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Author Archives: Melissa Walsh

Posted inAdvocacy, Budget, Industry, Lake Michigan, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipping and Ports, Tourism, Wisconsin

SS Badger: The last of Lake Michigan’s car ferries

by Melissa Walsh August 14, 2019November 9, 2025

The last coal-fired passenger steamship in the United States continues to ferry passengers and cargo across Lake Michigan.

Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Blue Economy, Budget, Industry, Municipalities, News, Politics, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Shipping and Ports, Wisconsin

Billions Invested in Clean Water: Port Milwaukee implements a range of methods to great success

by Melissa Walsh July 15, 2019November 9, 2025
Posted inAdvocacy, Groundwater Contamination, Industry, Lead, Municipalities, News, Politics, Shipping and Ports, Water Quality, Waterfront Development

Restoring Howards Bay: Legacy lead and other contaminants are targets of dredging and capping

by Melissa Walsh June 28, 2019November 9, 2025

Latest News

  • Bad River tribe, groups sue over waterway crossing approvals for Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute
    The Bad River tribe and environmental groups are again suing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over decisions that allow work to move forward on Enbridge’s Line 5 reroute at four waterway crossings.
  • Canada celebrates Gordie Howe bridge opening — without Michigan — amid tariff riff
    Canadian officials celebrated the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, honoring the Detroit Red Wings legend and marking the completion of a project more than two decades in the making.
  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.

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