News & Events

ISEA Becomes New Host for the GTSI

Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) secured a Great Lakes Fisheries Trust grant to host the Grand Traverse Stewardship Initiative which provides leadership and resources to support  place-based education, school-community partnerships, and...

ISEA Receives B-WET Grant

NOAA Grant Received to Provide K-12 Teacher Field Course The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) a B-WET (Bay Watershed Education and Training) grant of nearly...

77′ Schooner Utopia Donated to ISEA

Inland Seas Adds Schooner Utopia to Fleet Ellsworth Peterson of Sturgeon Bay, WI and Honolulu, HI donated his famed 77-foot schooner, Utopia, to the Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA). The schooner...

YWIS Participant in the News

Gaylord Herald Times Features YWIS Participant Kate Roberts was featured in the Gaylord Herald Times on August 25, 2016. She was one of 10 girls who participated in the Young...

ISEA Mentioned in Gaylord Herald Times

Lewiston Elementary students who sailed with Inland Seas this spring are featured in a Gaylord Herald Times article written by Arielle Breen. Teacher, Deb Michaels, has been bringing her students on...

ISEA Receives $75,000 DTE Energy Foundation Grant

  Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) received a grant from the DTE Energy Foundation of $25,000 a year for three years to support their Schoolship programs. Beginning in Spring 2016, the grant...

Tom Kelly, Inland Seas Founder Passes

Thomas M. Kelly (1948 – 2016) Thomas M. Kelly, 67, of Suttons Bay passed away at home surrounded by his family on January 8, 2016 of Mantle Cell Lymphoma. He was...