Episodes

  • Researchers are working towards more accurate wildfire smoke forecasting to help improve health and air quality

    Researchers are working towards more accurate wildfire smoke forecasting to help improve health and air quality
    Jul 15 2024
    Dozens of wildfires burning hundreds of thousands of acres are currently burning out west in both the U.S. and Canada.The last few summers brought smoke from fires just like them to the Northwoods, dropping air quality to some of the worst levels seen in the region in years.
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    6 mins
  • Burned out: why (and how) northern Wisconsin will soon abandon coal as a power source

    Burned out: why (and how) northern Wisconsin will soon abandon coal as a power source
    Jul 5 2024
    In April, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new rules that will force American coal plants to either close or cut back 90 percent of their carbon emissions.
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    5 mins
  • How to save a park: the rebirth of Town Line Lake Park

    How to save a park: the rebirth of Town Line Lake Park
    Jun 13 2024
    Just a few years ago, the very existence of Town Line Lake Park was in jeopardy.
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    4 mins
  • 'No Mow May' can be successful, but maybe not in the ways you think

    'No Mow May' can be successful, but maybe not in the ways you think
    Jun 3 2024
    Habitat destruction is the driving force behind pollinator population decline.In response, the No Mow May movement started about five years ago to encourage people to leave some flowers for the bees in early spring.
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    5 mins
  • Supporters gather to celebrate Pelican River Forest conservation

    Supporters gather to celebrate Pelican River Forest conservation
    May 23 2024
    Nearly 70,000 acres in Oneida, Forest, and Langlade Counties are under conservation easements to be protected in perpetuity.The Pelican River Forest is praised by conservationists for protecting increasingly rare contiguous forestland in the state.
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    5 mins
  • Hitting the ‘sweet spot’: how the environment aligns to produce Northwoods frog melodies

    Hitting the ‘sweet spot’: how the environment aligns to produce Northwoods frog melodies
    May 16 2024
    The time of year - spring - is but one important factor playing into the intensity of frog calls.
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    4 mins
  • Blackwell Job Corps pilots conservation education program for students

    Blackwell Job Corps pilots conservation education program for students
    May 10 2024
    Trees for Tomorrow in Eagle River has several invasive species it’s working to remove from its campus.The work happened to align with a new program Blackwell Job Corps in Forest County is piloting.
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    4 mins
  • Gile Flowage to be protected in perpetuity with NOAA grant

    Gile Flowage to be protected in perpetuity with NOAA grant
    May 7 2024
    In northern Iron County sits more than 3,000 acres of a largely undeveloped flowage along the west branch of the Montreal River.The Gile Flowage will remain that way after the county is set to receive more than $4 million in federal funding to conserve it.
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    6 mins