
The Stream
So many of us live in Wisconsin’s Northwoods or Michigan’s Upper Peninsula because we love what surrounds us every day. We love the clear water, the clean air, and the lush forests. WXPR’s environmental reporting as part of our expanded series, The Stream, focuses on the natural world around us. The Stream is now about more than just water: it brings you stories of efforts to conserve our wild lands and lakes, scientific studies of animal and plant life, and potential threats to our environment.
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Latest Episodes
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People in Rhinelander and across the Northwoods want to know their water is clean, drinkable, and safe.But that expectation has been muddied in the past…
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The Wisconsin DNR is calling the Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport a “responsible party” in the contamination of Rhinelander city water wells with per-…
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On Tuesday, high school junior Mariah Freeman watched water drip through a filter she designed and constructed.“We’re going to take the filter we’ve made,…
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In the late 1990s, when Patrick Taylor moved back to his Merrill hometown, he bought a house on the water.It was one of more than a hundred homes on a…
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Note: this story has been updated to include comments from the DNR's Kyle Burton in a Tuesday interview. Rhinelander City Administrator Daniel Guild has…
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The DNR admitted putting new rules on PFAS in groundwater, drinking water, and surface water will have a “significant” economic impact on the state.DNR…
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Once again on Thursday, a Vilas County committee rejected Trig Solberg’s attempt to collect water from a well in Presque Isle for commercial bottling.Over…
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Jim and Ruth Brennan thought the days of iron ore mining in northern Wisconsin were over.So when Gogebic Taconite started drawing up plans about earlier…
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Despite ongoing concerns about city drinking water, Rhinelander’s Common Council adopted a Wellhead Protection Plan Monday night without debate or any…
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Note: This story has been updated from its original version with information about PFHxS studies in animals and humans. This summer, tests showed…