Northland College: NGLVC Environmental Monitoring
A place to share observational data from the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center. Monitoring is done by students & faculty of Northland College.
BACKGROUND: The Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center with assistance from Northland College and the Wisconsin DNR is monitoring the long-term health of this wetland. Through monitoring, we hope to be able to stop the threat posed by invasive species and quickly notice environmental changes before it is too late. THE MONITORING CONSISTS OF:
Citizen observations (this is where you can help!):
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18/05/2015
Updated water table depth and meteorologic data as of May 2015.
06/05/2015
NRS347: Sustainable Forest Management class took a break from the woods to watch the NGLVC prescribed fire. The goal was to reduce reed canary grass density for tree planting. The future canopy should shade out the invasive and restore this area to wet forest.
10/10/2014
Status of year 1 data collection. Help us keep up the momentum for year 2 and beyond!
25/08/2014
Updated climate and water table depth
We've been busy collecting data, but we would love to hear from you. What have you seen at the NGLVC?
14/08/2014
14/08/2014