Great Lakes Potpourri: Aquatic Invasives, Climate Change, and Coastal Community Resiliency

As part of our on-going Adult Education series, we are pleased to welcome back the Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.

Wisconsin’s climate is changing and Wisconsin Sea Grant stands ready to assist communities in stormwater management and protecting water quality. River Bend will host Sea Grant as they discuss Aquatic Invasive Species, Climate Change and the Economic Resilience of our Community.

Wisconsin Sea Grant is a statewide program of basic and applied research, education, and outreach and technology transfer dedicated to the stewardship and sustainable use of the nation’s Great Lakes and ocean resources.

A non-native working with non-natives, Tim Campbell recently invaded Wisconsin from the University of Notre Dame and Oakland University via the “I just graduated and got a job” pathway. Now as an aquatic invasive species outreach specialist for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute he promotes AIS awareness and prevention projects through education and outreach. His current projects include expanding the use of watercraft decontamination techniques, AIS prevention for fishing tournaments, and the promotion of the Habitattitude campaign.

Jane Harrison serves as an Outreach Program Manager and Environmental Social Scientist for Wisconsin Sea Grant. Her territory is the four coastal counties of southeastern Wisconsin, Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, and Ozaukee Counties. Her interests are natural resource economics and community development. Jane works on diverse Sea Grant topics, including the economic benefits of AOC restoration, coastal storms and hazards preparedness, local seafood demand, and environmental youth leadership. She has a master’s degree in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics from The Ohio State University, and is a Ph.D. Candidate at Oregon State University in Forest Social Science.

Titus Seilheimer joined the Wisconsin Sea Grant Advisory Services team in December of 2012 and is based in UW Sea Grant’s Manitowoc Office, on the UW-Manitowoc campus. Titus holds a Ph.D. in biology from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where he studied fish habitat in Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Before accepting his position with Wisconsin Sea Grant, Titus worked as a research ecologist for the U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station in St. Paul, Minnesota, developing water quality models for the Western Great Lakes. He also led research on fish habitat in springs and the classification of river flow regimes at Oklahoma State University, and assessed the impacts of flow regime change on fish assemblages at Cornell University.