Non-Fiction

My latest article in The Progressive describes how a broad coalition of community groups succeeded with its persistent, multi-pronged approach to block a marina that would have devastated part of Michigan's Saugatuck Dunes.  Excerpt

Grateful to be a coauthor--with main author, Caroline Gottschalk Druschke--on this article in Open Rivers about our Stories from the Flood project, which aims to help people who survived the devastating 2018 flooding in southwestern Wisconsin process and heal from their experiences. Excerpt

An article about Detroit's only community-supported lower-power FM station which aired its first broadcast on May 11, 2017. Excerpt

An article about the unprecedented $5.3 million in grants that the NRCS is offering Kickapoo Valley landowners for conservation projects to improve water quality. Excerpt

An investigation of threats to water resources in Wisconsin's Central Sands region resulting from the $1-billion potato and vegetable growing industry there, including insights from the farmers who are working toward a solution. The article also features ranchers who raise beef sustainably in Wisconsin's Driftless region. Published in Edible Madison, Spring 2015. Excerpt

Profile of Pam Jahnke-- a.k.a. theFabulous Farm Babe--Wisconsin's iconoclastic farm broadcaster. Cover story in Madison's Isthmus, July 11, 2014. Excerpt

In the middle of a frac sand mining boom, local officials across the political spectrum speak out against an attempt by some Wisconsin legislators to remove local control over the sand mines. Cover story in Madison's Isthmus, March 20, 2014. Excerpt