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Burke Center in the News
Wis. Lets Village Go to Town on Great Lakes Water
Peter Annin uncovered documents about the expanded Pleasant Prairie diversion in reporting for second edition of The Great Lakes Water Wars.
Governors from all eight Great Lakes states had to sign off before Waukesha, Wis., could siphon water out of Lake Michigan. When Foxconn Technology Group wanted to dip a straw… Read More →
Wisconsin Approved Massive Water Diversion for Pleasant Prairie Without Public Notification
Details highlighted in Peter Annin's updated book, The Great Lakes Water Wars
Wisconsin officials in 2010 quietly approved a massive new allotment of water from Lake Michigan to fast-growing Pleasant Prairie in Kenosha County without extensive public reviews required in other Great… Read More →
WPR: Northern Wisconsin Project Seeks To ‘Slow The Flow’ Of Stormwater
Local, State, Federal Partners Aim To Reduce Flood Peaks, Erosion In Northern Wisconsin
Northern Wisconsin has dealt with three floods in the last six years that caused millions of dollars in damage resulting in federal disaster declarations. The region is seeing more… Read More →
Ensia: Can the Great Lakes Continue to Fend Off An Increasingly Thirsty World
A 2008 interstate compact prevents distant dry places from siphoning off Great Lakes water. But will the agreement hold up in the face of growing demand?
August 16, 2018 — On the rocky beach at Little Girls Point County Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the heavy wash of Lake Superior seeking the shore rolls stones the… Read More →
Annin Book Tour Scheduled
The Great Lakes Water Wars Second Edition
Island Press will release the second edition of Peter Annin’s The Great Lakes Water Wars later this fall. The Great Lakes Water Wars, originally released in 2006, is considered the… Read More →
The Life Aquatic of the Penokee Hills
Students Survey Fish Populations
Northland College senior Megan Mader inches a jon boat into the vegetation near shore at Galilee Lake, a shallow, 212-acre lake with a handful of cabins dotting the shoreline. Mader… Read More →
Northland Project Aims to Clear Chequamegon Bay’s Muddy Waters
Researchers at Northland College are trying to find ways to limit riverbank erosion that turned Chequamegon Bay to muddy soup after June rainstorms that dumped over 14 inches of rain… Read More →
MichRadio: Foxconn wants to divert 5.8 million gallons of Lake Michigan water a day
Is that legal? Peter Annin Answers
President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan will be in Wisconsin this Thursday for the groundbreaking of the $10 billion Foxconn plant. The Taiwanese electronics company has promised thousands of… Read More →
Summer Ideal Time for Gaining Professional Experience
Olivia Anderson, 2018 Graduate
Major: sustainable community development with physical planning and development emphasis, and natural resources with ecological restoration emphasis Hometown: Saint Paul, Minnesota Future Plans: sustainable design Q. What are you up… Read More →
Burke Center Student Researchers Take Top Prizes
Kasun and Ulman Showcase Freshwater Research at AGU
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) awarded Northland College senior Andy Kasun first place and senior Marisa Ulman honorable mention in the undergraduate category at the Spring 2018 Virtual Poster Showcase.… Read More →