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Raised by Water: Academy Interns Share Their Stories

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Meredith Keller, Stephanie Dresen, Thomas Foellmi

When I learned that our two Initiatives interns, Stephanie Dresen and Thomas Foellmi, both grew up in Racine and Portage—Wisconsin cities so defined by water—I asked them to consider what effect that has had on their lives to-date.

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Behind the Scenes of the Initiatives at the Wisconsin Academy

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Meredith Keller

Before I joined the Academy’s staff last fall, I believed it was rare to witness an individual experience an epiphany—a profound moment of insight, or the connection of dots pointing to a new way of looking at a problem.

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An Intimate Relationship with Water: Revealing the Artistic Process

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Rachel Bruya, Sarah FitzSimons, John Miller, Marsha McDonald

Several weeks ago a colleague asked me, “Can a person have an intimate relationship with water?” The question took me by surprise. “Well, of course a person can!” was my reply.

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Haunted by Water: Flyfishing and Protecting Wisconsin's Waters

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Stephen M. Born

I’ve spent much of my professional life in Wisconsin working on water and related natural resources science and policy issues.

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The Reality of the Object

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Rachel Bruya, Brandon Norsted

An interview with artist Brandon Norsted about his exhibition The Purchase of Deep Water.

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Telling Positive Water Stories

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Jenny Seifert

An international group of researchers recently published a paper in Science warning that humanity has crossed four of nine planetary boundaries—the biophysical parameters within