Environment

The Lily Leaf Beetle Jumps To New Footholds Across Wisconsin

PJ Liesch

UW-Extension

It's been a big year for the lily leaf beetle in Wisconsin.

Series: Wisconsin's Wolves

As Wolves Recover, Calls In Wisconsin To End Endangered Species Listing Grow

Rich Kremer

Wisconsin Public Radio

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Nearly 60 years after gray wolves were considered extinct in Wisconsin, the population has rebounded dramatically. But the conservation success story has turned into a nuisance for hunters, farmers and others whose animals are increasingly encountering wolves.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

How Could CWD Impact Wisconsin's Elk Population?

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Rachael Vasquez

Wisconsin Public Radio

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With Wisconsin's wild elk population numbering only in the hundreds, wildlife managers are keeping tabs on the threat chronic wasting disease may pose to the animal. WisContext associate editor Will Cushman discusses work to reintroduce elk in the state and assess its risk to CWD.

Series: Wisconsin Historical Society Press Excerpts

When Deer Hunting In Wisconsin Shifted From Slaughter To Sport

Robert C. Willging

Hardly more than a century ago, deer were not to be found across broad swaths of southern and eastern parts of Wisconsin, with their dwindling ranks limited to its northern stretches after decades of mass hunts for hide and meat markets in the latter half of the 1800s.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

What The Advance Of CWD Means For Wisconsin's Elk

Will Cushman

WisContext

The threat of chronic wasting disease to Wisconsin's booming whitetail deer herd is motivating efforts to track and research its spread, but this deadly ailment also imperils efforts to reintroduce wild elk to the state.

Series: Chronic Wasting Disease In Wisconsin's Deer

Why Wisconsin Deer Hunters Do Or Don't Test For Chronic Wasting Disease

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

Frederica Freyberg

PBS Wisconsin

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The 2019 gun deer season marks the 18th since the discovery of chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin's herd. Four hunters explain why they do and do not get their harvest tested for CWD. Meanwhile, researchers are using a depopulated deer farm to investigate how the disease is spread.

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

Public Health Group Questions CAFOs' Impacts As More Counties Halt Expansion

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Hope Kirwan

Wisconsin Public Radio

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The American Public Health Association is calling on federal, state and local governments to halt approval of large livestock farms until more is known about their impacts to public health.

Series: Extreme Precipitation And Wisconsin's Climate

Report: Wisconsin Has Reduced Its Vulnerability To Flooding

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Danielle Kaeding

Wisconsin Public Radio

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As communities are under threat from more frequent, intense storms, a report by the nonprofit Pew Charitable Trusts found Wisconsin is among 13 cities and states that have been able to reduce their vulnerability to flooding.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

A Controversy Over Free Speech And Water In Lafayette County

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Zac Schultz

PBS Wisconsin

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Lafayette County officials proposed a resolution threatening to prosecute journalists if they did not quote county news releases verbatim. Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council President Bill Lueders discusses freedom of the press and the Lafayette County Board's activities.

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

Whose Manure Smells Worse: Cows, Pigs Or Poultry?

Will Cushman

WisContext

Large livestock and poultry farms generate complaints for the stenches they can produce. But do any stink more than the others?