Tag: NERR
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Immersed in Sound, Sea Grant Project Listens to the Bay
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Curious about what the Bay of Green Bay sounds like? Research being done by Associate Professor Bill Sallak will help answer that question. Earlier this year, Sallak received a two-year grant from Wisconsin Sea Grant to study the bay’s bioacoustics. “It’s a field that’s growing in importance, and will help establish a baseline soundscape for…
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Research on Rise: NERR Designation May Leverage Resources for Research Partnerships
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Many people may not realize it, but Green Bay is the world’s largest freshwater estuary, a semi-enclosed area in the Great Lakes where lake water and water from rivers and streams meet. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay hopes its unique location will help it secure a National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) designation. Becoming a NERR…