Carolyn Voter is working on the Central Sands Lake Study, which focuses on the interactions between groundwater and three Waushara County lakes, and the impact of high-capacity wells on those lakes.

Ryan Lepak, a UW-Madison-EPA research fellow, is looking at sources of methylmercury in fish and how it accumulates in and moves through the Great Lakes environment.

WRI Contributed to Fox River Effort Nov. 6, 2019 by Moira Harrington For three decades beginning in the 1950s, seven Fox River Valley paper mills manufactured or recycled carbon...

Nov. 4, 2019 By Moira Harrington According to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 40 years of reduced mercury use, emissions, and loadin...

A new program will support trainees at three levels (undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) while strengthening cooperation between the EPA and UW-Madison.

Sept. 26, 2019 By Moira Harrington There’s an old adage about the risks of building a castle upon sand. In contrast, Steve Loheide is building a hypothesis on sand. He theorizes tha

A workshop involving 48 expert attendees has resulted in a publication outlining a holistic approach for managing Wisconsin's inland lakes in response to climate change.

Three New Research Projects Funded in 2019-20 July 9, 2019 By Moira Harrington Wisconsin’s public officials are devoting concerted attention to water issues in 2019. Between the gov

Through detailed computer models, Stephanie DeVries studied increasing nitrate concentrations in two of Waupaca's municipal wells and possible ways to address this concern.