Contents

Features

• Forging a new era of Great Lakes Protection: An urgent call to communicate your science to policy makers and the public by David Dempsey
• The power of authenticity in science communication by Tamara Poles
• Start with a plan: Strategic communication in scientific research by Elizabeth Striano
• Becoming a bridge: Strategies to build culturally informed and community-engaged environmental communications by Laura Legzdins with support from Niisaachewan Anishinaabe Nation
• Narrating water: Ecocultural storytelling for Great Lakes restoration by Lynne Heasley and Glenn Wolff
• Sea Lampreys & Science Communication: Protecting fish and fisheries from a Great Lakes menace by Andrea Miehls and Jill Wingfield
• Pro Tips
• Four key lessons for Great Lakes scientific communication by Mike Shriberg
• The art of communication: Notes from a long-time environmental journalist by Tom Henry
• Talking about science: The importance of your origin story by Sandra Svoboda
• Science and local journalism: Informing better, together by Ellie Katz
• Science communication through comedy by Anna Boegehold
• Research Briefs
• Rethinking risk communication: Understanding audience needs matters by Alex Benitez Gonzalez
• Equitable environmental storytelling a potent tool to fight environmental injustice by Hira Ahmad
• Book Review
• A life melding science, art, and a love of the outdoors. A review by John Gannon of David Jude’s new book of poetry, “Voices from the Meadow of the Mind of the Wandering Spirit.”

Association News

• Executive director’s note
• Great Lakes science in the news  2024 Annual Report
• Impacted by U.S. federal actions? Share your story!
• Save the date: 2026 IAGLR-SCAS Joint Conference

Member News

• Kudos
• Welcome new members
• Member spotlight: Sumeep Bath and El Lower
• Community News
• 2025 Watershed Reports
• The McClintok Letters