Research and Conservation

• This article highlights the conservation efforts of the Riveredge Nature Center, the research that accompanies these efforts, and the organizations that have collaborated with this environmental institution. 
• Students will learn about the reintroduction of fingerling sturgeon into the Milwaukee River, habitat restoration projects, and the Riveredge Nature Center's avian research that spans over 30 years.

Positives

• This article is concise and easy to understand.
• This article has links to volunteer and internship opportunities with the Riveredge Nature Center.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• You can make this article more accessible by clicking the blue icon with a white figure (bottom left-hand corner). 
• Students need to understand the importance of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.
  

Differentiation

• This article could support a classroom discussion about the negative and positive impacts that humans can have on the environment.
• This article could enhance a lesson on the loss of natural habitats and global species extinctions, why biodiversity is important, and how humans could better protect natural ecosystems.
• This article could supplement a lesson about the migration patterns of birds.
• This article could augment a mini-lesson on what a keystone species is.
  

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