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.