Sea Grant and Lake Michigan
Sea Grant’s mission of research, education and public outreach naturally includes the waters of Lake Michigan. The considerable human presence around Lake Michigan brings special urgency for Sea Grant’s efforts to quantify and maintain water quality, as well as for our campaigns to promote cleaner and safer beaches. Find out how Sea Grant has supported these various initiatives in this podcast.
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- http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/home/Default.aspx?tabid=601&AudioGroupID=47
- Description
- Sea Grant’s mission of research, education and public outreach naturally includes the waters of Lake Michigan. The considerable human presence around Lake Michigan brings special urgency for Sea Grant’s efforts to quantify and maintain water quality, as well as for our campaigns to promote cleaner and safer beaches. Find out how Sea Grant has supported these various initiatives in this podcast.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2017-11-29 23:10
- last episode published
- 2013-09-06 05:00
- publication frequency
- 9.0 days
- Contributors
- University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 10
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- Categories
- Natural Sciences Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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| 2013-09-06 | In this final podcast Chris and Doggus head once more for the shores of Lake Michigan. Things don’t quite turn out as planned – but before they get home, you will hear the famous singing sands of Lake Michigan from a very unusual perspective, and also ... |
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| 2013-08-16 | In this episode, Chris continues his discussions about Lake Michigan with scientists the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. Dr. J. Val Klump and his graduate student, Shelby LaBuhn, explain their ground-breaking attempt,... |
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| 2013-08-16 | Chris wraps up his interviews at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences in this episode, where he speaks at length with Dr. John Janssen. Along with sharing insights from his Sea Grant-sponsored work with lake trout and y... |
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| 2013-08-12 | In this episode, Chris and Doggus head to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. Interesting things unfold outside, which call to mind unusual opportunities of employment for dogs, as well as some common sense things abo... |
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| 2013-08-12 | Chris enters the halls of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences where he meets up with Professor Harvey Bootsma and his graduate student Caroline Boseley. They explain to Chris the dramatic changes happening to Lake Mich... |
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| 2013-07-19 | In this episode, Chris and his dog stop at Harrington Beach State Park, on the shores of Lake Michigan. Listening to the gulls at the beach and seeing the warning signs about bacteria and beach closings, Chris recalls an informative conversation he had... |
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| 2013-07-02 | The series rolls into Sheboygan in this episode, as Chris seeks out the story of surfing on Lake Michigan, and gets the rundown from legendary surfers Larry “Longboard” Williams and Lee “the Waterflea” Williams. Along the way he and the dog run into so... |
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| 2013-06-28 | In this podcast, Chris heads to Potawatomi State Park on Green Bay. He finds out from UW-Madison graduate student Francis Eanes about a new iPhone application that Sea Grant is helping to develop, and how these kinds of neo-geography apps will complete... |
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| 2013-06-28 | In this episode, Chris heads to the Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to speak with UW Sea Grant Water Quality Specialist Vicky Harris. Vicky explains what outreach specialists like herself do and describes some of the many projects around Green Bay that sh... |
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| 2013-06-17 | UW Sea Grant audio specialist Chris Bocast starts off on a podcast road trip to visit Lake Michigan, and to discover the various research and outreach projects that UW Sea Grant supports. First stop is Whitefish Dunes State Park: on the way to the beac... |
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