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Anglers Bettering Louisiana’s Estuaries and Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) completed their first Recreational Engagement and Ecological Learning Series (REELS). REELS is a pilot program to educate local charter captains on Louisiana’s ecosystems, coastal planning, restoration, risk reduction, black mangroves and ecotourism through hands-on and classroom learning activities. The goal is for charter captains to share […]

Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter water quality specialist M.P. Hayes is the recipient of a $500,000, two-year research grant from the Louisiana State University Institute for Energy Innovation (IEI) and the LSU Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED). This research project is in collaboration with Chao Wang (LSU College of Engineering) and Greg […]

Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) has a new employee joining the education team. Naya Black graduated from Louisiana State University in 2020 where she majored in natural resource ecology and management with a concentration in wildlife ecology. Black recently moved back to the USA from Kagoshima, Japan, where she worked as an English teacher with the Japanese […]

Graduate students at Louisiana State University (LSU), the University of New Orleans (UNO) and Tulane University have been named 2024 Knauss Fellowship finalists. All were nominated for the fellowship by the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program. Robert Caplan Feder LSU, College of the Coast and Environment Feder completed his master of science degree in oceanography […]

Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) is the recipient of a two-year, $92,000 National Academy of Science’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) Place-Based Education grant. The project, titled Wetland Days: Watershed-Based Enrichment Opportunities for Youth, is a continuation of LSG’s existing Wetland Days programming. COVID-19 restrictions and hurricanes prevented K-12 students from having field trips in 2020 and 2021. It also prevented LSG’s […]

Ocean Commotion marks its silver anniversary in 2023. Ocean Commotion is a one-day, hands-on environmental showcase of Louisiana’s unique habitats. Now in its 25th year, it continues to offer students an opportunity to learn about coastal marshes and wetlands, invasive species, local ecosystems, boating safety, geology and wildlife. More than 60 presenters from private business, […]

A Louisiana Sea Grant/Louisiana Space Grant (LSG/LaSPACE) collaboration will fund two undergraduate research projects beginning in September. The joint program, called Louisiana Space and Sea Grant Opportunity (LaSSO), is modeled after similar, long-established undergraduate research programs at both LSG and LaSPACE. LSG will fund a project titled: Emerging Computing for Underwater Image Processing at the […]

Alvera (Ali) McMillan has joined Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) as the new education coordinator. McMillan, a Louisiana native, graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and plans to graduate with a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from LSU this […]