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Economic Impacts of Restoring Wisconsin’s Sheboygan River

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By Jane Harrison, UW Sea Grant, Milwaukee

Fact sheet, 2 pages

How has cleaning up the Sheboygan River Area of Concern (AOC) affected the economy of the area?

After the cleanup of the Sheboygan River AOC was completed in June 2013, a survey of fisherman in that area was made. This is a summary of that survey, including economic impact and how environmental changes to the area were perceived.

Publication #: WISCU-G-14-006