2022 Mussel Monitoring Workshop with the Wisconsin DNR

DATE

August 20th, 2022 | 10AM – 1PM

Join Milwaukee Riverkeeper and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s Mussel Biologists in the East Branch of the Milwaukee River subwatershed to learn more about our native mussels and participate in a mussel survey. At this event, you will learn about mussels’ critical importance to our waterways, their unique lifecycle, and what characteristics to use to help identify them. Following the classroom portion of this event, participants will be able to join in a instream mussel survey. 

Participants will learn how to identify and make observations using the iNaturalist app, which uploads data directly to the WDNR’s Wisconsin Mussel Monitoring Program. Data collected from this project will help us better understand the population health of this threatened group. 

LOCATION

Ice Age Visitor Center – Kettle Moraine State Forest Northern Unit (N2875 WI-67, Campbellsport, WI 53010)

COST

The event is FREE.

Because mussel surveys need to be completed when the river’s water level is low, this event is subject to cancellation pending the water lever at the time of the event.