The Center for Water Policy is pleased to announce James Wasley as the 2024-25 Water Policy Scholar. Wasley is a professor of architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Water Policy Scholars program brings policy researchers across the Universities of Wisconsin together with …
Water Policy Specialist Rajpreet Grewal, Director Melissa Scanlan, and UWM-SFS Professor Laodong Guo recently discussed the potential human and environmental health impacts of a popular lead pipe replacement material – plastic – with The Conversation. Lead water pipes created a …
Graduate students in Professor Melissa Scanlan’s Freshwater Practicum course at the School of Freshwater Sciences worked in a multi-disciplinary consulting team to help the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative support water utilities achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions. …
The Center for Water Policy hosted a virtual Earth Month webinar featuring its 2023-2024 Water Policy Scholar Dr. Grace Bulltail and Research Associate Dr. Parisa Sarzaeim. They spoke on the availability and quality of publicly available tribal-led water-climate-environment (WCE) nexus …
Michigan State University’s Animal & Natural Resources Law Review is hosting its 2024 virtual Symposium, “Navigating Waters: Legal and Policy Perspectives on Great Lakes Conservation and Management”. The symposium will center on the legal and policy issues related to conserving …
Director Melissa Scanlan was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio’s Rob Ferrett to discuss a new bill fast-tracked through the Indiana Legislature and signed into law on Monday, February 12. The bill will roll back protections for many of Indiana’s wetlands, …
The Sackett v. EPA U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year reduced federal jurisdiction over wetland protections, putting the focus on states and tribes. Indiana’s House Bill 1383, signed into law yesterday, eases wetland permitting, drawing criticism from scientists who warn of …
Director Melissa Scanlan and former Water Policy Specialist Andrian Lee were featured in the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant’s The Water We Swim In podcast to discuss the significance of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and how the money can …
The Center for Water Policy along with the UWM Black Student Cultural Center and the Alliance for the Great Lakes hosted a free virtual webinar to discuss systematic barriers to outdoor recreation for Black and People of Color, and possible …
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking – dramatically – and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment and others are litigating to get Utah to act as a trustee to stop and reverse the damage. Director Melissa Scanlan weighed in to …
