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High School Team Deploys Autonomous Mini Boat for Research

For the first time since 2019, students from StockbridgeHigh School’s InvenTeam were back in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS), this time deploying their mini boat, Fautasi, from the glass-bottom boat Lady Michigan on May 25, 2023. Four students and their mentor, Mr. Richards, are a part of Educational Passages, a program that teaches students about ocean currents, weather, and [...]

By |2023-06-05T09:28:05-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Education, Research|Comments Off on High School Team Deploys Autonomous Mini Boat for Research

ROV Competition Results

The results are in!  Today in Alpena, 13 student teams competed in the MATE Great Lakes Regional ROV Competition, hosted by NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This annual event encourages students from all over the Great Lakes to learn and apply science, technology, engineering, communication, and math skills as they design and build underwater robots to [...]

By |2023-05-23T07:00:36-04:00May 23rd, 2023|Education, MATE ROV Competition|Comments Off on ROV Competition Results

Sanctuary Wins Top Sustainable Tourism Award

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary was recognized for their exemplary contributions to sustainable tourism practices with a "Pure Award" at the Pure Michigan Governor's Conference in Tourism. More than 600 tourism representatives, economic development professionals, and meeting planners from across Michigan convened at the annual conference in Grand Rapids to discuss and better understand the [...]

By |2023-04-14T08:59:53-04:00April 14th, 2023|Event, Governments, Management, Superintendent|Comments Off on Sanctuary Wins Top Sustainable Tourism Award

Researchers Discover Historic Shipwreck in Lake Huron

Researchers from NOAA, the state of Michigan, and Ocean Exploration Trust have discovered an intact shipwreck resting hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Huron. Located within NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the shipwreck has been identified as the sailing ship Ironton. Magnificently preserved by the cold freshwater of the Great Lakes, the [...]

By |2023-03-01T11:59:10-05:00March 1st, 2023|History, Management, Shipwrecks|Comments Off on Researchers Discover Historic Shipwreck in Lake Huron

Freshwater Acidification Monitoring Project Engages Students

Beginning in spring of 2022, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) partnered with NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research and Laboratory (GLERL) to establish the basis of a long-term monitoring program to measure Lake Huron water chemistry related to freshwater acidification and climate change. A noteworthy element of this project is the engagement of students and [...]

By |2023-02-22T09:17:49-05:00February 21st, 2023|Education|Comments Off on Freshwater Acidification Monitoring Project Engages Students

Spencer William Cootware

Alpena, MI. Our community sadly lost an important member of the Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary on July 25, 2022. With sadness, we announce the unexpected passing of Captain Spencer W. Cootware of Naples, Florida. Spencer was born February 13, 1961, in Tupper Lake, New York to the late Harold and Lillian Cootware. [...]

By |2023-03-02T14:01:58-05:00August 8th, 2022|Alpena Shipwreck Tours|Comments Off on Spencer William Cootware

‘Tis the Giving Season

Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Offers Incentives to “Explore Your Sanctuary, Virtually!” Alpena, Mich. – The Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (FTBNMS) is in the giving spirit and offering a daily prize for those who participate in “Explore Your Sanctuary, Virtually!” an online treasure hunt to explore the sanctuary’s new website. [...]

By |2021-11-23T12:16:00-05:00November 23rd, 2021|Event|Comments Off on ‘Tis the Giving Season

NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Thunder Bay Honor Al Moe as Volunteer of the Year

ALPENA, MICH. – Each year NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) partners with the 14 sanctuaries across the country to recognize “extraordinary people who take time out of their lives for the betterment of America’s underwater parks.” Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) is delighted that Alpena community leader Al Moe is being honored [...]

By |2021-03-26T07:58:18-04:00March 26th, 2021|Sanctuary Advisory Council|Comments Off on NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Thunder Bay Honor Al Moe as Volunteer of the Year

Michigan Humanities CARES Act Grant Helps Support Friends of Thunder Bay Staffing

ALPENA, Mich.-- The Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary extends gratitude to the Michigan Humanities Council, in affiliation with the National Endowment for the Humanities, for a CARES Act grant of $7,500 to support employee payroll during our summer season. This funding came at a very critical time for the Friends as many of [...]

By |2020-12-01T17:04:33-05:00November 1st, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Michigan Humanities CARES Act Grant Helps Support Friends of Thunder Bay Staffing
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