Announcement of Milwaukee Estuary Cleanup Funding

WUWM 89.7 FM article covers the October 12th press conference at Discovery World which brought big news about funding for cleaning up the Milwaukee Estuary. UWM School of Freshwater Sciences graduate students were invited to attend, and one of our …

Waukesha Water Diversion Interview with Scanlan on WTMJ

Professor Melissa Scanlan was interviewed by WTMJ 620AM news about Waukesha drawing water from Lake Michigan. Scanlan discusses the value of water and the Great Lakes Compact. Melissa Scanlan is the Director of the UWM Center for Water Policy and …

Deng Helping to Bring Walleye Back to the Area

The Daily News of Iron Mountain discusses the collaborations of Wisconsin DNR, Wildlife Unlimited and Professor Deng of the School of Freshwater Sciences. Together, they are working on a project to restore the walleye population of the Menominee River basin.

Scanlan Interviewed by MPR to Discuss Mississippi River Compact

UWM Center for Water Policy Director Melissa Scanlan was interviewed by Kirsti Marohn and Minnesota Public Radio to discuss how the Great Lakes Compact can be a model for approaching water management and control among states interested in pursuing a Mississippi River Compact.

Partnering with WSCNMS to Expand its Buoy Observation Network

The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary (WSCNMS) has partnered with the School of Freshwater Sciences to engineer and deploy a bigger, more traditional type of observing buoy. The Sanctuary is expanding its observing network as they continue to research …

Center for Water Policy Welcomes Three New Staff

The Center for Water Policy enters an exciting phase as it welcomes three new staff: Cora Sutherland and Rajpreet Grewal, the third cohort of postdoctoral water policy specialists through the UW Sea Grant Water Science-Policy Fellows Program, alongside the appointment of Erin Cross as the …