UW Sea Grant in the News

UW Sea Grant Education Outreach Specialist Kathleen Schmitt Kline discusses the Wisconsin tradition of sturgeon spearing with Wisconsin Public Radio.

Water Resources Institute Director Jim Hurley talks with the hosts of Milwaukee Public Radio's Lake Effect on his recent research, which shows how quickly mercury is absorbed into the environment.

UW Sea Grant's John Karl talks with WUWM about shipwrecks around the shorelines of Wisconsin and the dangers of navigating these ships in the 19th century.

Michael Clish, the host of WFAW 940 AM’s “Morning Magazine” in Fort Atkinson chats with UW Sea Grant director Jim Hurley about what Sea Grant does and why its mission to fund Great Lakes-based research is so important.

On Wisconsin Life commentator Kathy Kline shares the extraordinary story of Wisconsin’s sturgeon. Kathy is a co-author of People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish.

Acoustic ecologist Chris Bocast discusses the sound called “sturgeon thunder” with Wisconsin Life.

Wisconsin Historical Society underwater archaeologist Tamara Thomsen does an interview with WFAW-AM in Fort Atkinson about the Australasia dive.

Author Kathleen Kline discusses People of the Sturgeon on Wednesday Nite @ The Lab. Video courtesy of Wisconsin Public Television.

Author Kathleen Kline discusses People of the Sturgeon with University Place: History Sandwiched In. Video courtesy of Wisconsin Public Television.