Each May, boatloads of Duluth-Superior area sixth-graders travel through the St. Louis RiverQuest, a dozen hands-on educational stations aboard the Vista Star and in South Pioneer Hall at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. They learn about the St. Louis River ecosystem and related commercial, industrial and recreational activities. Since 1993, Minnesota Sea Grant has participated in the St. Louis River Quest by hosting learning stations focused on one or more of our extension programs. In May 2025, MNSG introduced the St. Louis River Exploration Map to allow students to interact with the history and conservation of the St. Louis River and St. Louis River Estuary.

Available. Publications, products, videos, websites, and other materials associated with active MNSG outreach projects are available for download below and on our outreach programs and projects pages. Each item includes a link to its corresponding project webpage. 

Shipping. We are shipping a limited selection of materials at this time. Please contact our main office at 218.726.8106 or [email protected] to inquire about specific products.

Aquaculture

1. Aquaculture Behind-the-Scenes (video, 2025)
2. Aquaculture 101
3. Aquaculture Regulations
4. Aquaculture Regulations in the Great Lakes Region
5. Consumer Education Resources
6. Great Lakes FreshFishFinder (website)
7. Project: Kids Cooking Seafood with Spark-Y
   1. Cooking Seafood with Spark-Y: How to Filet a Fish (video, 2023)
   2. Cooking Seafood with Spark-Y: How to Make a Fish Taco (video, 2023)
8. Project: Increasing Golden Shiner Bait Production in Minnesota
   1. Raising Golden Shiner Bait in Minnesota (handout, 2024)
   2. Raising Golden Shiner Bait in Minnesota (video, 2023)

Education and Workforce Development

1. Lake Superior Youth Science Symposium (video, 2025). Brief overview of youth engagement activities.
2. Welcome to the 2025 Great Lakes BioBlitz (video, 2025). Brief introduction to program.
3. St. Louis River Exploration map (map, 2025). 

Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

1. Habitat Management in the St. Louis River Estuary Workshop
2. Field Guide For Maintaining Rural Roadside Ditches (guide, 2014)
   This 2014 guide does not meet Section 508 accessibility standards. Please contact one of the program staff members listed on the project webpage for an alternative format or more information about the guide.
3. Wild rice - manoomin (2015)
   1. Wild Rice Monitoring Field Guide - quick reference for field crews.
   2. Wild Rice Monitoring Handbook  - comprehensive reference for designing wild rice/manoomin surveys.
      1. Both documents are available as a PDF, but are not Section 508 compliant PDFs (i.e., accessible).

Community Resilience

1. Springing into Action Session 1: Building Resilient Communities with Green Infrastructure. (video, 2025). Webinar (52 minutes).
2. Springing into Action Session 2: Blooming with Benefits. Native and Deep-Rooted Perennial Plants. (video, 2025). Webinar (61 minutes).
3. Springing into Action Session 3: Greener Together. (video 2025). Webinar (62 min).
4. Twin Ports Climate Conversation: Resilient Housing in a Changing Climate. (video 2024). Webinar (55 min). 

Stormwater

1. Watershed Game:
   1. Watershed Game Local Leader Versions
      There are Stream, River, Lake, and Coast models.
   2. Watershed Game Classroom Versions
      There are Stream and Coast models.
   3. Watershed Game Trainers and Facilitators 

Water Safety

1. Minnesota Lake Ice-In and Ice-Out Widget (web tool, 2022)
2. Hypothermia: Understanding and Safety
3. PaddleSafeTwinPorts (website)

Great Lakes Shipping

1. Great Lakes Great Jobs (handout)
2. Great Lakes Shipping 101  (webpage)
3. Great Lakes Shipping and Forecasting Professional Development. Brief (5 min) overview (video, 2024)
4. Green Shipping on the Great Lakes (video, 2025). Recording of Twin Ports Climate Conversation presentation. Webinar (60 min).
5. 2024 HazMaTON: Updates from the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Oil Spill Center of Expertise. Webinar (56 min.)