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” …
WISN12 interviewed Russell Cuhel, Senior Scientist at UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, regarding past and future of thermal conditions in large and small lakes of the Midwest. Lake Michigan’s winter season is getting shorter, disrupting fish populations, nutrient cycles and …
UWM 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.
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. …
UWM School of Freshwater Sciences Professor Sandra McLellan, Research Specialist Melissa Schussman, and co-authors published a paper with the World Harbor Project in Nature Water. The article details how harbors worldwide are impacted by sewage contamination. The article also recently …
UWM School of Freshwater Sciences Professor Dong Fang Deng and PhD student Alex Gregory are featured in this Spectrum News 1 article on research to improve fish nutrition. Their research, funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant, is looking at black soldier …
ABC News interviewed Dr. Sandra McLellan, Distinguished Professor at UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, about the health risks that can come from a main break. After a water main break that occurred during Hurricane Milton in St. Petersburg, Florida, residents …
Captain Maxwell Morgan spoke with Wisconsin Public Radio for a story featuring the Research Vessel Neeskay, UWM School of Freshwater Sciences’ year-round research vessel. Morgan shares the history of the Neeskay, about current projects and about the future of Great …
Professor Dong Fang Deng has been working with Riveredge Nature Center and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources on developing a diet plan that helps young fish grow faster. Last week, at our building in the Harbor District, our incoming …
UWM School of Freshwater Sciences Professor Sandra McLellan speaks with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about Lake Michigan swimming safety. McLellan’s research into bacteria in the lake allows her to dispel many of the myths surrounding Lake Michigan cleanliness.
