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Jack Day Environmental Education Center
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An ancient principle of river law is that the downstream owner has a right to demand the water "undiminished in quantity, and unimpaired in quality." This principle, along with the waters it refers to, have been abused throughout history. The Fox River and the Bay of Green Bay are examples of this abuse. The region from the De Pere Dam on the Lower Fox River to Long Tail Point on lower Green Bay has even been designated by the International Joint Commission (IJC) as one of 43 "areas of concern" throughout the Great Lakes. A desire to heighten public awareness of pollution problems and return our waters to a state of "unimpaired quality" prompted the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, along with the City of Green Bay and the Department of Natural Resources, to develop the Jack Day Environmental Education Center.
The purpose of the Jack Day Environmental Education Center (EEC) is to educate the public about water quality issues and to provide information on how each of us can contribute to improved water quality, starting with our own homes and yards.
Dr. H. Jack Day, former professor at the University of WisconsinGreen Bay and former Commission President for the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, realized that pollution prevention was a "big picture" issue and encouraged the development of a facility that could share that message with the community. The EEC was that facility, and it was renamed for Jack Day upon his retirement from the District in 1999.
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