Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary entrance in Green Bay, July 30, 2025. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The City of Green Bay will host an open house to seek feedback on a habitat restoration plan at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. The open house will be held Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m at the Dick Resch & Family Learning and Conservation Center, 1660 East Shore Drive.
The restoration plan is the “Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and Renard Island Nearshore Enhancements Habitat Restoration Area of Concern Project.” The city will host informational posters and tables to inform community members about different aspects of the project. Some of those aspects include the site’s history, the 564-acre restoration plan, and the challenges and opportunities ahead for the project. It’s one of a dozen projects on the approved “Lower Green Bay and Fox River Area of Concern Fish and Wildlife Habitat and Populations Management Action List.
The planned restoration work includes:
- Planting native trees, shrubs, and other young plants to improve biodiversity
- Improving shoreline naturalization along a portion of the sanctuary’s lagoon system
- Converting portions of low-quality emergent marsh, hardwood swamp, and inland open water habitats into high-quality emergent marsh, wet meadow, and shrub carr
- Repairing existing culverts to improve water flow between lagoons
- Invasive species management to improve habitat diversity
Overall, the goal of the project is to improve fish and wildlife habitats, reduce problems that limit how well the sanctuary supports fish and wildlife, and support long-term efforts to remove the land from the Area of Concern list.
Attendees will give feedback and be allowed to sign up to volunteer on the restoration work.
Funding for the restoration project comes from a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which the City of Green Bay won in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. GEI Consultants, Inc. is doing design planning, with the project currently in the design phase.
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