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Boat Ride and Tour on The Neeskay
| Date & Time: | Wednesday, August 4, 2010
3:45 - 5:30 p.m.
| | Location: | Great Lakes WATER Institute
600 E. Greenfield Avenue
Milwaukee, WI
| | Directions & Parking: | The WATER Institute is located where Greenfield Avenue meets the harbor (see map below). Ample street parking is available on either the north or south sides of Greenfield Avenue. Enter through the main entrance on south side of building to meet to board the boat. For an interactive map and driving directions, click here.
| | Event Description: | Hear history of the port from the boat’s captain and GLWI scientists will describe the kinds of research that is going on at the WATER Institute. We'll also learn about the important role of the research vessel - the only one that operates 12 months of the year in Lake Michigan - and the types of sampling gear and strategies used by the Institute’s scientists. Continue the dialogue that began at our Environmental Roundtable at the Water Institute on Water Sustainability with Dr. Val Klump, Director and a Senior Scientist at GLWI, and Jeff Martinka of Sweet Water, a collaborative partnership established to achieve healthy and sustainable water resources throughout the 1,100 square mile Greater Milwaukee Watersheds.
Arrive by 3:45 p.m. the approximately hour-long tour will start at 4:00 p.m.
Enjoy Lake Michigan's magnificence aboard The Neeskay, the primary research vessel of the UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute (GLWI). We’ll tour Milwaukee’s harbor and lakefront on the Great Lakes WATER Institute's primary research vessel which provides year-round access to the lake and acts as a floating laboratory. | | About the WATER Institute: | The Great Lakes WATER Institute is a University of Wisconsin System research facility, with a mission to provide a focal point for research, education and outreach aimed at a thorough understanding of the Great Lakes and other aquatic and environmental resources. Located on ten acres on the Kinnickinnic River, the WATER Institute is a modern UW research facility of 120,000 square feet with state-of-the-art laboratories for aquatic ecology, microbiology, hydrogeophysics, biogeochemistry, fisheries biology and aquaculture, behavioral ecology, chemistry, engineering and environmental health, along with a number of research support facilities and administrative offices. The site has 1,300 feet of deep water harbor frontage equipped to berth and service research vessels as large as 250 feet, providing a direct year-round link between the research laboratories and Lake Michigan. The name Neeskay comes from the Ho-Chunk language and means “pure, clean water.” The 71-foot boat has been helping researchers study the Great Lakes since 1970. It operates year round. For more information on the Neeskay, click here.
| | Who May Attend: | Current DFW members and other grantmakers eligible for DFW membership. For eligibility requirements visit our membership page.
| | Event Fees: | $20/member
$30/non-member
Light refreshments will be served
| | To Register: | The space on this trip is limited, so if you're interested in attending the tour please register ASAP.
| | Cancellation Policy: | If you must cancel an event registration, please notify DFW three business days in writing prior to the event in order to ensure a full refund. Without proper notice a refund will not be issued and/or you will be billed 100% of the registration fee.
| | Contact Person: | Rosemary Lillich Morby
Donors Forum of Wisconsin
(414) 270-1978 |
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