Tammy Baldwin honored as champion of conservation
MANITOWOC- U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin has been named as one of five recipients of the Lake Michigan Champions of Conservation award. The organization Lake...
Bike-Sharing may be coming to Superior
SUPERIOR- According to Superior Mayor Jim Paine, the city's residents may enjoy a bike-sharing program by next spring. A bike-sharing program would allow residents to...
Trump to axe nearly 4,000 jobs at Interior Department
WASHINGTON- President Trump is looking to reduce the number of federal employees across the board. In pursuit of this goal, Trump has instructed agencies...
Asian carp threatens Great Lakes as Trump does nothing
CHICAGO, IL- Invasive asian carp have passed a barrier near Chicago, just nine miles from Lake Michigan. These fish pose a great ecological threat to...
Proposed Trump cuts threaten Lake Superior cleanup
DULUTH, MINNESOTA- The St. Louis Estuary, which flows into Lake Superior, is the site of one of the largest cleanup projects around the Great Lakes....
Walker-appointed DNR board broke open meetings law
MADISON- A court decision signed Thursday states that the Governor-appointed Wisconsin Natural Resources Board broke Wisconsin's open meetings law. Members of the board met for a private...
Governor Walker deregulates hazardous wells
MADISON- On Thursday, Governor Scott Walker signed a bill deregulating high-capacity wells, which are used across the state for agriculture. Conservationists assert that these...
Senator Johnson calls scientists ‘arrogant’ as he rejects climate science
MADISON- Senator Ron Johnson displayed his ignorance on climate science recently when, in an interview with WKOW, he claimed that efforts to combat climate change...
New ads take Paul Ryan to task over public lands
JANESVILLE-A Wisconsin nonprofit has begun an extensive ad campaign blasting Paul Ryan for supporting moves by Donald Trump to rescind "National Monument" protection for...