During that time, Harris served as chair of the council for 13 years and provided expertise on the bay of Green Bay ecology. First Wisconsin Sea Grant Director Robert Ragotzkie supported Harris’ Green Bay research projects and created a Green Bay subprogram that ran for many years. With his wife Vickie, Harris worked with the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, Great Lakes scientists, Green Bay resource managers and stakeholders to create an ecosystem restoration case study, which became the forerunner to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s Remedial Action Plan for lower Green Bay and the Fox River.