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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