Our Birding 101 videos are up, just in time for spring migration! Watch the four sessions or share them with a bird fan in your life for tips on ID, backyard feeding, equipment and guidebooks, and more: buff.ly/3WknHH1
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If you're in northern Michigan, don't miss the Aldo Leopold Festival on May 29-June 2! Elliot Nelson ran an economic analysis of this annual nature festival and found just how much it boosts local communities: buff.ly/44s6NbM

Got a new publication out with t_campy in the Sea Grant special issue of Oceanography Society — this one’s on effective language use in invasion biology. tos.org/oceanography/a…

A new piece from our #GLANSIS Communication Specialist El Lower shows how NOAA Sea Grant can provide leadership in species naming conventions and #AIS messaging frameworks in this special issue of Oceanography journal: tos.org/oceanography/a…

Michigan Sea Grant LSSU CFRE Learn more about this innovative approach for observing water quality in the St Marys and the St. Lawrence rivers at the upcoming #IAGLR24 conference where an entire session will be held on connecting water health status across the Great Lakes. #Algomawatersci

Where can you stash water quality sensors in the Great Lakes so they won't be buffeted by rough waves and harsh weather conditions? With funding from MISG, a binational research team is installing sensors in some surprising safe havens: buff.ly/4aV9MvB Michael Twiss LSSU CFRE

Spring is a great time to engage in #ParticipatoryScience within the #GreatLakes BioBlitz! Document your finds on iNaturalist.org now through May 18!

We're capping off our Fishery Workshops with a round-up of topics relevant to both Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Agenda includes sea lamprey control, mass marking, Huron-Michigan predator diet study, more. May 1, 6:30-8:30pm on Zoom: buff.ly/49QyrjM 📸Ted Lawrence/GLFC

Have you joined the Great Lakes BioBlitz yet? Now through May 18, use iNaturalist to log the wild, living things in the world around you -- instructions and more details from our friends at Wisconsin Sea Grant : buff.ly/3WeNJeN

#CIGLR & friends had a great time @ the 2024 Friends of the Rouge Spring Bug Hunt! Volunteers visited watershed headwater sites searching for mayflies, stoneflies & other aquatic inverts. Presence/absence of these creatures reflects water & habitat quality. Pics: flickr.com/photos/ciglr_u…

Our Fishery Workshops wrap up soon, with hybrid events still ahead for Saginaw Bay (April 25) and Les Cheneaux/St. Marys River (April 30). We're capping it off with a virtual round-up of broader updates for Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (May 1): buff.ly/2UeKFvy

'Our Great Lakes protection system was designed for an ecosystem that doesn’t exist anymore and won’t return in the future' -- Mike Shriberg, our director of engagement, on the unity of purpose required to meet rising challenges: buff.ly/3xHN5MM CIGLR NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

🌷 Spring's here, garden centers in the #GreatLakes are open! Time to make your pond dreams real. Get all your landscaping needs and visit freshfishfinder.org for local, eco-friendly fish options. 🐟 #SpringGardening #PondLife #Aquaculture

🚨 #CIGLR is #HIRING , 2 positions! Plz SHARE!

1) Biophysical Modeling Analyst, closes 5/7
2) Postdoc in #GreatLakes Hydrodynamic Modeling, closes 6/1

Learn more & apply: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/opportunities/…

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Celebrate Earth Day with a clean-up event in southeast Michigan! Head over to Dingell Park on April 27 for a morning of giving back to the community: buff.ly/49N2ubU

Why is Chris Vandergoot, director of the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS), putting acoustic tags on 355 Saginaw Bay walleye? Here's what he and his team hope to learn through this MISG-supported project: buff.ly/3xB8JlR
@GLATOS_fish Chris Vandergoot