Blog – SE WI COASTAL Resilience

It’s Evaporation Season (Normally)

December 6, 2019 Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant One question our team has been hearing a lot lately is “what will cause Lake Michigan’s water levels to go back down?”…

December 2019 Water Level Update

December 6, 2019 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes remain above average into December. Lake Michigan is currently at the same level…

November 2019 Great Lakes Water Level Update

November 22, 2019 By Adam Bechle, Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes remain high, with every lake within seven inches of it's record high water level…

Great Lakes Water Levels Informational Meeting – October 17th in Bayside, WI

By Adam Bechle, Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant On the evening of October 17th, an informational meeting on Great Lakes water levels was held at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Bayside, WI.…

October 2019 Great Lakes Water Level Update

October 29, 2019 By Lydia Salus, Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all the Great Lakes remain high, with every lake above its long-term average monthly mean. Lake Superior is within one…

September 2019 Great Lakes Water Level Update

September 25, 2019 By Adam Bechle, Coastal Engineering Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all of the Great Lakes remain very high, with every lake above or within a few inches of…

Southeastern Wisconsin’s Opportunities to Increase Coastal Resilience

By Lydia Salus & Adam Bechle, Wisconsin Sea Grant A Coastal Resilience Self-Assessment was provided to staff and decision-makers of Southeastern Wisconsin’s coastal counties and municipalities to help them weigh the effects of coastal…

August 2019 Lake Michigan Water Level Update

August 27, 2019 By Adam Bechle, Coastal Resilience Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Sea Grant The water levels on all of the Great Lakes remain very high, with every lake above or within a few inches of…

Resources for Great Lakes Coastal Property Owners: Where do I start?

By Lydia Salus & Adam Bechle, Coastal Resilience Project Team, Wisconsin Sea Grant Where do I start? Coastal hazards like erosion and flooding along Wisconsin’s Great Lakes coasts can be a threat to properties,…

Evaporation & Water Levels

July 25, 2019 By Lydia Salus, Coastal Resilience Project Assistant, Wisconsin Sea Grant The summer heat and sun will cause some of the high water to evaporate from Lake Michigan, right? Actually, evaporation on…