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The Biodiversity Center is open 9:00-5:00 Monday-Thursday and Noon-1:30 on Fridays (The office assistant is not available on Friday)
- Cofrin Memorial Arboretum
- Bow-hunting is allowed by special arrangement through the city of Green Bay in February, March, and April through special permit only. Hunters must follow special rules and register through the city. Hunters are required to attend a class and pass an accuracy test at a registered archery range. All hunting is arranged by the city of Green Bay. Please contact Frank Roznik at frankro@ci.green-bay.wi.us or at 920-391-3676 to register for this hunt.
- Peninsula Center
- Gun-hunting is allowed during the regular gun season. No bow-hunting is allowed. Hunters are required to request permission to hunt and must carry written permission at all times. A list is kept and preference is given to hunters from previous years. Hunters should contact Dr. Robert Howe at 920-465-2272 or hower@uwgb.edu for more information.
- Point au Sauble
- Bow-hunting is allowed during the regular gun season. No gun hunting is allowed. Hunters are required to request permission to hunt and must carry written permission at all times. Hunting parties are selected by a lottery in early September. Each chosen party is assigned a week based on preference. If all preferred weeks are full a week will be assigned at random from remaining dates. If parties are small, 2 or 3 parties may be assigned the same date. Hunters must register for the lottery by September 1 in order to participate. Duplicate parties will not be included in the lottery (same group of hunters with different leaders). Hunters should download the map and application and return it to the Biodiversity Center (emailed applications are acceptable) by September 7, 2007. Contact Dr. Robert Howe at 920-465-2272 or hower@uwgb.edu for more information.
- Toft Point
- Gun-hunting is allowed during the regular gun season. No bow-hunting is allowed. Hunters are required to request permission to hunt and must carry written permission at all times. A list is kept and preference is given to hunters from previous years. Hunters should contact Dr. Robert Howe at 920-465-2272 or hower@uwgb.edu for more information.
Richter Museum and UWGB Herbarium
The Richter museum and the UWGB Herbarium are primarily research facilities and are not usually open to the public. However, the curators do conduct a number of tours for groups, such as college and K-12 classes, naturalists, teachers, Learning in Retirement, and other public organizations. If you would like to arrange a tour of the museum for your class or group please contact Curator Tom Erdman at the Richter Museum or Gary Fewless at the UWGB Herbarium.
Researchers and faculty that would like to use the museum for research or are requesting specimens for study or to use in classes should contact Curators Tom Erdman or Gary Fewless.
Thomas Erdman, Richter Museum Curator |
Gary Fewless, Herbarium Curator University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Dept. of Natural and Applied Sciences Green Bay, WI 54311 920-465-2243 / fewlessg@uwgb.edu fax: 920-465-2376 |
Biodiversity Center Conference Room
The conference room is available for community groups to use as long as the group's work is focused on the preservation of local biodiversity and a CCB staff member is available to open the room. Priority is given to classes, students, staff and faculty and campus organizations. The conference table seats 16 and the room includes a white board and a projection area and is within a campus provide wireless web region. Groups are requested to furnish their own computers and projectors. Groups can arrange food service through the campus. Outside caterers are not allowed on campus. Groups must clean up the area and clean the white board and after use. Please contact Kim McKeefry at 465-5032 or mckeefryk@uwgb.edu for more information.
The CCB library contains a number of titles related to biodiversity, natural history, and ecology. The library is open to campus students and employees and to Biodiversity Center partners when the conference room is not in use. The library is for reference only and books may not be removed or checked out.
The greenhouse attached to the Lab Sciences Building is managed by the CCB for the Dept. of Natural and Applied Sciences. The greenhouse is only available for use by NAS and Biology faculty and student projects. Priority is given to classroom instructional needs and to student and faculty research projects. Faculty should submit a letter requesting space as soon as possible so that space is allocated efficiently. Requests should be sent to medlandv@uwgb.edu or fewlessg@uwgb.edu.
