Michael Timm
A Fish Story

How the Kletzsch Fishway Was Created

And how it will change the Milwaukee River and its fish.

By - Jan 19th, 2024 10:23 am

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Dr. John Janssen with the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences maneuvers the boat in the Milwaukee River during 2023 fieldwork. Houghton’s team used an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler attached to a dingy tow to collect detailed stream velocity data at a number of river transects. The field observations are needed to calibrate the HEC-RAS model.

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Dr. John Janssen with the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences maneuvers the boat in the Milwaukee River during 2023 fieldwork. Houghton’s team used an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler attached to a dingy tow to collect detailed stream velocity data at a number of river transects. The field observations are needed to calibrate the HEC-RAS model. Photo by Jeff Houghton.