A joint newsletter from UW Sea Grant and Water Resources Institutes

ASC Chronicle 2022 Vol 2

COVER STORY

SEA GRANT RESEARCH

Rivers Deliver PFAS to Great Lakes

Sea Grant-funded research shows that large rivers can be an important source of PFAS to lakes, even if their PFAS concentrations are low.
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WATER RESOURCES INSTITUTE

Making a Promising Soil Treatment for Nitrate Even Better

Joe Sanford with the University of Wisconsin-Platteville has spent his academic career getting his hands dirty. The assistant professor of soil and crop science has been studying uses for biochar, a form of charcoal that’s made by burning wood and plant byproducts (pine chips or dried corn plants) under low oxygen conditions.
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Featured Website

Online Shipwreck Game Educates Players

Wisconsin Water Library

Dive Deep Into Great Lakes Shipwrecks

Program and People News

“Introduced” Podcast Wins National Award
Sea Grant’s New Strategic Directions

Education

Maadagindan! Great Lakes and Ojibwe Culture Book Group for Young People

Outreach

Thinking Through the Lens of the Great Lakes
Looking Forward to Coordinating CHAOS
Bringing CALM to Communities Facing Coastal Hazards
AWRA Proceedings Library Complete
PFAS in Wisconsin: Setting a Research Agenda Report Now Available
New Science Communication Toolkit Available