Content referencing Aldo Leopold

DNR Report Highlights Volunteer Contributions At State Natural Areas In 2023
Colorful Benches Tell Story of Stormwater Management

Colorful Benches Tell Story of Stormwater Management

High school art interns created 10 community benches illustrating unique Milwaukee story.

Wisconsin Center Makes Deal to Save Literary Artwork

Wisconsin Center Makes Deal to Save Literary Artwork

CEO Marty Brooks agrees to compromise to save installation.

Back in the News: Wisconsin Center Dispute Goes National
Back in the News

Wisconsin Center Dispute Goes National

The Bulwark condemns decision to remove artwork while WTMJ defends it.

Wisconsin Center Pauses Art Removal

Wisconsin Center Pauses Art Removal

CEO says he thought matter was resolved with grant, only for conflict to emerge.

Back in the News: Wisconsin Center Accused of Censorship
Back in the News

Wisconsin Center Accused of Censorship

Eliminating literary art installation in preparation for Republican National Convention?

Op Ed: The Wisconsin Conservation Congress Is Broken
Op Ed

The Wisconsin Conservation Congress Is Broken

Three-fourths of state citizens, the non-hunters, getting stonewalled by group.

Facing Deaccessioning, Woodland Pattern Book Center Preserves Wisconsin Center Installation “Portals and Writings Celebrating Wisconsin Authors”
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Facing Deaccessioning, Woodland Pattern Book Center Preserves Wisconsin Center Installation “Portals and Writings Celebrating Wisconsin Authors”

Forthcoming book of photos, poetry, and essays features 400 years of soon-to-be-erased Wisconsin history

Back in the News: Wisconsin Center Won’t Reconsider Removing Literary Artwork
Back in the News

Wisconsin Center Won’t Reconsider Removing Literary Artwork

CEO Marty Brooks emails board members to explain why.

New Exhibition Celebrates the Magical and Weird Wisconsin Wilderness
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New Exhibition Celebrates the Magical and Weird Wisconsin Wilderness

Magic Wilderness opens October 22, 2022 at the Museum of Wisconsin Art

More than $367,000 in Recovery Funds Awarded to 47 Nonprofits by Wisconsin Humanities
Your Right to Know: Records Shed Light On Board Shenanigans
Your Right to Know

Records Shed Light On Board Shenanigans

Natural Resources Board chair resists further public records requests. What is he hiding?

New Report Highlights Volunteers’ Contributions To State Natural Areas
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New Report Highlights Volunteers’ Contributions To State Natural Areas

Organized Volunteer Workdays Resume This Month

Prescribed Burns Spark A Better Future For Rare Ecosystems
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Prescribed Burns Spark A Better Future For Rare Ecosystems

Fall Burns Control Invasive Species, Boost Native Plants

Spotlight On Wisconsin Forests During Oct. 21 Premiere of America’s Forests With Chuck Leavell
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Spotlight On Wisconsin Forests During Oct. 21 Premiere of America’s Forests With Chuck Leavell

Two-Part Series Explores Breadth Of Sustainable Forestry In Wisconsin

Wisconsinites Blast Trump-Pence Administration on COVID-19 Response Ahead of VP Visit on Friday
The State of Politics: State Tourism Leader Says Don’t Travel
The State of Politics

State Tourism Leader Says Don’t Travel

Pandemic risk too great now, state “secretary of fun” says, but hoping for a tourism rebound.

Art Scene: Ducks Unlimited Gets Art Worth $500,000
Art Scene

Ducks Unlimited Gets Art Worth $500,000

BMO Harris Bank donates 900 prints by Wisconsin’s wildlife painter Owen Gromme.

Earth Day
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Earth Day

"It is important on Earth Day and every day to recommit to our goal of an environmentally sustainable future."

Op Ed: Save the Kletzsch Park Trees!
Op Ed

Save the Kletzsch Park Trees!

The county wants to destroy 10 majestic oak trees for a fish passage. Surely there's a better way.

Op Ed: DNR Must Stop Coal Pollution
Op Ed

DNR Must Stop Coal Pollution

We Energies pollutes Lake Michigan, adding to toxic mercury levels harmful to babies.

The Kubala Washatko Architects becomes Wisconsin’s first ‘Public Benefit’ Design Firm
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The Kubala Washatko Architects becomes Wisconsin’s first ‘Public Benefit’ Design Firm

A benefit corporation is a for-profit company that focuses on making a positive impact on society.

Op Ed: Walker’s Speech Ignores the Environment
Op Ed

Walker’s Speech Ignores the Environment

Not one word or update about environment in State of the State speech. Why?

Echo: Discovering the Driftless Area
Echo

Discovering the Driftless Area

New book celebrates unique region never touched by glaciers, including western Wisconsin.

Op Ed: What Happened to Wisconsin?
Op Ed

What Happened to Wisconsin?

Decades of bipartisan commitment to protecting environment have been abandoned. Why?

Scientists form new group to address threats to Wisconsin’s natural resources
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Scientists form new group to address threats to Wisconsin’s natural resources

Wisconsin’s Green Fire: Voices for Conservation has been formed in response to recent developments at the state and national level that threaten science-based practices and long-term vision in natural resources management.

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces She Will Oppose the Confirmation of Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator
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U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces She Will Oppose the Confirmation of Scott Pruitt for EPA Administrator

“I cannot support an EPA nominee who refuses to see, and denies, the impact of climate change...”

Art: The Wisconsin That Was
Art

The Wisconsin That Was

Artist Terese Agnew’s powerful exhibit celebrates, laments state’s progressive past.

Kohl’s Wild Theater Premieres New Musical: “Aldo Leopold and the Ghost of Sand County”
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Kohl’s Wild Theater Premieres New Musical: “Aldo Leopold and the Ghost of Sand County”

New stage production will teach students about famous Wisconsin conservationists

September Events at the Lynden Sculpture Garden
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September Events at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

The Lynden Sculpture Garden offers a unique experience of art in nature through its collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures sited across 40 acres of park, lake and woodland.

Murphy’s Law: The Quick-Law Governor
Murphy’s Law

The Quick-Law Governor

Countless sweeping changes have been proposed almost overnight, with no study, no rationale and no known author.

Wisconsin natives inducted to MPL Writers Wall of Fame
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Wisconsin natives inducted to MPL Writers Wall of Fame

Milwaukee Public Library’s Wisconsin Writers Wall of Fame to induct two state natives: children’s author/illustrator Kevin Henkes and author/filmmaker Richard Schickel.