The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is working with local and national organizations in an effort to have the Bay of Green Bay recognized as a national reserve.
For 30 years, the university and local officials have been working to clean up, restore and protect the bay, which is the world’s largest freshwater estuary. If the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grants the designation it would mean more than one million dollars in federal and state funding each year for water research, education, stewardship, and training.
The funding would start in 2024. A virtual public kick-off event is set for April 12th – with US Senator Tammy Baldwin and Congressman Mike Gallagher featured.