Cofrin Memorial Arboretum and Other Natural Areas
- Arboretum
- Trails through the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum are open to pedestrians every day during daylight hours. Only paved or gravel trails are open to bicycles during daylight hours. The trails are not plowed in the winter, although some trails are occasionally groomed for cross-country skiing.See hunting restrictions above.
- Toft Point
- The trail at Toft Point is open to the public and is cared for by The Friends of Toft Point. Trail users are asked to especially careful at Toft and only use the designated trails so they do not disturb fragile habitat.See hunting restrictions above.
- Kingfisher Farm
- The trails at Kingfisher Farm are open to the public. Park in the designated area. Hikers are reminded that the house is occupied and to respect the tenants privacy. Hunting is not allowed at Kingfisher Farm.
- Peninsula Center
- Trails through Peninsula are open to the public. See hunting restrictions above.
- Point au Sauble
- Point au Sauble is not open to the public because there is no public access to the property. Access is available from the beach by boat or by written permission from the CCB Director only. See hunting restrictions above.
Trail users are reminded to remain on the marked trails and that the following are not allowed in any of the natural areas.
- removal of any plants or vegetation without written permission
- Trapping or hunting of animals without written permission
- Dogs (on or off leash)
- motor vehicles (including atvs, except by maintenance staff))
- fires or use of fire-works
- fire-arms
The Cofrin Center for Biodiversity and NAS have purchased a large format printer (HP 800PS) that can print 36 or 42 inch wide posters of any length. Campus students, staff, and faculty may purchase posters. Posters should be ready to print as a photo shop gif or jpg or as a powerpoint slide scaled to actual poster dimensions. Fees are determined by the size of the poster, type of paper, amount of colored background and text, and amount of technical assistance needed to make the image ready to print. Printing must be ordered at least one week before it is needed. Please contact Kim McKeefry at 465-5032 or mckeefrk@uwgb.edu for more information
- Fees
- NAS faculty can print posters, etc. free of charge as long as the use is modest (e.g., < 5 posters or major jobs each year). If you have more needs, we hope that you will have grant money to reimburse the costs.
- Students in NAS courses that require a research poster will have the opportunity to print 1 poster free of charge. Any additional posters will be charged at the non-departmental rate. Note that re-printing of poorly edited drafts will be charged.
- Current Fees and Instructions for creating a large format poster (pdf)
- Field and research equipment
- GPS units, binoculars, clipboards, traps, nets and other field equipment is available for checkout each semester by faculty, staff, and students for use in NAS and CCB supervised projects. Equipment must be returned or checkout renewed at the end of each semester. Students who do not return equipment at the end of each semester may have their records and registration permissions blocked until the materials are returned or paid for.
- Computers
- Computers are available for NAS and CCB student, staff, and faculty use in the main conference room and in the GIS room. A laptop is available for occasional checkout. These computers are only available for biodiversity related use and the GIS technicians have priority in using the GIS computer. Other UWGB students and staff should use the general access computer labs.
- Printers and Copiers
- CCB office printers and copiers are only available for use by CCB students, staff, and technicians. Other UWGB students and staff should use the general access computer labs, the library, or the copy center.
- The materials contained on CCB web pages, including text and images, are copyright protected and remain the intellectual property of their respective owners.
- Although these pages are freely accessible through the World Wide Web, please be aware that you must obtain permission from CCB for any use other than those provided by the fair use clause under the U.S. Copyright Act.
- The images on our pages are available for educational use (teaching or student research projects) only and may not be used for any non-educational or commercial purpose. The images may not be linked or posted to other web sites without permission of the original contributor or CCB.
- Educational users must include a clearly visible statement acknowledging the CCB web page and (if indicated) the contributor of the materials. Citations should credit the Cofrin Arboretum Center for Biodiversity, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay, http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/.
- Contributors of photographs or illustrations can be found by dragging the mouse pointer over the object. Email addresses for these individuals can be located from the Contributors link in the CCB Administration page.
- Further information can be obtained at Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
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