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Spotlight Stories
High Schoolers Explore Research and Careers at Freshwater Camp
As the school year cooled down, Freshwater Camp at UW-Parkside and UW-Whitewater was heating up. High school juniors and seniors from Wisconsin and northern Illinois took part in a week-long exploration of freshwater careers while enjoying recreational opportunities that Wisconsin’s…
Wild Rice, Watershed Restoration and Hands-on High School Learning
As a first-year science teacher at Aldo Leopold Community School in Green Bay, Wis., Mark Valentine was looking for experts to help him teach lessons about our environment and ecosystems. He found the perfect way to fulfill this goal: growing wild…
UW Students Dive Into Hands-on Research in Bacalar, Mexico
Laguna Bacalar, Mexico’s second largest natural lake, is one of the most unique freshwater lakes on Earth. Part of an important ecological corridor, ranging from tropical forest to the Caribbean Sea, it is also threatened by economic development. Last spring,…
Students Add Muscle to WDNR’s Mussel Monitoring Program
The ability to design and implement a species population survey is an essential skill for a water scientist — as is knowing how to analyze and present the findings to diverse audiences. Through a grant from the Freshwater Collaborative of…
Student Research Leads to Love of Fish and a Job
Working on a freshwater research project changed Faune Fisher’s career path. The Environmental Science major at UW-Whitewater was planning to work in environmental advocacy. After conducting research under the mentorship of Associate Professor Elisabeth Harrahy, Fisher caught the research bug.…
High Schoolers Jump Into Freshwater Science
Summer program provides hands-on experiences studying lakes, rivers and streams throughout Wisconsin.What’s the best way to get high school students interested in water sciences? Get their feet wet, literally. That’s just what 14 students did last summer when they participated in the Freshwater Science Summer Field Experience, funded by a grant…