She has won multiple teaching awards, and developed a service-based course on stream restoration in which students worked with a local conservation district on projects.
The St. Mary's River, deemed a Great Lakes Area of Concern due to its degraded environmental status, has served as the site of much of Moerke's research.
[6] In 2015, she performed a baseline documentation of the Little Rapids section of the river for the Great Lakes Commission and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Moerke has also documented the positive effects of restoration on that section of the river, such as increased abundance and diversity of fish and benthic macroinvertebrates.
[15] Moerke has served as a scientific advisor to state and local governments, including on Michigan's Water Quality Advisory Committee.