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Beach closures highlight algae, bacteria threats in Wisconsin

Quoted: ?They are flatlining,? said Steve Carpenter, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who has studied the Yahara lakes since the 1970s. ?There are no trends in the lakes. The lake water quality is not getting better. It?s not getting notably worse. It?s as if the interventions we?re doing are just holding the line, running in place like the red queen in Alice in Wonderland.?