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Program Partnerships

In keeping with its mission, Sea Grant creates and welcomes opportunities to build successful relationships and projects with academic institutions, agencies, tribes, businesses, industries, non-profit organizations, and other entities. The synergy generated by collaborating increases the impact of projects and gives both partners and Sea Grant wider influence. Here is a list of some of our current partners:

Key Program Partnerships

Federal

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
Federal Highway Administration
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Park Service
NOAA Coastal Services Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. EPA, Environmental Effects Research Laboratory and Region 5
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service

Regional

Center for Great Lakes Environmental Ed.
Great Lakes Commission
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network (NPS)
Great Lakes National Program Office (EPA)
Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
Great Lakes Regional Collaboration
Great Lakes Regional Research Information Network
Great Lakes Research and Outreach Consortium
Great Lakes Science Center (USGS)
Lake Superior Biological Station (USGS)
NOAA GLERL
North Central Regional Aquaculture Center
Red River Management Board
Regional Stormwater Protection Team

Local/State

Arrowhead Regional Development Commission
Association of Minnesota Counties
Brainerd Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce
California Department of Fish and Game
California Department of Food and Agriculture
California Department of Water Resources
City of Bayfield, WI
Cities of Duluth, Hermantown, Two Harbors, and Proctor, MN
City of Duluth Environmental Advisory Council
City of Duluth School District
City of Superior, WI
City of Superior Waste Water Treatment Plant
Douglas County
Harbor Technical Advisory Committee
Hennepin County Parks and Recreation
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Island Lake Association
Isle Royale National Park (NPS)
League of Minnesota Cities
Lake County Water Plan Advisory Committee
Lake Minnetonka Association
Lake Minnetonka Conservation District
Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
Metropolitan Council
Michigan Coastal Management Program
Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality
Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
Minnesota Community and Natural Resources Association
Minnesota Counties – 30 of 87 counties
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota Department of Tourism
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Minnesota Erosion Control Association
Minnesota Invasive Species Advisory Council
Minnesota Master Naturalist Program
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota Ports Association
Minnesota Townships (Duluth and Lakewood)
Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Program
Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
Missouri Department of Conservation
Montana Fish and Wildlife
Nevada Department of Wildlife
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
North Shore Management Board
Northern Bayfield County
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Consv.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Pine County Land Commission
Ramsey County Parks and Recreation
Rice Creek Watershed District
St. Croix Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force
St. Louis County Land Department
St. Louis Metro Interstate Commission
St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee
St. Louis River Watershed TMDL Partnership
Sauk River Watershed District
Soil and Water Conservation Districts (many counties)
South Dakota Fish and Game Department
Strand Lake Association
Superior National Forest, USDA Forest Service
Three Rivers Park District
Twin Ports Freshwater Folks
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Vermont Department of Environmental Consv.
Visit Duluth
Voyageur's National Park
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
Wisconsin Department of Administration
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Non-Governmental Organizations

American Great Lakes Ports Association
American Institute of Architects, MN Chapter
American Nursery Landscape Association
American Women in Science
Blue-Green Alliance
Clean Water Action Alliance of Minnesota
Cross Lake Association
Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education
Flute Reed Partnership
Freshwater Society
Friends of the Mississippi River
Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society
Great Lakes United
Hartley Nature Center
Initiative Foundation
Izaak Walton League
Lake Superior Alliance
Lake Superior Zoo
MinnAqua Program
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Minnesota Aquaculture Association
Minnesota Association of County Agricultural Inspectors
Minnesota Environmental Partnership
Minnesota Forest Resources Council
Minnesota Native Plant Society
Minnesota Shade Tree Advisory Committee
Minnesota Water Garden Society
Minnesota Waters
Mississippi River Panel on ANS
Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization
North American Association for Environmental Education
North American Lake Management Society
Northeast-Midwest Institute
Project Wet State Advisory Board
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
Society of Wetland Scientists
Sportsman's Club of Lake Vermillion
Sugarloaf Cove Interpretive Assn.
Superior Watershed Partnership
The Irrigation Association
The Nature Conservancy
Trout Unlimited
Western Lake Superior Trollers Assn.
Western Regional Panel on ANS
Whitefish Area Property Owners Assn.
Wildlife Forever

