Bounded by two Great Lakes and the Mississippi River – with 15,000 or so inland lakes and 44,000 miles of rivers and streams in between – Wisconsin is an ideal place to study freshwater ecosystems. Freshwater education and research across the state has too often been an independent pursuit. Until now. As part of a
New research out of McGill University in Montreal suggests there is cause for concern regarding the effects of the herbicide glyphosate being sprayed on land near waterways. The new studies found glyphosate puts freshwater ecosystems at risk even when its application meets approved guidelines. “And what we found is … glyphosate concentrations as low as