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The Other Side of the River
(2025-07-24)“All his life, Beau had looked forward to the Voyage, but the forced circumstances of his departure, the impending threat of humans, and the change of landscape as he traveled onward, weighed heavily on him. A great ... -
Pokegama Bay rustic boat launch improvements increase visitor use and improve visitor experience
(2024-01)The Pokegama Bay rustic boat launch in the Superior Municipal Forest got an upgrade in September 2021. The City of Superior, collaboratively with the Lake Superior Reserve and the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, ... -
Pokegama Bay Water Quality Improvement Project: Final Report
(2020-11-20)The Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (LSNERR) is located at the convergence of the St. Louis River and Lake Superior. The agency performs research on the St. Louis River watershed and estuary. The Reserve ... -
Quantifying Nitrate Leaching from Agricultural Soils
(UW-Madison Division of Extension, 2025-12-10)Minimizing nitrogen (N) loss to groundwater is important for human health, the environment, and long-term farm profitability. Quantifying nitrate leaching – a primary pathway of nitrogen loss from agricultural fields – can ... -
Recommendations from NOAA's Marine and Coastal Area-based Management Advisory Committee: Supporting Indigenous-led conservation and co-stewardship
(2025-02-26)As an agency of the US Government, NOAA has a legal and moral obligation to protect the interests of Tribal Nations, including their lands, resources, and treaty or other tribal rights, based on the unique relationship ... -
Refinement of an Energy Literacy Rubric for Artifact Assessment and Application to the Imagine Tomorrow High School Energy Competition
(Journal of Sustainability Education, 2015-01)National efforts in energy education aim to increase energy literacy and a diverse set of tools is needed to assess the effectiveness of different educational endeavors. As an alternative to the standard testing-based ... -
State Level Manure Broker, For-Hire Manure Applicator, and Livestock Producer Training and Certification Program Inventory 2024
(2024-04-16)This dataset is a compilation of publicly available data documenting how states in the US train, certify or regulate three key players in the transportation and allocation of livestock manures (farmers who transport and/or ... -
Status and Needs of Environmental Education Related Organizations in Wisconsin: Results from the 2015-2016 state-wide survey
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Stewardship Plan for Nekuk Island (Nigigo-minis)
(2025-08-01)Nekuk Island (Nigigo-minis, otter island, in Ojibwe) is an important source of habitat and a significant cultural site located in the upper St. Louis River Estuary. Two centuries ago, the island was part of the Ojibwe ... -
Stories of Positive Pivotal Leadership: Sparking Hope & Shaping Change
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Teacher Professional Development for Energy Literacy: A Comparison of Two Approaches
(Journal of Sustainability Education, 2015-01)In this program and practices feature, we describe two different models of teacher professional development designed to help teachers build their own energy literacy while gaining tools to bring energy literacy to their ... -
Tile Drainage in Wisconsin: Maintaining Tile Drainage Systems
(UW-Madison Division of Extension, 2009-01-01)Tile drains play an important role in Wisconsin’s agricultural production systems. Drains alleviate saturated soil conditions, maintaining optimal root zone moisture for plant growth. Saturated soils can kill or damage ... -
Trends in Equipment and Technology in the Wisconsin For-Hire Manure Application Industry, 2001–2023.
(2024-05-28)Since 2001, the University of Wisconsin (UW-Extension, 2001–2017; UW–Madison Division of Extension, 2018–2023) has created a public directory of Wisconsin’s for-hire manure application industry each year. This directory ... -
Under-Ice Water Quality Assessment in Perch Lake, Mud Lake, and Kimballs Bay
(2020-09)Previous studies have found lower-than-expected dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations in a number of bays of the St. Louis River estuary. These hypoxic conditions, which can negatively impact fish and other organisms, are ... -
Waterway Benefits Study Fact Sheet
(2024-10)The Waterway Benefits Study was conducted in 2021–2022 to explore the St. Louis River estuary community’s deep connections to our local waterways including Gichigami (Lake Superior), Gichigami-Ziibi (the St. Louis River ...