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The program is intended to increase the Center for Water Policy\u2019s capacity to develop interdisciplinary and sustainable solutions to freshwater problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/centerforwaterpolicy\/programs\/current-policy-scholars\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Water Policy Scholar<\/a>, Professor Wasley\u2019s research project&nbsp;<em>Possible Future Uses of the Port of Milwaukee\u2019s Dredged Material Disposal Facilities \u2013 a Test Case for the Great Lakes Green\/ Blue Infrastructure Design Research + Practice Network<\/em>&nbsp;will explore the question: \u201cWhat possible ecologically progressive futures can we imagine for Milwaukee\u2019s Dredged Material Disposal Facilities (DMDFs) at Jones Island?\u201d These two facilities, one nearing capacity and one newly created, are representative of the network of dredge-spoil facilities associated with Great Lakes ports. The collective scale and pivotal locations of these created lands places their future squarely within one of ten Grand Water Challenges identified by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/freshwater.wisconsin.edu\/research\/10-grand-water-challenges\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin<\/a>: Great Lakes Management and Restoration. This question also serves as a test case for a second question that Professor Wasley has been engaged with since his 2017-18 Water Policy Fellowship: \u201cIs it possible to create a viable network of academic researchers, design related professionals, government officials and other interested parties to promote innovation in nature-based design solutions addressing problems of Great Lakes Cities?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the 2019 National Sciences Foundation Sustainable Urban Systems Workshop \u201cReimagining Water: Linking Sustainable Urban Water Systems in the Great Lakes Basin,\u201d held at UWM, and the 2022 Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium Workshop \u201cReimagining Water II: The Future of Blue-Green Infrastructure in the Great Lakes Basin\u201d held at the University of Toronto, the work of this fellowship will be to convene a meeting of experts on issues associated with the DMDFs and representing the steering committee of the nascent Great Lakes Green\/ Blue Infrastructure Design Research + Practice Network. 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