The Sturgeon in the Classroom program educates school districts near the Ontonagon River watershed about lake sturgeon biology and restoration, and the importance of conservation and stewardship in the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes DNA Barcoding project supports scientific efforts to quickly and accurately catalog native species and detect the presence of invasive species. The project brings together several international partners to understand the aquatic invertebrate biodiversity in the Laurentian Great Lakes.

A new video from NOAA profiles one of its Great Lakes B-WET 2019 grantees, Inland Seas Education. The video shows how the program impacted students in the Great Lakes basin and supported their hands-on experience studying Great Lakes ecosystems out in the field.

The NOAA Great Lakes Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) 2021 Federal Funding Opportunity is now open. This competitive grant program supports environmental and place-based educational programs in the Great Lakes watershed. The deadline for applications is August 21, 2020, 11:59 pm (EST).

A newly published study of zooplankton addresses a key priority of the Lake Superior Partnership. This Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative study suggests that crustacean zooplankton biomass in nearshore, midshore and offshore depth zones of the lake were stable from 2006 to 2016.