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Community Engagement on the Red Cedar Watershed

Connecting campus, community, and the environment through interdisciplinary water quality research.
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ºÚÁÏ¿Æ has been a leader in interdisciplinary research, policy, and practice related to water quality in the Red Cedar Watershed, an 1,893 square-mile area in west-central Wisconsin that is an EPA-designated impaired waterway and includes the ºÚÁÏ¿Æ campus. Exemplifying the tenets of our polytechnic mission (applied learning, career focus, and collaboration), ºÚÁÏ¿Æ's work engages faculty, students, and the community to provide learning opportunities to students and knowledge to key stakeholders determined to  address water quality issues.


Related Work in Our Community & on Our Campus.

Red Cedar Watershed Conference

Red Cedar Watershed Conference: Land, Water and People Coming Together!
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LAKES Research

LAKES Research. Interdisciplinary Research on Water Quality in the Red Cedar Watershed.
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Center for Limnological Research & Rehabilitation (CLRR)

Helping communities diagnose water issues, monitor environmental changes, and create plans that support cleaner, safer, and more enjoyable waterways
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Sustainability at Stout

At ºÚÁÏ¿Æ, we're working to reduce our environmental impact every day.
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ºÚÁÏ¿Æ Environmental Science & Sustainability Programs

B.S. Environmental Science

Our B.S. Environmental Science program offers lab-based learning, applied research, and field experiences to prepare you to conserve the natural world.
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Sustainability Minor

Do you want to meet the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations?
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Sustainability & Well-Being Certificate

Learn the fundamentals of sustainability and well-being, behavior and development of organizations, and the principles of corporate social responsibility.
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Design for Sustainability Certificate

Enhance your career with working knowledge of design for sustainability and the principles behind environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts.
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Creek restoration, data center viewpoints, sustainability researched by LAKES REU students  Featured Image

Creek restoration, data center viewpoints, sustainability researched by LAKES REU students

Nine undergraduates from around U.S. invite conversations on challenges, opportunities at community presentation Aug. 6
ºÚÁÏ¿Æ Polytechnic's Red Cedar Basin Monitoring Group trains next generation of water scientists Featured Image

ºÚÁÏ¿Æ Polytechnic's Red Cedar Basin Monitoring Group trains next generation of water scientists

Faculty, students work across universities in Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin’s longest-running programs
Solutions for space debris and cybersecurity threats among ºÚÁÏ¿Æ students’ research topics at state Capitol Featured Image

Solutions for space debris and cybersecurity threats among ºÚÁÏ¿Æ students’ research topics at state Capitol

Undergrads demonstrate applied learning at Research in the Rotunda