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Emily Tyner

Emily Tyner is the director of freshwater strategy at The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a position she has held since 2020.

In this role, Tyner is the state lead on the National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) designation.

She previously spent five field seasons as a biological technician at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and was awarded a fellowship with the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to research nearshore water quality in Lake Malawi, Africa.

Tyner has extensive experience in informal water education and developing and managing citizen science programs.

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