 at 5 pm is when the boat leaves the dock! We hope you can join us, and help us spread the word.
12.01.2026 15:14 — 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0