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 Liam Kane-Grade | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
A good number of Wisconsinites, it is fair to assume, are unfamiliar with the Bark River in southeast Wisconsin. Starting in Richfield (not far from Milwaukee) and ending in Fort Atkinson, the Bark River is a tributary of the Rock River, which is itself a tributary of...
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 Jason Smith | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
The fever started during lunch at a friend’s cabin on the Wisconsin River this spring. Over sandwiches and homemade potato salad, my friend offered us an open-ended invitation to stay for a week at the cabin during the summer. Still in giddy shock at the generosity of...
