Tag: conservation
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Rooted in Respect: How Amy Carrozzino-Lyon Is Reviving Wetlands and Relationships Through Wild Rice | Natural Resources Institute
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By Anne Marie Nardi Most days, you’ll find Amy Carrozzino-Lyon knee-deep in the soft shallows of the bay of Green Bay, scattering seeds of wild rice by hand. But what looks like a quiet act of restoration is, in truth, part of something far more powerful—a movement to restore not only wetlands, but connections: to…
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How Audubon is Working to Protect Wetlands a Year After Supreme Court Gutted Protections | Audubon
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On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court drastically weakened federal Clean Water Act protections for waterways across the country. The Sackett v. EPA ruling found that smaller bodies of water—like seasonal streams or wetlands—that do not directly connect to another federally protected water body (like a larger lake or river) do not fall under the…
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Conservation partners and community members to seed wild rice on Green Bay west shore
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Conservation partners, middle and high school students, and community groups will work together to seed 25 acres of bay of Green Bay coastal wetlands with ~1,200 lbs. of wild rice in late October and early November. This marks the sixth year of seeding as part of the restoration project, informed by UW-Green Bay aquatic…
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Green Bay Conservation Partners Spring Roundtable, April 21
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The Green Bay Conservation Partners will host their 7th Annual Spring Roundtable on Wednesday, April 21 from 8:50–11:30 a.m. on Zoom. Partners will share information about restoration, monitoring, and other conservation projects around the region in the bay of Green Bay, Lower Fox River watershed, Green Bay’s West Shore, and Door Peninsula. Registration is free…
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UW-Green Bay featured as partner in Ducks Unlimited video
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Ducks Unlimited has a focus on Green Bay and UW-Green Bay as a partner. Lower Green Bay is a hub of conservation activity. Coastal wetland projects ring the big water, but a partnership is also working to improve conditions on the bay itself. Wild rice is a historic food source for waterfowl, and Ducks Unlimited…
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Faculty/staff note: Biodiversity specialist Giese recently published new conservation strategy
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Senior Research Specialist Erin Giese recently published a Landbird Habitat Conservation Strategy, along with many co-authors from around the United States. Giese is a Howe Team Coordinator for Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring, President of the Northeastern Wisconsin Audobon Society, and Advisor of the Green Bay Audobon Student Conservation Chapter. She is a member of…
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New restoration project looks to improve wildlife and water quality in Northeast Wisconsin
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This week, conservation professionals and volunteers from UW-Green Bay, Ducks Unlimited, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and UW-Madison Division of Extension seeded 2,000 pounds of rice across the coastal wetlands of the Bay of Green Bay. Source: New restoration project looks to improve wildlife and water quality in Northeast Wisconsin,…
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Insight Publications | Nuturing nature
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The 73-acre Wequiock Creek Natural Area is NEWLT’s latest addition. Nett says she’s worked closely with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity and the Town of Scott to protect the land, which is “an exceptional, archaeologically significant” region. …The land is located adjacent to the Point au Sable peninsula and is part…
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Green Bay fall wild rice seeding planned for late October
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Small teams of conservation professionals and volunteers from UW-Green Bay, Ducks Unlimited, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, UW-Madison Division of Extension, and others will seed 2,000 lbs. of wild rice at coastal wetlands in the bay of Green Bay during the week of October 26-30, 2020. This year marks the…
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Green Bay Conservation Partners hold roundtable discussion at UW-Green Bay
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The Green Bay Conservation Partners Roundtable took place at UW-Green Bay on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. As Fox 11 reports, the discussion focused on wildlife, water and ways to help protect the environment.