International

Bait Association of Ontario
Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network
Canadian Management Corporation
City of Thunder Bay, Canada
Environment Canada
Galway County, Ireland
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
International Association of Great Lakes Research
International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
International Great Lakes Ports Assn.
Ireland Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Lake Superior Binational Program
Marine Organisms Investigations, Ireland.
Molecular Light Technology Group, U.K.
Ontario Federation of Hunters and Anglers
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Upper Lakes Environmental Research Network
Western Regional Fisheries Board, Ireland
World Fish Center

Industry/Business

AMI Consulting Engineers, P.A.
A. W. Research Laboratories, Inc.
Blue Water Science
Chamber of Maritime Commerce
Chris J. Benson Nature Photography
Christie Printing Company
Cook County News-Herald
CRC Press
Crystal Pierz Marine
Daugherty Hardware
Desotelle Consulting
Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Great Lakes Aquarium
Great Lakes Fleet, Inc.
Gustafson Design, Inc.
H. H. Backer and Associates
Hedberg Aggregates
Hild and Associates, Inc.
Lake Carrier's Association
Lake Superior Magazine
Law's Nursery
Lincoln Bait
McKenzie-Mohr and Associates
Midwest Energy
Midwest Fish and Baitfish
Millennia International Consulting Group, Inc
Minnesota Fish and Bait Farmers
Minnesota Forestry Association
Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents Assn.
Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Assn.
Minnesota Power
Nebraska Public Power District
North Shore Charter Captains Association
Northern Bait Co.
Northern Wilds publication
Northshore Mining Company
Ontario Power Generation
Osgood Consulting
Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council
PETCO
RMB Laboratories
Science Museum of Minnesota
Seaway Port Authority of Duluth
Transport Canada
Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc.
Twin Cities Public Television
Underwater Adventures
West Central Bait
Wilson Environmental Testing Laboratories, Inc.
Wrenck and Associates

Academic Institutions

Aquaculture Demonstration Facility in Redcliff, WI
Arrowhead Water Quality Team
Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals
Circle of Life School, White Earth
College of St. Scholastica
Cooperative Institute of Limnology and Ecosystems Research
Duluth Public Schools
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Grand Portage Band of Chippewa
Great Lakes Maritime Academy
Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute
Hamline University
James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History
Joint Council of Extension Professionals
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Community College
Lake Superior College
Lakehead University
Louisiana State University
Loyola University
Michigan State University
Michigan Technological University
Minnesota Association of Extension Educators
Northern Michigan University
Northland College
PICKM Water Quality Team
Purdue University
St. Cloud State University
St. Michael's Lakeside School
Salish Kootenai College
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
The Ohio State University
UMD Biology Department
UMD Center for Freshwater Research and Policy
UMD Communicator's Forum
UMD Education Department
UMD Facilities Management
UMD Large Lakes Observatory
UMD Natural Resources Research Institute
UMD Northland Advanced Transportation Systems Research Laboratories
UMD Outdoor Program, Bagley Nature Ctr.
UMD School of Business
UMN Center for Survey Research
UMN College of Continuing Education
UMN Department of Chemistry
UMN Department of Civil Engineering
UMN Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
UMN Department of Environmental Health Sciences
UMN Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
UMN Department of Horticulture Science
UMN Department of Soil, Water, and Climate
UMN Extension
UMN Extension Woodland Advisors
UMN Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability
UMN Invasion Biology Research Consortium
UMN News Service
UMN School of Journalism
UMN Tourism Center
UMN Water Resources Center
University of Florida
University of Maine at Orono
University of Maine Water Resources Research Institute
University of Michigan
University of Notre Dame
University of South Florida
University of Southern Alabama
University of Toledo
University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
University of Wisconsin at Superior, Madison, and LaCrosse
University of Wisconsin Water Resources Ctr.
University of Wyoming
Vermilion Community College

Sea Grant Programs

Great Lakes Sea Grant Network
Sea Grant Law Center, University of Mississippi
Sea Grant Association
Sea Grant Programs in CA, CT, LA, MIT, MD, ME, NH, NC, NJ, MS-AL, OR, TX, VA

Other

Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority
Fond du Lac Band Natural Resources Department
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
White Earth Band of Ojibwe Natural Resources Department

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