by Robert Lange | Nov 18, 2013 | Magazine Article
Water defines life in Wisconsin. Our landscape, history, cultures, communities, ecosystems, and economy are fundamentally shaped by water. With the Great Lakes on Wisconsin’s eastern and northern borders, the Mississippi River to the west, and a vast network of...
by Sandra Postel | Apr 9, 2013 | Videos
Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project, discusses local and global water challenges as part of the Wisconsin Academy’s renewed Waters of Wisconsin Initiative. Postel founded the Global Water Policy Project in 1994 witha mission is to promote the...
by Don Heilman | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
The lakes of the Yahara Watershed—Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, and Kegonsa—define Dane County, adding grace, beauty, and recreational opportunity to Wisconsin’s State Capitol region. Yet, one cannot live in this region without noticing the annual algae blooms, dead fish...
by Gina LaLiberte | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Unsightly multi-colored algal blooms appeared earlier than usual on lakes across Wisconsin in the summer of 2012. Their premature arrival was induced in part by an exceptionally warm period in March when temperature records were set throughout the state. The...
by Laura Lane | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
A clock hangs in a great Northwoods lodge, but it has no hands. The sign below says, “Here there is no time.” This clock symbolizes Marnie Mamminga’s memories of spending every summer for over sixty years at her family’s cabin on Big Spider Lake, near Hayward,...
