The Nelson Institute Issue Brief summarizes and conveys up-to-date scholarship from across the UW-Madison campus on key issues of environmental concern. The latest edition of the Nelson Issue Brief focuses on nutrient pollution in surface waters. In particular, researchers share insight into if algal blooms in lakes are getting worse, the role neighbors play in cleaning urban stormwater, seasonal forecasting of harmful algal to improve beach and lake management, effectiveness of regulations on surface runoff pollution as it relates to Wisconsin dairy farms, expansion of perennial grassland as a pathway to water quality
improvement in the Yahara River Watershed, and exploring Wisconsin’s innovative water quality nutrient trading options.