Educational and environmental organizations from the greater Milwaukee area partnered to amplify their work in watershed education and management through a three-day STEM into Nature series. 

Participants were invited to get hands-on with the drones, robots, underwater ROV’s, augmented reality and GIS tools that are changing the game for conservation.

A few of the stations hosted in the three-day lineup included:

• UWM-School of Freshwater Sciences looking at bathymetry in Riveredge's Farm Pond with aid of their underwater ROV, 
• Reflo giving a hands-on look at how watersheds work through their brand new Augmented Reality Watershed Table, 
• Milwaukee School of Engineering taking a closer look at how water is cleaned by nature in the Riveredge engineered wastewater wetland,
• Ozaukee Washington Land Trust is changing the game in invasive species mapping and monitoring through their remote sensing/GIS,
• As well as Riveredge Nature Center sharing the hidden life in the pond through a digital microscope investigation.

Check out the one-page impact summary (linked here) to learn more!