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Remembering Barb Gifford“Barb has made a significant, lasting impact on the people of Portage County and water advocates across Wisconsin by teaching the next generation about the importance of our water resources through Little Plover River field days.” - Wisconsin State Representative... Read More

Every two years, the Wisconsin state budget is updated and approved by the legislature and Governor. The budget provides funding to agencies like the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). This spring is your opportunity to... Read More

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2020 WaterWays newsletter. Download a PDF of the full Newsletter. By Bill Davis, Senior Legal AnalystProgress on the Wisconsin Water AgendaIt has been a little more than a year since we started working on the Wisconsin Water Agenda, and what a... Read More

River Alliance of Wisconsin supports the adoption of the NR 151 Draft Rule. The protections in the rule present the only serious regulatory effort to confront Wisconsin’s worsening nitrate contamination problem in groundwater. Despite the proximity to two Great Lakes, most Wisconsinites rely on... Read More

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2020 WaterWays newsletter.  Download a PDF of the full Newsletter. By Ellen Voss, Aquatic Invasive Species Program DirectorPaddling with PurposeEvery year around this time, my husband and I start making a master list of all the rivers we hope to... Read More