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June 28, 2005 Area teachers, students take to the water Project studies problems of Fox River watershed By Adam Wise
They're taking part in the third annual Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program Teacher Workshop conducted by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
The three-day workshop features educational opportunities to learn more about watershed management, storm water and construction site erosion, and Monday's field visit to Duck Creek.
Tim Ehlinger, professor of biological sciences at UW-Milwaukee, said the teachers have become part of a mission to improve the health of the Fox River.
"These teachers are part of a project where we are monitoring the streams that feed into the Fox River," he said. "As part of the larger issues of restoring the Fox River, we are very concerned that people pay attention to the tributaries that feed into the river because it is really the health of those tributaries that will influence whether or not the river itself is healthy. You can't have healthy water downstream unless you take care of the issues upstream."
Ehlinger got his feet wet Monday afternoon in Duck Creek as he captured different fish species and educated the teachers about them.
"Today we are conducting a survey of the fish on Duck Creek," he said. "This survey will give us an idea of what the integrity is of the ecology of this system."
Ehlinger said they would be measuring a variety of species and their abundances in the water. He said by doing this, they find out whether the stream is healthy, if it is improving or declining.
Lynn Terrien, the lead-coordinating teacher of the project and currently in her 13th year of teaching at Green Bay Southwest High School, said that while the teachers have gone on field trips with their students before, an experience like this offers better resources to learn about the watershed.
"It's a great way to get the kids out to do some community service, collect some data and know that maybe some day down the road this data could affect some important decisions that are made along the watershed."
Workshop details
• What: A three-day workshop to monitor and research tributary watersheds to the Fox River.
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