Tag: NERR
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Video: Green Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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UW-Green Bay and area partners are attempting to establish a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) for the Green Bay watershed. The NERR system is a national network of 29 sites across the coastal U.S., designed to practice and promote stewardship of coasts and estuaries through innovative research, education, and training using a place-based system of…
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Reminder: Final NERR kick-off event is live today (April 19) at 4 p.m.
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This afternoon is the second and final virtual NERR Kickoff Event. Zoom login information can be found below; registration is not required. Please use this login information instead of the links sent last week. A recording of the event will be available afterward on the NERR website and sent via email to everyone that registered. If…
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Sturgeon Bay advances research facility bid -NERR
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The city of Sturgeon Bay is taking a step further in their pursuit of landing a UW-Green Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Sturgeon Bay Mayor David Ward offered a resolution establishing an Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on attracting the UWGB NERR to Sturgeon Bay at Tuesday’s Sturgeon Bay Common Council meeting. The committee would monitor…
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UW-Green Bay Takes Steps to Become National Research Reserve | Wisconsin News | US News
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By MEGAN HART, Wisconsin Public RadioMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay is the largest freshwater estuary in the world, and now the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is leading the search for a site between Marinette and Door County to become a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR.) Source: UW-Green Bay Takes Steps to Become National Research…
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UW-Green Bay takes steps to become national research reserve
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GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay is the largest freshwater estuary in the world, and now the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is leading the search for a site between Marinette and Door County to become a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR.)This is the second step toward creating a NERR in Northeast Wisconsin. It would be…
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Reminder: Tonight (Thursday, April 15) is the NERR Kick-off Event
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NERR Virtual Kickoff Events Thursday, April 15, 2021 7 to 8 p.m. Virtual Session via Zoom Please click the link below to join the webinar: Join the Webinar Or One tap mobile : US: +13017158592,,88377110844# or +13126266799,,88377110844# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 301 715 8592 …
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EHExtra: Area seeks growth in science, stewardship, education and economy
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This story about NERR is reprinted with permission from author John Liesveld and the EHExtra.com. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part one of a two-part story concerning the endeavor to establish the Bay of Green Bay as a “non-regulatory” research reserve. Part two comes Friday and delves further into the local aspects of what area community…
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UW-Green Bay Official Sees Great Potential in Proposed NERR – Door County Pulse
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Matt Dornbush has an acronym that sums up the benefits of a proposed National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) for the waters of Green Bay.It’s REST, which stands for Research, Education, Stewardship and Training. Although research is the primary focus of the 29 established NERRs across the country, Dornbush – who’s an associate vice chancellor and…
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Green Bay Is Home To The World’s Largest Freshwater Estuary. It’s In The Running To Be A National Research Reserve. | Wisconsin Public Radio
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Green Bay is the largest freshwater estuary in the world, and now the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is leading the search for a site between Marinette and Door County to become a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR.)This is the second step toward creating a NERR in Northeast Wisconsin. It would be the third on the…
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More than a view: UW-Green Bay’s efforts to identify area waters as national reserve | WLUK
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — With every season comes new opportunities to both explore and appreciate fresh water sources in Northeast Wisconsin.FOX 11’s Maggie LaMere spends the morning at Communiversity Park learning how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is doing just that.UW-Green Bay is currently working to identify our area fresh waters as a national reserve.LaMere…