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DCEC enlists help for Ahnapee River study

In search of more data related to the drawdown of the Forestville Millpond, the Door County Environmental Council has enlisted the help of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for some extra assistance. The drawdown plan was approved by the Door County Board of Supervisors in 2019 as a way to improve the water quality in the millpond. Opponents to the strategy say it is having a negative impact on the Ahnapee River downstream towards Algoma as it carries excess phosphorus and other contaminants down with it. The Door County Environmental Council believes not enough testing of the site and asked UWGB professors Kelly Duerling and Kevin Fermanich to undertake the efforts with help from an independent certified lab. This type of study is nothing new for Duerling, who participated in a similar study on the impact of agriculture on water quality in Nebraska. Over the next year, Duerling hopes to give more insight into the amount of phosphorus and other contaminants in the Ahnapee River Watershed.

Her student researcher, Kyle Chaudoir, is an Environmental Engineering student at UWGB and a Door County resident. She says his knowledge of the site has given her a lot of good background. The research group will test the water in the Ahnapee River watershed near the millpond once a month for the next year. They also included one test after a rain event occurred back in October. Their first quarterly report of their research will take place in January.

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