Burke Center in the News

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Preparing for a Wetter Future in the Great Lakes Region

Commentary for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

On the evening of July 11, a violent and torrential storm swept through northwest Wisconsin, saturating communities, farms and forests from Lake Superior in Ashland County south approximately 75 miles…  Read More

Peter Annin on beach

Annin Says Waukesha Water Agreement a “Historic Deal”

Ashland Daily Press

As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Tuesday held a press conference proclaiming the unanimous approval of the Great Lakes Compact members to allow the City of Waukesha to pump over eight million gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan, a Northland College expert on Great Lake water issues says that the action will have only…

Student at poster session.

Welnetz: Science and the Back Country

For some, being stranded on Lake Superior in a boat with two broken motors is reasonable cause for alarm. However, for graduating senior Jordan Welnetz it was “just another day…  Read More

Peter Annin at beach

Peter Annin with Waukesha Diversion Update

WUWM Radio Interview

Listen to audio of Milwaukee Public Radio reporter Susan Bence’s interview with Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation Codirector Peter Annin regarding the Waukesha diversion proposal.