Tag: Water Science
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First UW-Green Bay Water Science Undergraduate Heads to Graduate School at UWM
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Kunze’s path exemplifies how undergraduate research opportunities and mentoring can lead to more water scientists (Reprinted with permission from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin)—Tyler Kunze never anticipated a career as a water scientist. Yet in May, he became the first student to earn a bachelor’s degree in water science from UW-Green Bay. He’s now a…
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NERR | Opinion | ehextra.com
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Dear Editor,Emily Tyner, Director of Freshwater Strategy/University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, recently explained the selection process for a Bay of Green Bay-National Estuarine Research Reserve. Possible locations for the future site of the reserve’s visitor/education center part include Marinette, Green Bay and Door County. The reserve will also include natural areas (land and water) located throughout…
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Presentation details given to potential NERR site in Door County
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The city of Sturgeon Bay is now a step closer to seeing what a National Estuarine Research Reserve, known as a NERR, would look like. In a meeting sponsored by the Door County Environmental Council, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Director of Freshwater Strategy, Emily Tyner, spoke to a crowd at the Maritime Museum in Sturgeon…
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Professor John Luczaj Receives Three-Year NSF Grant to Study Dolomite in China
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UW-Green Bay Professor John Luczaj (Water Science) and colleague Dan Lehrman (Trinity University) received parallel three-year grants from the National Science Foundation to study the carbonate rocks of southern China. The NSF Grants will involve taking students to China for one month each year, followed by laboratory work at UW-Green Bay. The UW-Green Bay portion…
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Efforts underway to designate Bay of Green Bay a national research reserve | WBAY
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“There’s been really tremendous work on restoration, on clean-up of the Fox River, the Cat Island Chains, so we really see this as an opportunity to celebrate all that’s happened and think about what the future of our area will look like around water,” says Emily Tyner, UW-Green Bay Director of Freshwater Strategy. Source: Efforts…
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WBAY highlights NERR tonight (March 29) at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
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Announced last week and led by UW-Green Bay and local partners, Green Bay is seeking designation of a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) on the bay of Green Bay. the NERR system is a national network of 29 sites across the coastal U.S., including the Great Lakes, designed to protect and study estuaries and their…
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City Courting National Estuarine Research Reserve Project | Door County Pulse
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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is currently scouting a site for the NERR, and Mayor David Ward said it’s come down to three candidates: Green Bay, Marinette and Sturgeon Bay. Source: CITY COURTING NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE PROJECT | Door County Pulse
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UW-Green Bay Leading Regional Efforts to Locate National Estuarine Research Reserve on Green Bay
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Public kick-off event is April 12 (and again April 15) Green Bay, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, in partnership with local and national agencies, is leading efforts to recognize local waters as a national reserve—an important next step in the region’s 30-plus-year effort to protect one of the largest surface freshwater systems on earth. Upon…
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Water Contamination in Northeast Wisconsin panel is Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
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Due to the geography of Northeast Wisconsin, groundwater contamination is very common in Green Bay. These contaminants could range anywhere from macronutrients like nitrates to contaminants like arsenic and PFAS. These contaminants jeopardize hundreds of families’ well water and food sources. Virtually join Casey Hicks from the Wisconsin Conservation Voters about the different contaminates in…
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Door County Mayor Sets 2021 Priorities – Door County Pulse
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Sturgeon Bay Mayor David Ward doesn’t vote unless a tie-breaker is needed, so he conceded during the Sturgeon Bay Common Council’s second meeting of the year that he needs to convince the rest of the council members that the things he wants to commit to in 2021 are worthy of priority attention. That was his…