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Wisconsin Watch’s best photos from 2021 capture moments of elation, contemplation and joy.

by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch December 20th, 2021December 21st, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

A selection of work from Wisconsin Watch photographers that provides a glimpse into the daily lives of the people who help us tell our stories.

Environment, Imperiled Shores

‘Preserving these places is paramount’: How photographer Brett Kosmider documents Door County, Wisconsin’s fragile, changing landscape

by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch December 10th, 2021December 10th, 2021

Environment, Government, Imperiled Shores

Wisconsin state parks battered as Lake Michigan shrinks beaches, smashes boardwalks

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and WPR December 9th, 2021January 3rd, 2022

Economy, Environment, Imperiled Shores

Multimedia: Imperiled Shores

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch November 5th, 2021December 15th, 2021

Economy, Environment, Imperiled Shores

As Lake Michigan shoreline vanishes, Wisconsinites try to fight waves with walls

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and WPR November 4th, 2021November 16th, 2021

Economy, Environment

Amid utilities’ resistance, Wisconsin proposal would clear barrier for third-party rooftop solar

by Kari Lydersen / Energy News Network November 1st, 2021November 1st, 2021

Economy, Environment, Imperiled Shores

‘The water always wins’: Calls to protect shorelines as volatile Lake Michigan inflicts heavy toll

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and WPR October 30th, 2021November 23rd, 2021

‘Something has to be done’: Living along Madison’s Starkweather Creek, one of Wisconsin’s most polluted waterways.

by Isaac Wasserman / Wisconsin Watch October 7th, 2021October 14th, 2021

Environment, Failure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare

Cow manure predicted to cause most sickness from contaminated wells in Kewaunee County

by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch June 23rd, 2021August 6th, 2021

Ancient human remains unearthed at proposed Kohler golf course site in Wisconsin

by Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch May 22nd, 2021June 7th, 2021

‘The middle of a massive contamination’: Residents of Wisconsin region struggle with aftereffects of dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

by John McCracken / Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting May 4th, 2021October 4th, 2021

Environment, Failure at the Faucet

Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs state power to protect water from farm pollutants

by Royce Podeszwa / WisPolitics and Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch April 9th, 2021June 22nd, 2021