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Accuracy of Rapid Test Strips for the Detection of the Cyanotoxin Microcystin
(Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve, 2025-06)Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) pose significant risks to water quality, public health, and aquatic ecosystems, including in the Great Lakes. Traditional methods for detecting microcystin, a common cyanotoxin, often take several ... -
Advancing Green Schoolyards: Equity Leadership and Project Based Learning
(University of Wisconsin- Milaukee, 2024-08-01)Green schoolyards are described as an intervention implemented at an educational facility designed to incorporate nature into a child’s environment to integrate natural elements that support local climate, ecology, and ... -
Analysis of PFAS release following the April 2018 refinery fire in Superior, Wisconsin
(2020-09)This report summarizes monitoring data collected by the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve during and after an explosion and series of fires at a refinery facility in Superior, Wisconsin in 2018. Many other ... -
ArcGIS StoryMaps as a transitional tool for HEI sustainability culture
(Journal of Sustainability Education, 2024-12)Abstract: Higher education institutions (HEIs), educating the leaders of tomorrow and influencing regional trends, have been implementing sustainable practices for decades. Though many of these practices are effective, ... -
Biomass Thresholds for Cereal Rye Cover Crop Goals
(UW-Madison Division of Extension, 2026-03-24)Cover crops can provide a wide range of benefits in dairy and grain production systems, but no single cover crop species or management approach can deliver every benefit at once. One of the keys to making cover crops ... -
Building a collaborative monitoring strategy for a changing St. Louis River Estuary: a recommendation report
(2025-06-16)As the St. Louis River Estuary (SLRE) approaches delisting as a Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC), emerging stressors, particularly cyanobacteria blooms, raise new questions about the estuary’s longterm condition. To ... -
Capturing Your Environment Framework: Exploring Microclimates Using Infrared Thermometers and Kestrel Weather Stations
(UW Madison- Division of Extension, 2025-07-29)Background Digital Observation Technology Skills (DOTS) Using technology has the potential to deepen learning for all ages. As skills increase with technology use, learners can explore their environment in a new ... -
Creating a research to classroom pipeline: closing the gap between science research and educators
(Journal of Sustainability Education, 2015-01)As scientific research evolves information in (K-12) curriculum can quickly become outdated. New research can greatly change the way we teach about science topics and the content we want students to understand. Educators, ... -
Custom Manure Applicator Training: A Summary
(Land Grant/Sea Grant National Water Quality Conference, 2011-01)A summary of the need, objectives, methods and results of a 3-state voluntary training and certification program targeting for-hire manure applicators in Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Participating businesses and ... -
Designing and implementing a pre-burn monitoring protocol for Wisconsin Point
(2025-07-28)Wisconsin Point is a baymouth bar separating the St. Louis River Estuary from Lake Superior. Its forests have long been stewarded by Ojibwe people, including regular use of ishkode (fire) on the landscape before fire ... -
Digital Environmental Literacy: Student Generated Data and Inquiry
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Documenting Water Depth Fluctuation and Waterfowl Occurrence within Wild Rice Beds in the St. Louis River Estuary
(2022-02)The St. Louis River Estuary’s shallow wetlands are home to northern wild rice (manoomin), an ecologically, economically, and culturally important keystone species. Wild rice abundance in the Estuary was negatively ... -
Engaging At-Risk Populations Outdoors, Digitally: Researching Youth Attitudes, Confidence, and Interest in Technology and the Outdoors.
(Association for Experiential Education, 2016-11-01)By using technology to enhance outdoor observation, students have significantly more interest in the use of technology outdoors and interest in observing plants and birds. This study also increased student’s confidence ... -
EQUITABLE LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
(Association for Experiential Education, 2025-01-10)The purpose of this study is to identify the status and needs of EE institutions across Wisconsin, with special consideration to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and efforts to center and service students ... -
Estuarine habitats in the St. Louis Estuary, Lake Superior, Wisconsin: past, present, and future
(National Estuarine Research Reserve Assocaition (NERRA), 2023)In the face of climate change, understanding trajectories of change is critical for coastal management, particularly for identifying future restoration and climate adaptation opportunities. The National Estuarine Research ... -
AN EXPLORATION OF BARRIERS FOR DEI EFFORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN WISCONSIN
(Association for Experiential Education, 2025-01-10)The purpose of this study is to determine and characterize the status and needs of EE organizations across the state of Wisconsin, with an intentional focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and obstacles ... -
Focusing on local environmental issues
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From the forest to the classroom: Energy literacy as a co-product of biofuels research
(Journal of Sustainability Education, 2015-01)The Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) is a biofuel research project that includes a holistic educational approach to energy literacy. NARA research is focused on woody biomass as a feedstock for biofuels and ... -
Global Sustainability: An Authentic Context for Energy Education
(Journal of Sustainability Education, 2015-01)Reimagining energy education involves moving beyond the basics of energy use, conservation, and efficiency toward a more robust exploration of energy. This exploration should address energy access and equity, the impacts ...