Wequiock Creek

The Wequiock Creek Team is made up of students from UW--Green Bay and volunteers from the Town of Scott.

Students from Dr. Amy Wolf’s Principles of Ecology class at UW-Green Bay, and volunteers from the Town of Scott, began monitoring Wequiock Creek in summer 2015 thanks in part to funding from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program. Like virtually all suburban/agricultural watersheds draining into Green Bay, the Wequiock Creek watershed in northeastern Brown County has experienced extensive habitat degradation, excessive nutrient loading and sedimentation, and altered stream flow. Addressing these issues is a significant but not impossible challenge in watersheds like Wequiock Creek, which lies mainly within a single local political unit. This exciting collaboration between the Town of Scott, the University of Wisconsin Green Bay (UWGB), and University of Wisconsin Extension aims to engage local leaders, landowners, and students in improving water quality and coastal habitats in the Wequiock Creek corridor. We are always looking for additional volunteers and we welcome any questions, comments or ideas you may have about this effort.

Wequiock Creek flows from the east and southeast through suburban, wooded and agricultural areas, then over the Niagara Escarpment, to form Wequiock Falls. Below the falls, the creek flows through additional wooded and farmed areas, and finally through an estuarine wetland at Point au Sable before emptying into the eastern lower Green Bay.