Waters

Diver and inventor Max Gene Nohl’s memoir sat in the Milwaukee Public Library archives for more than six decades. Now, it’s finally being published.

You can find Darren Bush and Timothy Bauer on Driftless Area rivers this spring. Bauer said spring is the best time to see the rocky outcroppings along the bluffs before the foliage camouflages them.

Environmental advocates and legal experts say the outcome of this month’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election will affect a number of cases coming before the court.

State environmental regulators are offering emergency drinking water for 50 additional households relying on private wells in the town of Peshtigo.

The prairie crayfish is native to six counties in southeastern Wisconsin.

Water withdrawals for irrigating crops in Wisconsin reached their highest level ever reported in 2023 as a flash drought prompted growers to pump more water from high capacity wells, according to a state report.

New report cards from the Wisconsin Waterworks Excellence Project show that water quality around the state is high, while there is room for improvement in infrastructure.

Recent moves at the Environmental Protection Agency to remove dozens of regulations and cut staff by 65 percent are raising concerns from advocates about impacts to the Great Lakes.

Congress provided billions of dollars to help communities remove lead pipes under the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law. The funding will help water systems pay for those projects. Almost all of them can apply for forgivable loans. But Superior’s water utility is barred from doing so.

Gov. Tony Evers’ latest budget calls for more than $145 million to address “forever chemical” pollution. For residents of French Island, an end to their PFAS problem might be in sight.