Local citizen nabs invasive plant on sight
Water gardeners—keep your eyes open this season for invasive plants that may be lurking at your neighborhood garden store. In recent years, Illinois and Indiana DNR have both added nearly…
Green infrastructure helping cities manage more than water
Aging pipes and pollution runoff are big concerns in any city, and the cost to repair or replace old systems is very high. Often it means downtime for entire streets…
AIS project awarded inaugural ICMP grant
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Coastal Management Program, aimed at protecting and managing the state’s Lake Michigan shoreline, recently announced the recipients of an inaugural round of grant funding. …
Wisconsin teachers make the most of Sea Grant aquatic education opportunities
Real-world, hands-on activities are bringing Great Lakes science alive for a group of Wisconsin middle school students. Our friends at Wisconsin Sea Grant have the story. Two Wisconsin teachers have…
Urbana fourth grade class engages in some fish talk
Alex Valencic’s fourth-grade class may be several hours away from Lake Michigan, but the lake and its issues are still front-and-center. Students here spent part of September digging into the…
Classroom specimens require caution and care to prevent becoming invasives
Many educators incorporate plants and animals into their classrooms for educational purposes, but those plants and animals have the potential to become or transport invasive species to new areas. …
In the News: New Method To Eliminate Ibuprofen From Polluted Waters Using Ultrasound
…detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas. If you would like information about developing unwanted medicine collection programs in your community, see our toolkit, which includes…
Buoy temperature chain dances to the data
2016 top-to-bottom temperatures in nearshore #LakeMichigan, data recorded by the @ILINSeaGrant #MichiganCityBuoy and visualized by @PurdueCE pic.twitter.com/5wBRYiJY9i — Two Yellow Buoys (@TwoYellowBuoys) January 20, 2017 Our Michigan City buoy has…
In the News: Glitch delays carp wall opening
…barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was completed in the spring of 2006, but the Army Corps and the U.S. Coast Guard have been wrestling since then over…