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The Yahara Lakes
Starkweather Creek
Madison-Kipp Corporation
Oscar Mayer Factory
Law Park Landfill / Monona Terrace
Law Park on the Lake Monona shoreline was built on a major unremediated, toxic city landfill, right in the heart of downtown Madison, long before the Monona Terrace Convention Center was built behind it on the same landfill. Over the years, it has been the focus on many controversies; learn about some o them below
Truax Landfill
The area in northeast Madison called Truax Field is home to the Dane County Regional Airport (formerly Madison Municipal Airport), Air National Guard 115th Fighter Wing, Army National Guard and Wisconsin Aviation (formerly Four Lakes Aviation), and is adjacent to Oscar Mayer, the former Burke sewage treatment plant, Truax Landfill, as well as Madison College – Truax campus and the Truax low-income apartments. Truly an environmental injustice hell.
Madison fouled its own nest (Part 1)
PFAS spilled into Lake Monona after MGE fire; Did anyone test fish? Or warn anglers?
Oops! We poisoned the “Giants Among Us”–the Yahara lakes
PFAS from 2019 MGE fire continues to ooze, drain, and slosh into Lake Monona
“It Ain’t Wright”! Madison’s toxic past buried under Monona Terrace (and now eaten by
Madison fouled its own nest, Part IV: “Madison Underground, Contamination Central”
City of Madison Denialism Environmental Justice Inequality PFCs or PFAS Racial disparities
WSJ wins doublespeak prize: Toxic leaching landfill = Hot fishing spot for Black people!
If you saw this “fish advisory” sign, would you be very concerned?
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part II: Let’s build Monona Terrace on top of a carcinogen-
Monona Terrace, model stormwater pollution control facility?
Lessons from the past: Beware the Chamber of Commerce Juggernaut!
What else is buried under Monona Terrace? “Illegal Gambling Devices”
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part III: “Unimaginable toxic horrors” remain unmeasured
Citizen calls out Madison’s denialism: “Waterfront design won’t clean lake”
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part IV: Oops! Monona Terrace is not a model stormwater
Miracle! Or magic? Design teams can fix Lake Monona!
Postscript to Part IV: What about DNR’s municipal stormwater laws?
Toxic Newspeak from Madison’s past is leaching from Law Park into Lake Monona. Who cares?
What did Law Park look like before Monona Terrace?
“What Else Can Hurt Lake Monona?” Part I: Law Park is a landfill
The City of Madison says it has no Law Park landfill records. Really?
Are contractors pumping PFAS & toxic Law Park landfill leachates into Lake Monona?
Gee what a surprise! Clean Lakes Alliance presenters neglect to mention Law Park landfill
Lo and behold, Law Park landfill is being dug up right before our eyes!
Mad City Ski Team loves the Law Park landfill! Perhaps we should expand it?