Titus Seilheimer

Book cover of 'Where Wolves Don't Die' by Anton Treuer featuring stylized bear and wolves in indigenous art style on a yellow background.

Join us on February 18 for the first Maadagindan - Start Reading book club meeting of the year! We'll be discussing Anton Treuer's coming-of-age novel, "Where Wolves Don't Die." Register for the event and check out future books:

https://waterlibrary.aqua.wisc.edu/maadagindan/where-wolves-dont-die/

Ha. Toss it in!

I'm a casual angler with zero expectations, so any fish is a surprise!

Some interesting tidbits from WI Am Fisheries Society chapter meeting.

New technology, like expensive forward-facing sonar, don't necessarily increase catch rates and might decrease angler satisfaction due to unmet expectations.

Bald eagle sculpture against a blue sky in the early sun.

Bald eagle sculpture against a blue sky in the early sun.

Morning in La Crosse along the Mississippi River.

Great Lakes habitat hall of fame!

Coastal wetlands.

A wetland landscape

A yellow perch

A small esox species

A juvenile centrachid species

There are about 532,938 acres of #GreatLakes coastal wetlands - some 833 square miles - that provide habitat for nearly 80 species of fish species at some point during their life cycle. Yellow perch, pike, and bass all often start out their lives in these nurseries! #WorldWetlandsDay

Paul Florsheim was found guilty of trespassing by Shorewood Municipal Court which cited a 1923 ruling requiring the public to keep their feet wet on the shore.

The Center comments on the rights co-existing on the disputed beach area & the need for clarity by a higher-level court.

Membership to IAGLR comes with a lot of benefits for one's science and career. Come see how joining IAGLR can give you a boost: https://bit.ly/49jTo7i

PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there Some of these ‘forever chemicals’ are toxic at very low levels. They can get into water systems and bioaccumulate in fish, ultimately posing risks to people.

How do #PFAS get into drinking water? Our director, Christy Remucal, describes how "forever chemicals" move around the #GreatLakes in The Conversation.

https://theconversation.com/pfas-are-turning-up-in-the-great-lakes-putting-fish-and-water-supplies-at-risk-heres-how-they-get-there-271489

I guess MDPI vs. pre-print server probably, 6-7? Either way are probably about the same. I published one of my weakest thesis chapters there, but I can't say it has resulted in any kind of research existence for the work. I probably wouldn't publish there.

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Well its Groundhog's Day ... again.

I kind of refuse to acknowledge it, but what do I know! I'm a Great Lakes bowfin guy and it was one of the few scientific names that I could remember (and spell).

Ours are now Amia ocellicauda. www.fishbase.se/summary/Amia...

Amia calva is the more southern and eastern range.

Ink sketch of the Bowfin. From top, clockwise: adult, eggs, yolk sac larval, larval, and young-of-the-year.

Thinking about one of my favorites, the Bowfin, this weekend, so here's their life cycle for #SundayFishSketch

SOMEBODY must know what they're doing...!

Ink sketches of porcupines three ways.

Another #SaturdayPorcupineSketch with some North American Porcupine scribbles.

Extinct ice volcanos with waves rolling in. Lake effect snow off in the distance but not reaching us in Manitowoc. #GreatLakes

"Fine, I'll do it myself" is my family's motto.

Promotional graphic for the 2026 Shipboard Science Immersion on Lake Superior aboard the R/V Lake Guardian. The event runs from July 7–13, 2026, and is open to 5th–12th grade educators from Great Lakes states. Applications are due by February 28, 2026, at www.cgll.org. The design includes logos for Sea Grant, NOAA, and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy.

Announcing the 2026 #LakeSuperior Shipboard Science Immersion! 🌊

5-12th grade #GreatLakes educators are invited to spend a week aboard an EPA research vessel with scientists. Organized by the Center for Great Lakes Literacy, July 7-13, 2026.

🔗Learn more and apply: z.umn.edu/mnsg_shipboa...

Good conservation communication needs to have a trusted scientist review to make sure these things don't happen!

I used the MarineTraffic app on my phone.

www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...

A headshot of Samantha Helle, who has long brown hair and wears a black shirt

Congrats to Samantha Helle, Wisconsin Sea Grant's Knauss Fellow! Helle will join a cohort of early-career professionals in Washington D.C. to learn about policymaking related to marine, coastal, and Great Lakes issues.

https://seagrant.noaa.gov/sea-grant-announces-2025-2026-fellowship-selections/

Ontario is deep and has an west to east orientation, so wind can help keep it open. Also a fair degree of water movement toward the St Lawrence River.

Erie is the shallowest lake, so it cools down faster. It will freeze up. The Huron main basin is smaller than Michigan and not as deep, so it will also cool down faster and freeze. Superior will generally freeze more than Michigan and Ontario because it is so cold.

Gurgle, gurgle of Lake Michigan on a cold day. I think that winter on the Lakeshore is my favorite time of the year.

#GreatLakes

Probably not. There have been some ships moving through lately to Green Bay. Not good skating!