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This grant funds K-12 programs, college internships and research projects focused on Wisconsin's water ecosystems.

Students from middle school to college gain hands-on experience, from planting wild rice to analyzing water quality.

The initiative fosters collaboration between Universities of Wisconsin, sharing resources and expertise for water research.

On a chilly November afternoon, three dozen middle-schoolers stand in the golden light of the early-setting sun at Sensiba State Wildlife Area in Green Bay, listening as the instructor explains what they’re there to do. With the wind whipping around them and rattling the reeds by the water, it’s starting to get cold for the first time this year, and the dark won’t help.

But they signed up because they wanted to be

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