In December, faculty member Ryan Holifield and PhD student Katie Williams hosted researchers from the University of Illinois (Bethany Cutts and Andrew Greenlee) who recently began a study of community involvement in sediment removal projects from contaminated rivers.

Ryan Holifield and PhD student Katie Williams host researchers from the University of Illinois

They were joined by representatives from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, UW-Extension, and Milwaukee County Parks. Landscape architect Kevin Haley led us on a rather chilly but highly informative tour of a recent restoration project at Milwaukee’s Lincoln Park. Ryan and Katie are collaborating with Caitie McCoy of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant on research on stakeholder involvement at Great Lakes Areas of Concern.