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This article originally appeared in the Winter 2020 WaterWays newsletter. Download a PDF of the full Newsletter.River Alliance of Wisconsin has a long history with dams. In the organization’s early days River Alliance was a leader in dam removal in Wisconsin. Though this work is a smaller... Read More
This is the introductory article for the Winter 2015 River Alliance Newsletter. Download a pdf of the full newsletter. Wish for - but ACT too - for Clean Water We've all heard the expression; it's a popular one. Often attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, "The whole is... Read More
Since 2010, the River Alliance has been part of a project to build devices to help lake sturgeon get around hydroelectric dams in the Menominee River. Getting them up- and downstream, around the dams, will give sturgeon access to more spawning waters and improve the survival of juvenile... Read More
Angie Tornes (left, in the hat) of the National Park Service discusses routes through Grandfather Falls rapids (on the Wisconsin River) during a test run of recreational flow releases at the Grandfather Falls hydro dam. One obscure element of river conservation work is the arduous and mostly... Read More
Buried in the 1,500+ page state budget signed last Sunday by the governor were a few sentences that are in effect a death sentence for a river in northern Wisconsin. The Manitowish River is a Northwoods stream that winds its way westward through Onieda County and flows through several lakes... Read More
