Environment

Environmental advocates and legal experts say the outcome of this month’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election will affect a number of cases coming before the court.

A soil advisor and a watershed planner explain new research underway to better maintain agricultural systems in Wisconsin.

There are many contradictory myths about Northwoods lumberjacks and the work they did in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were depicted as hard-living, violent men, but also as upstanding, conservation-minded gentlemen.

State environmental regulators are offering emergency drinking water for 50 additional households relying on private wells in the town of Peshtigo.

A Canadian mining company has been cleared to begin exploratory drilling for copper and gold in northern Wisconsin.

Local governments are making formal plans to reduce their carbon footprint and protect the environment.

The prairie crayfish is native to six counties in southeastern Wisconsin.

Wisconsin farmers could get grants to use grazing practices that benefit soil health, animal welfare and water quality under a bipartisan bill making its way through the Wisconsin Legislature.

Water withdrawals for irrigating crops in Wisconsin reached their highest level ever reported in 2023 as a flash drought prompted growers to pump more water from high capacity wells, according to a state report.

Fred Strand, member of the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors, spoke with WPR’s Robin Washington on “Morning Edition” about efforts on the statewide level to reel in the adverse effects of wake boating.