Environmental improvements coming to Barker’s Island
Updates to reduce stormwater runoff on Barker’s Island in Superior are scheduled for the next two summers.
Updates to reduce stormwater runoff on Barker’s Island in Superior are scheduled for the next two summers.
The public is invited to an informational meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the Brown County STEM Innovation Center in Green Bay.
The community read event for Door County kicks off on Feb. 3. Activities will feature presentations by Anne Moser and Julia Noordyk with Wisconsin Sea Grant, plus a talk and gallery show of underwater photos by students from Northwest Passage who were funded through a Sea Grant project.
In her studies, master’s degree student Megan Hoff pursues a balance between people, the planet and prosperity. She foresees her career ultimately following that same philosophy and is working with Wisconsin Sea Grant’s Julia Noordyk in Green Bay to make that possible. Noordyk hired Hoff last fall as the first-ever graduate assistant in one of Sea Grant’s field offices.
This year, a team from the Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin Sea Grant programs are embarking on a venture to help marinas make their facilities more environmentally sustainable by harnessing the power of green infrastructure. The three-year, three-state project was awarded $809,000 in 2018 by the Great Lakes Protection Fund,