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Category: Environment

Person in a hat, blue shirt and shorts walks on a rocky path.
Posted inEnvironment

From ski trails in Wisconsin to hiking paths in Phoenix, extreme heat is reshaping recreation — and our attitudes

by Terry L. Jones / Floodlight September 5th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

As rising temps change daily life, they’re fueling greater concern about climate change — more than wildfires or hurricanes, researchers say.

Faces of cows in a row
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin DNR can require CAFO permits to protect water, appeals court rules

Avatar photo by Danielle Kaeding / WPR August 27th, 2025August 27th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Plants with white flowers amid greenery
Posted inEnvironment

‘Highly toxic’ hemlock widespread in Midwest — and spreading

by Olivia Cohen / The Cedar Rapids Gazette August 6th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Man stands among green plants.
Posted inEnvironment

A warming climate is changing growing conditions, shifting planting zones northward

by Olivia Cohen / The Cedar Rapids Gazette July 25th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Piglet nurses next to a large mama pig and other pigs.
Posted inEnvironment, News about Wisconsin Watch

Video: life, death and resilience at Wonderfarm

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch, Joe Timmerman / Wisconsin Watch and Patricio Crooker for Wisconsin Watch July 16th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Woman stands amid pigs.
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin pig farmer holds on at Wonderfarm as Washington breaks a promise

Avatar photo by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch July 2nd, 2025August 20th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Wisconsin Conservation Corps sticker design
Posted inEnvironment, Government

‘Harder to rebuild than it is to destroy’: AmeriCorps regroups in Wisconsin after judge restores funding that Trump cut

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Trisha Young / Wisconsin Watch and Cecilia Dobbs / Wisconsin Watch June 25th, 2025July 16th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Advisory sign in front of greenery
Posted inEnvironment

Wisconsin Supreme Court delivers win for environmentalists in fight over ‘forever chemicals’

Scott Bauer by Scott Bauer / Associated Press and Todd Richmond / Associated Press June 24th, 2025June 24th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Two men stand near metal gates and an animal at a farm.
Posted inEnvironment

Trump’s tariffs are hurting US agriculture. Some farmers support them anyway.

by Illan Ireland / Mississippi Free Press June 18th, 2025June 18th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Tarped over mounds sit behind green grass and a river, bordered by a highway.
Posted inEnvironment

‘Our Louisiana Purchase’: Deal reached to move Green Bay’s century-old coal piles

by Joe Schulz / WPR June 7th, 2025June 7th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Electronic sign above highway says “AIR QUALITY ALERT CONSIDER REDUCING TRIPS”
Posted inEnvironment

Air quality worsens in eastern US as Canadian wildfire smoke hangs over Midwest

AP logo by Associated Press June 4th, 2025June 4th, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch
Posted inEnvironment

Army Corps analysis: Great Lakes pipeline tunnel would have sweeping environmental impacts

by Todd Richmond / Associated Press June 1st, 2025June 1st, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

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