UW Sea Grant Education Outreach Specialist Kathleen Schmitt Kline discusses the Wisconsin tradition of sturgeon spearing with Wisconsin Public Radio.

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Sturgeon Spearing: A Wisconsin Tradition

Water Resources Institute Director Jim Hurley talks with the hosts of Milwaukee Public Radio's Lake Effect on his recent research, which shows how quickly mercury is absorbed into the environment.

Jim Hurley on WUWM

UW Sea Grant's John Karl talks with WUWM about shipwrecks around the shorelines of Wisconsin and the dangers of navigating these ships in the 19th century.

John Karl on WUWM

Michael Clish, the host of WFAW 940 AM’s “Morning Magazine” in Fort Atkinson chats with UW Sea Grant director Jim Hurley about what Sea Grant does and why its mission to fund Great Lakes-based research is so important.

Jim Hurley on WFAW

On Wisconsin Life commentator Kathy Kline shares the extraordinary story of Wisconsin’s sturgeon. Kathy is a co-author of People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish.

Wisconsin’s Sturgeon

Acoustic ecologist Chris Bocast discusses the sound called “sturgeon thunder” with Wisconsin Life.

Sturgeon Thunder

Wisconsin Historical Society underwater archaeologist Tamara Thomsen does an interview with WFAW-AM in Fort Atkinson about the Australasia dive.

Tamara Thomsen on WFAW

Author Kathleen Kline discusses People of the Sturgeon on Wednesday Nite @ The Lab. Video courtesy of Wisconsin Public Television.

People of the Sturgeon - September 21, 2011

Author Kathleen Kline discusses People of the Sturgeon with University Place: History Sandwiched In. Video courtesy of Wisconsin Public Television.

People of the Sturgeon - October 20, 2009

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