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  • Project seeks to find solutions to reduce flooding in Ecorse Creek watershed

    Published on February 6, 2023
    Residents asked to take online survey, attend community meetings to share input on potential restoration projects.

  • Shoreline and Shallows Conference to focus on habitat improvement for inland lakes

    Published on January 24, 2023
    Every two years the Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership brings together lakeshore owners, landscapers, and environmental stewards to spark new ideas and inspire stewardship of inland lakes at the Shoreline and Shallows conference.

  • How often do Michiganders eat fish?

    Published on January 24, 2023
    Michigan consumer survey offers insight about seafood consumption.

  • Fewer Snowy Owls seen in early winter birding in the eastern Upper Peninsula - though numbers likely to increase

    Published on January 9, 2023
    Michigan Sea Grant's Elliot Nelson also reports it's a good year to see Bald Eagles as more than 45 birds are regularly at the Dafter Landfill at one time.

  • What does it take to be a Great Lakes commercial fishing deckhand or seafood processor?

    Published on January 3, 2023
    Sea Grant team identifies skills, training to learn to be successful in the commercial fishing industry.

  • MSU graduate student, Alexandra Benitez-Gonzalez, highlighted by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

    Published on December 31, 2022
    In her 'Voices From the Field' article, Benitez-Gonzalez describes her journey and learning the Importance of effective risk communication.

  • Aquaculture literacy and education provides an international perspective

    Published on December 31, 2022
    Extension educators enjoy adventure to Indonesian fish farms.

  • Engaging communities or working in partnership with others?

    Published on December 31, 2022
    Effective community engagement is needed for addressing human health outcomes, community resiliency, and sustainable use of the world’s oceans, lakes, and rivers.

  • Local government has an important role for water quality protection: Part 3

    Published on December 21, 2022
    Local governments have a very important role to play in the protection of surface water, ground water, drinking water and wetlands; often filling the gaps in state and federal regulations.

  • Highways and hubs: Helping freshwater wildlife keep up with climate change

    Published on December 15, 2022
    MSU researchers examined how freshwater wildlife navigates waterways in the face of climate change and humans altering the landscape.

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