Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was interviewed about Midwest Environmental Advocates’ appeal on behalf of Paul Florsheim after a municipal judge found him guilty of trespassing when he walked the shores of a Lake Michigan beach in the Village of Shorewood. Read more …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was quoted in a Smithsonian Magazine article examining a recent report from the United Nations University, the U.N.’s research arm, that finds climate change, pollution and decades of overuse have pushed the …
The article follows the case of UWM professor Paul Florsheim, who is fighting Shorewood’s issuance of a trespassing citation for walking across a stretch of Lake Michigan beach between the water’s edge and the Ordinary High Water Mark that he …
The article follows the case of UWM professor Paul Florsheim, who is fighting Shorewood’s issuance of a trespassing citation for walking across a stretch of Lake Michigan beach between the water’s edge and the Ordinary High Water Mark that he has frequented …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was quoted in a Times-Picayune article investigating the water use of Meta’s planned AI-data center in rural northeast Louisiana. New reporting revealed the facility will use an average of 1.5 million gallons of water per day, raising questions about how large …
A new article by Journalist in Residence Dan Egan for Wisconsin Watch exposes a critical legal fight over public access to Lake Michigan beaches. The article follows the case of UWM professor Paul Florsheim, who is fighting Shorewood’s issuance of a trespassing citation for walking across a …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was quoted in a Washington Post article examining a recent report from the United Nations University, the U.N.’s research arm, that finds climate change, pollution and decades of overuse have pushed the …
Center for Water Policy Assistant Director Tressie Kamp was featured in a “Door County Knock” article about the fate of the abandoned Donny S. tugboat, increasingly entrenched in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, after remaining unmoved since fall 2021. Law enforcement issued the owner of the tug citations totaling tens of thousands of dollars, but …
Water Policy and Science Communications Graduate Student Research Fellowship The Center for Water Policy is seeking candidates for a two-year funded Water Policy and Science Communications Graduate Student Research Fellowship, while earning a master’s degree from the School of Freshwater Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. To …
Center for Water Policy Director, Professor, and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair Melissa Scanlan was quoted in a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article examining a municipal court trial about whether people have the right to walk along Lake Michigan’s shoreline …
