Tag: environment
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Green Water in Green Bay: Using Data Buoys to Monitor the Southern Bay | Environmental Monitor Magazine
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While the bay of Green Bay has been referred to as the largest freshwater “estuary” in the world, the watershed hosts intensive agriculture and contributes one-third of Lake Michigan’s total phosphorus load. The Fox River flows into the bay, carrying excess nutrients largely the result of non-point source runoff from the watershed. With a history…
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Registration open for 2019 Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup
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Registration is now open for the 2019 Fox-Wolf Watershed Cleanup, which will be taking place on Saturday, Apr. 27, 2019. The cleanup consists of a large-scale effort that involves more than 1,000 volunteers heading out to over 50 sites throughout the basin and cleaning up the lakes and rivers. Learn more and register.
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2019 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship
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Students from UW-Green Bay attended the 2019 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship in Wabasha, Minnesota. Fishers began at the Wabasha City Ramp at the Izaak Walton Park at 7:30 a.m. CDT on Saturday, July 21. For more details, read the full story on KDHL Radio.
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Faculty note: Ashmann receives National Science Foundation grant
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UWGB Associate Prof. Scott Ashmann (Education) is a co-principle investigator (PI) on a new conference award from the National Science Foundation for $134,400, for a project titled “Environmental Education Workshop for Wisconsin Institutions of Higher Education.” Ashmann will be working alongside Michael Beeth (UW-Oshkosh), Rebecca Franzen (UW-Stevens Point) and Clayton Russell (Northland College) for this four-day environmental education workshop. The goal…
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Journal-Sentinel offers report on bay’s 2015 ‘dead zone’ season
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Scientists thought that portions of Lake Michigan’s Green Bay would experience a huge year of oxygen depletion because of massive volumes of early phosphorous runoff, but winds and weather combined to lessen the impact. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel interviewed a number of local experts including several UWGB research partners.
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Olabe, from Spain, is International Visiting Scholar
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From September 13 through the 30th, UW-Green Bay is partnering with St. Norbert College and the greater Green Bay community to host the residency of Antxon Olabe, an environmental policy consultant from northern Spain. Olabe is an environmental economist and journalist specializing in sustainability and climate change. His visit is made possible through the generous…
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Faculty note: Engineering Technology’s Holzem earns grants
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Assistant Prof. Ryan Holzem of NAS, a specialist in environmental engineering technology, was awarded two grants this summer. He will receive $9,664 to provide a third-party evaluation of a private pro-biotic product that is added to manure lagoons to reduce organics and solids and improve nutrient values, with testing on two Wisconsin-based farms. He was…
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Voelker’s ‘Environmental History’ class plans cleanup walk for Earth Week
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The students of the American Environmental History course taught by Associate Prof. David Voelker invite the campus community to participate in a cleanup walk to commemorate Earth Day. Although Earth Day is on April 22, the walk will take place on Tuesday, April 21, from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. (rain or shine). Participants should meet…
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Annual Student Watershed Symposium is April 14
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The UW-Green Bay campus will host the 12th annual Student Watershed Symposium on Tuesday, April 14, as part of the Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program. The Symposium brings together the teachers, students and faculty at UW-Green Bay who monitor the health of watersheds in the Lower Fox River Basin. This year more than 90…
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2012 grad Morgan Gantz works to study and protect our nation’s wilderness
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For the millions of outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy hiking on the trails, kayaking down the rapid rivers, and biking through national parks, forests and wildlife refuges, there are the few who work to both study and protect the natural landscape of our public lands. Morgan Gantz, a 2012 UW-Green Bay Environmental Science graduate is working…