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Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose Re-Establishing Conservation Corps Program
The proposal, put forth by Rep. Jeff Mursau, R-Crivitz, would re-establish the Wisconsin Conservation Corps. The program ceased operations in 2003.
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Extreme Cold Grips Wisconsin And Most Of The U.S.
The National Weather Service has issued cold weather warnings for record-low temperatures from South Texas to Canada and from Montana to New England. We talk to an expert about what is behind the...
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EPA Proposes Tighter Ozone Controls For Several Wisconsin Counties
The EPA has issued a plan for tighter ozone controls in Wisconsin. Environmental groups are pleased but the state's largest business group says the plan could hurt growth.
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DOJ Collects $1.5M In Environmental Forfeitures
Wisconsin Department of Justice officials say they've collected about $1.5 million from polluters in 2017.
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Exploring What Influences Our Food Choices
Food triggers memories, emotions and much more, according to our guest. She examines our complex relationship with food and reveals how our senses, our mind and our environment are woven into our...
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How Worry About Climate Change Affects Us
Damage associated with climate change isn't just associated with water shortages, wildfires and storms. It's likely also playing a role in mental health on a mass scale, according to a 2017 American...
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Foxconn Won't Need Federal OK To Fill Wetlands
Foxconn Technology Group won't need federal approval to fill wetlands for its new flat-screen plant in Mount Pleasant.
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Newsmakers, January 4, 2018
State of Change- The Wisconsin Public Radio news department documentary based on a year's worth of reporting on the future of land, food and water in Wisconsin.
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As Snow Disappears, A Family Of Dogsled Racers Can't Agree Why
Northern Wisconsin is a frigid place come winter. But as the state has warmed, the certainty of snow gradually vanished, leaving the traditional winter dogsledding races frequently canceled for lack of...
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Plan To Revive Conservation Corps Receives Hearing
Wisconsin would revive its long-dormant Conservation Corps under a bill that had a hearing at the capitol Thursday, raising the prospect that the state could again pay young people to build trails,...
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Growing Citrus Indoors Can Squeeze More Sunshine Into Winter
The fresh taste of citrus fruits and their fragrant flowers are appealing and may make a trip to a Florida orchard sound tempting. But growing citrus plants indoors can, if lucky, result in some...
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The Case For Reviving The Wisconsin Conservation Corps
A new bipartisan bill would pay young people to build trails, bridges and boardwalks on public land. WPR’s State Capitol Bureau Chief Shawn Johnson discusses the effort to re-establish the Wisconsin...
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Burial Mound Bill Moving Through Legislature
Wisconsin would more clearly spell out protections for tribal burial sites under a measure making its way through the Legislature.
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Agreement Protects 1 Of Wisconsin's Remaining Undeveloped Lakes
Mission Lake, one of the few remaining undeveloped lakes in Wisconsin, will be protected under a new agreement between North Central Conservancy Trust and Crossways Camping Ministries.
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Air Quality Near Wisconsin Industrial Plant Spurs Health Concerns
For residents who live near Mid-America Steel Drum, the air conditions could be more than a nuisance. A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation found that the air could be making people sick — from...
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News From The Driftless Region
We get an update on what’s going on along the driftless area of the upper Mississippi with the editor and publisher of Big River magazine.
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Senate Committee Approves Bill Ending State Air Regulations
A Wisconsin Senate committee voted along party lines Tuesday to advance a bill that would eliminate all of Wisconsin’s state air pollution regulations.
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Trump Administration Proposal Would Allow Oil Drilling Federally Protected...
A new plan proposed by the Department of Interior would open some federally protected waters to off-shore oil drilling. We speak Steph Tai of the University of Wisconsin Law School about the news and...
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'Little House' Books Offer Sense Of Security, Country's History Of Pioneering
The stories of Laura Ingalls Wilder have gripped readers for generations, telling the story of a pioneer girl, the value of family and their trials and tribulations along the way.
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When A Bomb Cyclone, Polar Vortex And Warm Snap Squeeze Into One Week
Extreme temperature shifts will keep happening even as the planet's average temperature gets warmer.
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