WUWM environment

After a 24-year career as a Wisconsin administrative law judge, Jeffrey D. Boldt steps into literature. His first novel Blue Lake blends Boldt's passion for the environment, Wisconsin's natural areas and challenges to the rule of law.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed a lawsuit seeking to hold nearly 20 companies liable for allegedly contaminating the environment with a group of chemicals known as PFAS.

Milwaukee County’s Parks, Energy and Environment Committee held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, but the conversation was anything but regular. When discussion turned to the daunting challenge of addressing years of deferred maintenance throughout the county parks system, tension arose.

For over a decade, That Salsa Lady has sold fresh salsa at farmers markets and grocery stores throughout the Milwaukee area. Fans of owner Angela Moragne describe her as a joyful spirit, a savvy entrepreneur and a force for good.

An unusual flotilla set out last week starting in Madison and ending 40 nautical miles downstream in the Rock River in Beloit. It featured a hand-hewn dugout canoe, fashioned after those used by long-ago ancestors of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

Sean Sherman has cooked in kitchens across the United States and Mexico for over three decades. He now focuses his work on the revitalization of Indigenous food systems.

The EPA has taken a small step toward regulating a few PFAS, known as forever chemicals. The drinking water health advisory is much more stringent than the rule Wisconsin is about to enact.

The future of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, known to many simply as the Domes, is unclear. Like so many Milwaukee County properties, the plant-filled glass beehive-shaped structures have long been in need to maintenance.

Milwaukee's industrial past left behind a rich history, some mighty fine beer, and other products. But unfortunately, it also left heaps of pollution that made its way into Milwaukee waters and sediment and, for the most part, stayed there.

Milwaukee artist Melanie Ariens is receiving national recognition for her Great Lakes-focused work. Her pieces inspire people to think about tough water issues.