Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference

Sea Grant colleagues from around the region convened in Alpena, Michigan in June for the biennial Great Lakes Sea Grant Network Conference, hosted by Michigan Sea Grant.

A maritime heritage theme guided the conference, which was held in the new Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Visitors Center at the NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Located on a former industrial site, the re-fitted facility opened to the public in 2005.

Sea Grant programs from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois-Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan participated in the three-day meeting. Featured topics included network theme updates on fisheries, education, aquatic invasive species, coastal community development, and Great Lakes restoration, in addition to program updates.

Guest speakers included Dr. Tom Coon, Director of Michigan State University Extension, and Dr. Marco Yzer of the University of Minnesota School of Journalism, as well as representatives from National Sea Grant, the International Joint Commission, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, and the Great Lakes Commission.

See: Conference presentations

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