Four days a week since June, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh students Noah Ryan and Evan Rinke have taken a boat they affectionately refer to as the “scraggly scallywag” to remove marine debris from the waters along Lake Michigan.
They set out in the university’s marine debris-mitigation boat to areas where trash collects in Manitowoc, Kewaunee, Algoma, Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay. Ryan said it’s dirty work pulling plastic, tires, ovens and even picnic tables out of the water.
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