UWM School of Freshwater Sciences is the host for this year’s IAGLR conference (International Association for Great Lakes Research) at Baird Center. Great Lakes scientists gathered in Milwaukee with programming around the theme “Creating Great Lakes Resilence.” Topics include algae …
Scientists are removing the Great Lakes’ worst invasive species. How? The first-of-its-kind project is happening in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Muskegon, Michigan. Associate dean and professor Harvey Bootsma and his lab research team’s …
Daniel Wroblewski (BFA Film ’21, MS Freshwater Sciences ’25) recently completed an internship with NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. As a Communications and Social Media Intern, he utilized his video editing skills to create videos with varying topics related …
Associate dean and professor Harvey Bootsma spoke to Spectrum News 1 about programs at risk with the proposed 2026 federal budget, which includes the Great Lakes Observing System and other research programs. GLOS is funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
Kevin Shafer of Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District envisions a greener, climate-ready Milwaukee. Including help from the School of Freshwater Sciences, MMSD is tackling PFAS and microplastics flowing into Lake Michigan. “Water is the gold of this century—we just need to …
Frequent closures at Milwaukee’s South Shore Beach led Sandra McLellan and her lab team to discover a localized pollution problem. McLellan speaks with WISN12 in an interview.
UWM School of Freshwater Sciences Fred Binkowski, Senior Scientist Emeritus, and his work with the Wisconsin DNR has been cited in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about the next phase of sturgeon rehabilitation. Binkowski’s work with the DNR successfully raising …
In partnership with the Wisconsin Navy League and SFRobotics, UW-Milwaukee and the School of Freshwater Sciences hosted the 7th Annual SeaPerch Competition on March 16. CBS58 checked out the underwater robotics competition and interviewed organizers and students competing.
UrbanMilwaukee shares a photo gallery of construction and design progress of the new South Shore Park beach. The McLellan Lab worked with Milwaukee County Parks to study the beach and local water conditions.
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” …
