Tag: Natural and Applied Sciences
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Draney to lead Baird Creek outing this Saturday
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The Baird Creek Preservation Foundation invites you to take a break from the holiday bustle to experience a Winter Wonderland Hike in the Greenway at 1 p.m. this Saturday (Dec. 20), departing from Christa McAuliffe Park at 3100 Sitka St. The nature guide will be biology Prof. Mike Draney of UW-Green Bay’s program in Natural…
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In the news: WPR covers Cat Island, Duck Creek grant for NAS
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A federal grant that will aid UW-Green Bay scientists’ efforts to restore native plants in the bay got some airtime Monday (Nov. 24) on Wisconsin Public Radio. Associate Prof. Matt Dornbush spoke with WPR’s Patty Murray about the $225,000 grant, which will be used to help native plants — including bulrush, water celery and wild…
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Ducks, Duck Creek, Cat Island and a $225,000 grant for NAS
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Wildlife habitat on the lower bay will get a boost with a $225,000 federal grant to UW-Green Bay and Ducks Unlimited for “Cat Island and Duck Creek Delta Restoration: Restoring Green Bay Aquatic Vegetation and Avifauna.” Once alive with submergent and emergent aquatic vegetation and vast flocks of migratory waterfowl, the lower bay took a…
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To take ‘pulse’ of bay’s nutrient loading, Zorn wins $222K Sea Grant award
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Prof. Michael Zorn of UW-Green Bay’s Natural and Applied Sciences program is the recipient of a two-year, $221,961 grant from the Wisconsin Sea Grant program. His project is titled “Extreme Events, Watershed Loadings and Climate Change: Implications for the Management and Long Term Health of the Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Ecosystem.” With co-investigators Kevin Fermanich…
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Dutch weighs in on Thursday’s big boom
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Prof. Emeritus Steve Dutch may be retired, but members of the local media still turn to him, on occasion, when things go boom in the night. Such was the case last week after residents of Omro, Poy Sippi and elsewhere in Winnebago, Waupaca and Waushara counties reported hearing a mysterious loud boom around 6 p.m.…
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Watershed monitoring program receives $2,600-plus “Green Gift” from Cellcom
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UW-Green Bay’s Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program received $2,679 from Cellcom Tuesday (Nov. 4), accepting the “Green Gift” donation as part of the company’s cellphone recycling program. LFRWMP Outreach and Education Coordinator Annette Pelegrin was on hand for the check presentation, which took place during a morning Biology class at West De Pere High School.…
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Faculty note: Grubisha publication
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Lisa Grubisha, assistant professor of biology with Natural and Applied Sciences, has published a paper titled “Characterization of Microsatellite Markers for Pinedrops, Pterospora andromedea (Ericaceae), from Illumina MiSeq Sequencing” in the November issue of Applications in Plant Sciences. Pinedrops is a nonphotosynthetic plant that acquires carbon from a symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungal species in the…
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Luczaj to lead geology hike at Baird Creek
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The Baird Creek Parkway guided nature hike series resumes at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, with UW-Green Bay Professor of Natural and Applied Sciences John Luczaj leading the outing departing from Christa McAuliffe Park (3100 Sitka Street). He’ll lead a hike focused on glacial formations and the landscape of the past in the Baird Creek…
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Biologist Grubisha shares $60,000 USDA grant for crop-fungus research
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Lisa Grubisha, who joined the Natural and Applied Sciences faculty this fall as an assistant professor of biology, has been awarded a $60,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s research division. Her project is titled “Population Structure of Aspergillus flavus communities in Wisconsin.” The three-year project in collaboration with researcher Peter Cotty of…
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EPA interest in strontium level draws interest in Door County
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Earlier this year, we told you about a UW-Green Bay study that documented significant levels of strontium in well water samples collected in certain areas of Northeast Wisconsin. Spearheaded by NAS Associate Prof. John Luczaj, working in conjunction with Associate Prof. Michael Zorn and grad student Joseph Baeten, the research found the naturally occurring and…