Sen. Robert Cowles and Rep. Joel Kitchens hosted a legislative informational hearing about the Freshwater Collaborative’s ongoing projects November 1, 2024, in Sturgeon Bay. Watch the recording below.
The event included speakers from eight Freshwater Collaborative-funded projects who discussed their statewide research and programming.
- Overview of Freshwater Collaborative, Marissa Jablonski, Executive Director
- Lead / Clean Drinking Water, Greg Kleinheinz, Professor & Director of ERIC lab, UW Oshkosh, and Cathy Wunderlich, Project Manager/Principal Technologist – Water & Wastewater, Jacobs Engineering
- Dam Removal and Restoration, Jill Coleman-Wasik, Professor, UW-River Falls
- Wild Rice and Watershed Restoration, Emily Tyner, Director of Freshwater Strategy, UW-Green Bay
- Ag Water Management: Phosphorus and Nitrates , Michael Holly, Associate Professor, UW-Green Bay
- PFAS Research, Joseph Mondloch, Associate Professor, UW-Stevens Point
- Micro-plastics in Wisconsin’s Waters, Laodong, Guo, Professor, UW-Milwaukee
- Aquaculture Workforce Development, Sharon Moen, Food-Fish Outreach Coordinator, Wisconsin Sea Grant
- Developing Tools for Precision Agriculture, Keith Wojciechowski, Professor, UW-Stout, and Charles Wachsmuth, Vice President, Chippewa Valley Bean