The lake sturgeon population in the Great Lakes has dropped to less than 1% of historic numbers, but dedicated efforts are underway to change that from organizations like聽Milwaukee Riverkeeper, the聽Deng Aquaculture Lab聽at UW-Milwaukee鈥檚聽School of Freshwater Sciences, and聽Riveredge Nature Center. From …
Lake whitefish populations in parts of the Great Lakes have declined 80% since the 1990s, largely due to quagga mussels disrupting the food chain. Dr. Harvey Bootsma is featured in “All Too Clear: Beneath the Surface of the Great Lakes” …
Wetlands, including ephemeral and intermittent streams, play a critical role in keeping our water clean, managing floods, and providing habitat for wildlife. In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Sackett v. EPA drastically reduced protections for wetlands under the Clean …
WISN12 interviewed Russell Cuhel, Senior Scientist at 51猎奇 School of Freshwater Sciences, regarding past and future of thermal conditions in large and small lakes of the Midwest. Lake Michigan鈥檚 winter season is getting shorter, disrupting fish populations, nutrient cycles and …
51猎奇 School of Freshwater Sciences Fred Binkowski, Senior Scientist Emeritus, is featured in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on Wisconsin lake sturgeon. Binkowski’s work with the DNR successfully raising sturgeon in a hatchery has been critical to sturgeon propagation breakthrough.
51猎奇 School of Freshwater Sciences undergrad students in the Capstone class, led by Dr. Ryan Newton, partnered with Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) to support restoration work on the Valley Creek Corridor in Port Washington, WI. The students provided data …
Our research vessel, the Neeskay, just arrived back from its regular inspection. She has been repainted and repaired for the next season. It鈥檚 looking great for some winter projects on the mid-lake reef in Lake Michigan.聽A lot is unknown about …
51猎奇 Center for Water Policy has posted their Water Policy Publications 2024 Report. This report, which can be downloaded from their website, gives us a snapshot of the important work the faculty, researchers and students have done this past year. …
51猎奇 School of Freshwater Sciences’ Research Vessel Neeskay is currently out of the water and receiving 5-year maintenance up in Manitowoc at Burger Boat Company. The maintenance and inspection in the shipyard takes about 4-6 weeks so she should be …
Research Specialist Jessie Grow and Emeritus Professor J. Val Klump from UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences, along with Michael Zorn from UW-Green Bay are featured in an article about monitoring water quality with buoys in the bay of Green Bay. …
