Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Long Term Resource Monitoring

Outreach

• Tours and workshops for legislators, scientists from all over the world, government officials, students, and others
• Open Houses in cooperation with US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Geological Survey
• Talks and workshops at clubs, elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools, and universities
• Articles for general audiences and interviews with mass media (radio, television, newspaper, magazines)

Examples of Tours and Workshops on the River and in the Lab

For an international large-river conference, La Crosse Field Station staff planned and organized a large river sampling demonstration. Scientists from around the world learned how we collect data in floodplain forests and other habitats of the Mississippi River.

Heidi Langrehr shows elementary school students some aquatic vegetation in the lab.

Talks at Clubs, Schools, Universities

La Crosse Field Station staff have helped with several Career Days and Science Fairs at local Wisconsin and Minnesota schools as well as Earth Day Events and School on the River Programs. We have given talks or demonstrations to clubs and classrooms on topics such as aquatic vegetation, water quality, pollutants, fish, and floodplain forestry.

Wearing her turkey-hunting gear to make the point, Terry Dukerschein explains to Trempealeau, Wisconsin, elementary school students how some underwater animals hide and use ambush techniques to get their food.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

La Crosse Field Station staff have written or been interviewed for articles in the La Crosse Tribune, The St. Paul Pioneer Press, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal, and numerous other local and regional newspapers. Archives of pertinient newspapers articles are currently under construction.

La Crosse Field Station Team Leader
Telephone: (608) 781-6360
Fax: (608) 783-6066