Experience “Working for the Water, Working for Each Other,” an art exhibition that flows with purpose and showcases visible metaphors for public access, water pollution, infrastructure, and energy systems that impact our waters. Melanie Ariens (UWM BFA, Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking, …
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 be considered for the Fellowship, the student must be …
The Center for Water Policy enters an exciting phase as it welcomes its new staff. Emma Ehrlich and Peyton McCauley make up the Center’s fourth cohort of postdoctoral Water Policy Specialists through the Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellows Program. …
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 …
