Environment

Businesswoman Takes Weed-Whacking Goats On The Road To Chew Up Invasive Species

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Andrea Anderson

Wisconsin Public Radio

What's cute, furry and can take care of pesky weeds and invasive species? Goats.

Birdsong Recordings Help Match Kirtland's Warblers In The North Woods

Kaley Fech

Great Lakes Echo

Every day the love song of a Kirtland's warbler calls throughout the Bayfield County Forest in northwestern Wisconsin. But it isn't coming from a bird.

Series: Civic Science In Wisconsin

Citizen Scientists Help Answer Ecological Questions

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Jon Hornbacher

With many habitats, from prairies to woodlands to wetlands, the UW Arboretum serves a variety of functions: a nature respite for the public, a place to learn how to best restore nature, and the home of many research projects for professors and experts.

Series: The Yahara Watershed

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

What Could Happen The Next Time Madison Gets Hit By Extreme Rainfall

Daniel Wright

UW-Madison

While efforts after August 2018 storms focused on cleaning up and limiting flooding, Madison will need to address its vulnerability to extreme rainfall if it wants to prepare for the future.

Series: Renewable Energy In Wisconsin

How Two Wisconsin Cities Want To Transform Their Energy Use

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Two of Wisconsin's major cities, Madison and Eau Claire, have resolved to go carbon-neutral, by reducing their levels of energy usage and converting entirely to renewable sources.

Martens Puzzle Scientists With Return To Isle Royale

Eric Freedman

Great Lakes Echo

When it comes to wildlife at Isle Royale National Park, most eyes are on the wolves and moose. But the 17 other mammal species on the island draw far less scientific and public attention.

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Series: Climate Science And Wisconsin

Tracking The Fingerprints Of Climate Change In Northern Wisconsin

Scott Gordon

WisContext

After yet another summer of dangerous and destructive flooding, from Ino to Madison to Coon Valley, Wisconsinites seem more ready than ever to discuss how climate change is affecting the state.

Investigating The Enigma Of Lingering Mercury In The U.P.

Eric Freedman

Great Lakes Echo

Mercury levels remain high in the lakes, rivers and fish of the western part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula despite a substantial decline in airborne mercury emissions over the past 30 years.

Series: Waukesha And Lake Michigan Water

Reflections On The Great Lakes Compact After 10 Years

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Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

As the 10-year anniversary of the Great Lakes Compact arrives, environmental reporter Ron Seely discusses his reporting on the impact that the agreement has had on the status of the lakes and their water.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

New Rules Highlight How Little Wisconsin Knows About Its CWD Problem

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Wisconsin environmental regulators announced in August 2018 that they will take new steps to track and try to curb the spread of chronic wasting disease among the state's deer population.