Michael Timm

Recent Articles

Climate Justice in the Lincoln Creek Greenway

Climate Justice in the Lincoln Creek Greenway

Activists and neighborhood residents seek to restore urban tributary.

Too Salty: How Can We Reduce Salt Pollution?
Too Salty

How Can We Reduce Salt Pollution?

Changes in state law needed, but there are also simple solutions to reduce over-salting. Final story in series

Too Salty: How Salt Is Polluting State’s Waters
Too Salty

How Salt Is Polluting State’s Waters

Rising levels of sodium and chloride can harm all species, and threaten humans. Part 2 of a series.

Too Salty: Wisconsin Uses Millions of Tons of Salt
Too Salty

Wisconsin Uses Millions of Tons of Salt

Polluting our land and water and increasing Lake Michigan's salinity. First story in a series.

A Fish Story: Why Do We Care About The Sturgeon?
A Fish Story

Why Do We Care About The Sturgeon?

How reintroducing sturgeon to the Milwaukee River connects all of us. Third story in series.

A Fish Story: The Return of the Sturgeon
A Fish Story

The Return of the Sturgeon

Innovative, decades-long effort brings extirpated species back to the Milwaukee River. Second in a series.

A Fish Story: How the Kletzsch Fishway Was Created
A Fish Story

How the Kletzsch Fishway Was Created

And how it will change the Milwaukee River and its fish.