Nature

Agencies have fired thousands of federal workers since late last week, including probationary employees with the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service in Wisconsin.

Alicia Rytlewski composed “When We Were Bears” across Wisconsin over the course of eight years, starting in 2016 when she was an artist-in-residence at a farm in Campbellsport.

Hobby tunneling is a pastime in which amateur excavators build their own underground infrastructure with minimal equipment. We take a tour through a tunnel system more than a decade in the making.

There are several ways to please nature-lovers this holiday season through wildlife conservation efforts in Wisconsin, senior wildlife outreach specialist Jamie Nack told WPR’s Larry Meiller.

Suzanne Simard spoke with “To The Best of Our Knowledge” about her Mother Tree Project.  

Author Rachel Gross joined WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” to share the history of outdoor recreation marketing and some of its Wisconsin ties.

In early 2025, Dane and Sauk counties are beginning construction on a recreational bridge over the Wisconsin River, near Sauk City.

Free admission, local wildlife and a community-driven mission make this small zoo a hidden gem.

A $134 million plan to renovate Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes just got a boost from Milwaukee County officials.

Passenger pigeons have been extinct for over a century, but conservation groups want to bring them back for their role in forestry management. Their hordes were thought to create exceptionally green forests and fertile farmland.