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GREEN BAY — The bay of Green Bay is another step closer to becoming a federally protected National Estuarine Research Reserve site. On Jan. 25, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accepted the bay’s nomination to join 30 other coastal NERR sites spanning from Alaska to Florida. The effort, led by the University of Wisconsin-Green…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Prestige and preservation are one step closer to the Bay of Green Bay. On a map that designates each of the 30 National Estuarine Research Reserves in the country, you may notice there are only two in the Great Lakes. Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accepted the…

Bay of Green Bay could join a network of 30 coastal sites that protect and study estuaries The Great Lakes and Wisconsin are one step closer to adding another site to protect and study a freshwater ecosystem along the Bay of Green Bay. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, accepted the site’s nomination…

GREEN BAY (WLUK) — The process in making a Green Bay site a National Estuarine Research Reserveismoving forward. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reviewed the nomination submitted by the state of Wisconsin for a multi-component site in the bay and determined that it meets all regulatory requirements for a NERR. NERR is a national…

The New North region is fortunate to share a border with Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes which is known as the world’s largest surface freshwater ecosystem. The Great Lakes comprise 84% of North American’s surface fresh water and 21% of the world’s supply of surface fresh water. So why is this important? As…