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 …
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.
UWM 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’s looking great for some winter projects on the mid-lake reef in Lake Michigan. A lot is unknown about …
UWM 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. …
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 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 …
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 …
From the UWM Report: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded UWM scientist Ryan Newton $2 million to study antimicrobial resistance in wastewater. Newton, associate professor in the School of Freshwater Sciences, will lead a team that will quantify antimicrobial …
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 …
