Dec 10, 2024
This article explores the Ojibwe Tribes’ stewardship of ogaa (walleye) in Wisconsin’s Minocqua Chain of Lakes, highlighting cultural, spiritual, and ecological perspectives. It retroactively applies the resist–accept–direct (RAD) framework to the...
Dec 10, 2024
This report synthesizes available science and identifies adaptation strategies and actions for Lake Superior ecosystems. It provides a structure to track and share climate science related to Lake Superior and outlines potential climate change adaptation strategies and...
Dec 6, 2024
This report assesses the current and projected impacts of climate change on Wisconsin’s unique Great Lakes ecosystem and provide potential solutions and climate adaptation strategies. It recommends actions to help mitigate the impacts of climate change and lead to a...
Dec 6, 2024
The Environmental Law and Policy Center identified twelve areas along Lake Michigan that face flooding and erosion risks and created twelve maps that visualize potential impacts of storm-related flooding events during high lake levels. This report seeks to inform...
Dec 6, 2024
This publication provides guidance on how climate changes will alter Wisconsin lake ecosystems, and how lake managers can prepare for and adapt to these changes.
Dec 6, 2024
This publication provides guidance on how Wisconsin forest managers and landowners are addressing the impacts from a changing climate and how they are helping forests adapt and respond to these changes.
Dec 6, 2024
Compiled by the governor’s task force on climate change, this report examines the general impact of climate change in Wisconsin from the perspective of both the human and economic costs, and proposes mitigation strategies for various impact areas including...
Dec 5, 2024
This report presents information on impacts from climate change specific to Wisconsin and science-based solutions and strategies to address these impacts. Its primary aim is to help inform policy priorities by providing expert analysis on key issues for consideration...
Dec 4, 2024
The Resilience Plan provides general recommendations for how to address risks that are impacting 28 communities in southeastern Wisconsin. The recommendations are designed to be implemented individually or integrated into projects and can be applied at various scales...
Dec 4, 2024
This study analyzes how the subsurface water temperature of Lake Michigan is responding to climate change. It finds that deep water temperatures in Lake Michigan have been rising in the winter, and the data show a shortened winter season results in higher subsurface...
