Monona Bay, Downtown Madison’s Toxic Cesspool

Fish art on Monona Bay created by Eric Anang. Photo by Amber Arnold, Wisconsin State Journal. Graphic additions by a…

(MADISON, Wis.)—Sixty people gathered at Brittingham Park on Thurs., Sept. 20 to make and install fish consumption advisory signs to…

[Above: Vision for the future of the Lake Monona shoreline, from Agency Landscape & Planning] ~~~ Big news! Three finalists…

[Above: Trucks on shoreline as Monona Terrace construction begins at Law Park in 1995. Photo of a photo in DNR…

[Above: Anglers at Monona Terrace, photo by Maria Powell, July 2022] ***** My dad grew up in downtown Madison during…

  In September 2006, MEJO held a fish advisory sign making party and fish fry at Brittingham Park on Monona Bay…

Shouldn’t the title for the next Clean Lakes 101 Science Cafe be “Love PFAS in the Lakes” ?? Or perhaps…

DNR: Fish from Yahara chain of lakes contaminated with PFAS; anglers warned to limit consumption Chris Hubbuch, Wisconsin State Journal…

 I am still working on the People’s Environmental History of Madison, but rarely post excerpts here.  If you are interested…

MEJO in “Environmental Health News” Pollution, Poverty, People of Color: Warnings about contaminated fish fail to reach people most at…

In recognition of the human health concerns of eating locally caught fish, the City of Madison and Dane County has…

MEJO has interviewed 129 people and held 12 focus group meetings with 150 participants over the past two years. The…

A Public Forum by the Madison Environmental Justice Organization Monday, May 5 7:00 – 8:30 pm Madison Central Library 201…

[Above: People fishing at “the wall” at Monona Terrace in July 2022. Photo-Maria Powell] Dear WSJ: Today’s story by Dean…

“One Voice” government team tells Madison alders how to engage public on PFAS (The MLK Jr. Madison would prefer we…