Academic Adventures  This map, Harbor of Refuge, Milwaukee Bay, Wis., from 1883, is featur

Academic Adventures  

This map, Harbor of Refuge, Milwaukee Bay, Wis., from 1883, is featured in our display today for our first Academic Adventures Lecture this semester. Today’s talk is presented by Freshwater Sciences professor John Janssen, Peck School of the Arts associate professor Kim Beckmann and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources water resources specialist Brennan Dow.

Milwaukee’s harbor has been at the center of our region’s prosperity for hundreds of years. It’s a place for shipping, a place for commerce, and an economic driver; it’s also home to fish and wildlife populations in the heart of urban Milwaukee.

UWM is mapping the aquatic habitat in the harbor thanks to generous support from the Fund for Lake Michigan, which was established in 2011 by We Energies, Madison Gas & Electric, and WPPI Energy to safeguard the lake and improve water quality in the region. School of Freshwater Sciences Professor John Janssen and Peck School of the Arts Associate Professor Kim Beckmann are leading the project.

With key partners, such as the Harbor District Inc. and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Janssen and Beckmann’s team will assess the existing fish forage and spawning habitat and develop a map to inform strategic development. This data will be critical to revitalizing the harbor and making it a sustainable, economic, and ecological resource for the entire community.

This map and other maps of Milwaukee’s harbor will be on display at the talk.

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