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• State estimates around 40 percent of private wells contain pesticides

The state estimates one or more pesticides are found in around 43 percent of 800,000 private wells in Wisconsin, and more than half of the pesticides detected in groundwater lack standards.
October 7, 2024

• Hunters asked to submit deer tissue samples for PFAS testing near Stella

The Department of Natural Resources is asking hunters for deer tissue samples to test for PFAS in the animals.
October 4, 2024

• Environmental groups and industry at odds over plan to conserve old-growth forests

Some Wisconsin groups are urging the Biden administration to do more to protect old-growth forests under its proposal to conserve those trees as logging interests are pushing back against changes.
October 3, 2024

• Wisconsin utilities propose nearly $2B in renewable energy projects

We Energies, Wisconsin Public Service and Madison Gas and Electric filed plans with the Public Service Commission to build solar and wind facilities that would cost around $1.9 billion combined.
October 2, 2024

• Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission line complete despite battles over refuge crossing

A controversial transmission line crossing a Mississippi River is now up and running even as legal battles continue over the project’s path through a national wildlife refuge.
September 27, 2024

• Federal judge bars US from limiting access to roads on tribe’s lands

A federal judge is temporarily barring the United States from taking any steps to limit access to roads on the Lac du Flambeau tribe’s reservation.
September 26, 2024

• Federal wildlife regulators investigating 3 wolf killings in Wisconsin

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating three reported wolf killings in Wisconsin that have occurred within the last year, according to state wildlife regulators.
September 26, 2024

• DNR makes bold requests for funding public lands, maintenance backlog

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking for 1.2billioninthenexttwo−yearstatebudgetthatincludesarequesttoreauthorizethestate’slandpurchaseprogramforadecadeat1.2 billion in the next two-year state budget that includes a request to reauthorize the state’s land purchase program for a decade at 1.2billioninthenexttwo−yearstatebudgetthatincludesarequesttoreauthorizethestate’slandpurchaseprogramforadecadeat100 million each year.
September 26, 2024

• National ballast water standards only apply to new vessels on the Great Lakes

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized ballast water standards on Tuesday that would require new, but not existing lake vessels in the Great Lakes to install treatment systems to prevent the spread of invasive species.
September 25, 2024

• Petition urges Wisconsin lawmakers to set groundwater standards for PFAS

The petition seeks groundwater standards in line with federal drinking water limits unveiled earlier this year.
September 24, 2024