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Carolina - stock.adobe.com/173823611At least eight miles of a Southwest-Wisconsin stream were polluted by a manure spill earlier this month -
Katie Thoresen/WXPRThe futures of Job Corps Centers across the U.S. are uncertain.The Department of Labor made an announcement at the end of May to pause all contractor-operated centers by June 30th.The move has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge following a lawsuit to stop the halting of operations.
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As young wildlife starts to move around this spring, it’s important to remember that just be they’re alone it doesn’t mean they’ve been abandoned.In this episode of All Things Outdoors, WXPR’s Katie Thoresen talks with Conservation Warden Tim Otto about the importance of keeping wildlife wild. -
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft analysis of the environmental effects of building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline running beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes. -
Vilas and Oneida County Boards pass resolutions in support of a program that funds conservation and outdoor recreation in Wisconsin, though Oneida County’s comes with some caveats. -
A group of Pierce County residents is awaiting a response to a petition for a contested case hearing for the expansion of Ridge Breeze Dairy to grow four times its size -
Canadian wildfires are expected to drop air quality across the region Friday. -
A collaboration of researchers, universities, and environmental organizations are working towards how our region can adapt to climate change.The Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center was formed in 2021 to focus this research on eight states including Wisconsin and Michigan.The work they do is at risk by proposed federal cuts. -
As the Environmental Protection Agency scales back enforcement because of staff shortages and new federal rollbacks, concerns are growing in Michigan and across the country about who will hold polluters accountable -
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to weaken limits on some harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water roughly a year after the Biden administration finalized the first-ever national standards -
A stalemate between President Donald Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker that threatened a $1.2 billion plan to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes appears to have been settled after the Trump administration offered assurances it will cover its share of the costs -
A new study from Michigan State University researchers revealed lasting PFAS effects in a Michigan community's drinking water near an old paper mill landfill
