University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: floods

A River Sometimes Rushes, Sometimes Meanders Through It

Last Wednesday, your trusty blogger accompanied Center for Limnology post doc, Peter Levi, as he headed to Milwaukee for his research on what is, frankly, an under-served ecosystem in limnological circles – the urban river. Most metropolitan areas have a sordid history with their rivers. The waterways that first made them appealing for settlement, soon …