Dave Dempsey

Unless policymakers make a lasting commitment to groundwater protection and stewardship, Michigan will suffer from a degraded resource unable to serve the state’s needs.

Milliken's biographer pauses after his passing to revisit what the former Michigan governor was able to accomplish, and how he got it done.

Groundwater is invisible until your well is contaminated. But that does not mean it's unimportant. We need more investment and awareness of the dangers.

Michigan’s much-admired governor signed more than a dozen major environmental bills into law, leading to profound and lasting change