Todd Ambs

How New Supreme Court Influenced Legislative Decisions

Everything important passed by the Legislature came after court gained a liberal majority.

Senate Republicans Fire Four Evers Appointees

GOP boots one from DNR board, three from UW Health board.

Senate Republican bullies take out their frustrations on appointees

Gov. Evers Slams Senate Republicans for Once Again Baselessly Firing Qualified Appointees, Names Immediate Appointments to Ensure Critical Government Operations Continue

Evers Says Republican Firings Make It Hard to Find DNR Secretary

Stop blocking his appointees, governor pleads. GOP lawmakers defend their actions.

GOP Legislators Probe Views of Evers’ New DNR Appointees

After firing first Evers picks, Republicans raise issues of wolf management, PFAS cleanup.

Republicans Reject 7 Evers Appointees

Including elections commissioner and 4 DNR board members. 'This is insanity,' says Evers, then immediately names replacements.

Gov. Evers Slams Senate Republicans for Continued Efforts to Obstruct the Peaceful Transfer of Power by Baselessly Firing Appointees

Governor names immediate appointments to ensure critical government operations continue

DNR Won’t Meet With Natural Resources Board in September

The Walker appointed chair of the board refuses to step down for Evers' appointee.

DNR Takes On Water Quality Issues Despite Opposition From GOP, Industry

The state regulator is launching a water quality awareness campaign.

DNR Submits Central Sands Lakes Study Findings And Recommendations To State Legislature

Recommendations Follow Study Of Pleasant, Long And Plainfield Lakes In Waushara County

PFAS In Wisconsin Webinar 2 p.m. April 19

Presented By The Wisconsin DNR & DHS

DNR Secretary Says PFAS Efforts Need Funding

PFAS identification and cleanup and public land purchases are budget priorities for the agency.

State Board Won’t Allow Wolf Hunting

Natural Resources Board votes against resuming hunt, citing science, rejecting GOP legislators' request.

DNR Secretary Appoints Todd Ambs Deputy Secretary; Steven Little Assistant Deputy Secretary

Age, Race, Politics, and Conservation – Addressing the Elephants in the Room

Wisconsin’s Green Fire announces Annual Meeting Series, September 9-26, 2020

DNR to Implement Mandatory CWD Sampling and In-Person Registration for Six Townships in West Central Wisconsin During Nine-Day Gun Deer Season

CWD is a contagious neurological disease of deer, elk and moose that is caused by an abnormal protein called a prion.

Good News for State’s Environment

Evers administration is turning around the decline in DNR staff morale and mission under Walker.

DNR Secretary Cole announces additional appointments to leadership team

Todd Ambs has been named DNR Assistant Deputy Secretary.

Coalition Opposes Trump Move to Weaken Clean Water Protections

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition: Communities like Flint, Mich., still grapple with pollution. We need more – not less – protection for clean water.

State Quietly Hiked Water Diversion in 2010

Tripled Pleasant Prairie’s allowable diversion of Lake Michigan water, greater than planned Foxconn diversion.

EPA Seeks Ideas for Great Lakes Cleanup

Agency, experts agree solutions may take many years.

Groups to Congress: Maintain Great Lakes Funding

185 organizations urge U.S. House, Senate to continue support for programs that protect drinking water for more than 30 million people

Coalition Urges Congress to Reject Trump Budget, Infrastructure Plan

he Trump Administration’s proposed budget contains steep cuts to core Great Lakes programs

Trump Budget Cuts to Great Lakes Programs a ‘Non-Starter’

Administration ‘misses major opportunity’ with infrastructure plan

Senate Interior Bill Maintains Great Lakes Funding

Bill also cuts agency funding, rolls back Clean Water Act protections

Rainwater Reuse Fair Helps Johnsons Park Residents Combat Flooding

Local Nonprofit Invites New Leadership to Grow and Shape Green Infrastructure Movement in Milwaukee

Coalition Urges Congress to Support Great Lakes Investments

The Coalition sent letters to U.S. House and Senate appropriators, urging them to support a robust Great Lakes agenda.

U.S. House Pushes Back to Restore Great Lakes Funding, In Wake of Proposed Trump Administration Cuts

Republicans, Democrats fight back against proposed cuts to Great Lakes funding

Trump Administration Proposed Cuts to Great Lakes Programs, EPA Unacceptable

Republicans, Democrats in Congress key to protecting Great Lakes, clean water programs

Coalition Applauds Great Lakes Investments in Bill

Congress authorizes $1.5 billion in Great Lakes restoration over five years, funding for Flint, Mich., to replace lead pipes to restore clean drinking water.

House supports Great Lakes restoration legislation – again!

Coalition calls on Congress to come back quickly in November to finish the job

Clinton, Trump Campaigns Commit to Great Lakes Restoration Initiative at Candidate Forum

Over the last seven years, the U.S. Congress has invested over $2.2 billion through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Senate Committee Passes Great Lakes Funding Bill

Strong funding for Great Lakes, though bill contains harmful provisions that undermine Clean Water Act, other environmental protections.

U.S. House Passes Vital Great Lakes Bill

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition urges Senate to Act to ensure that the national maintains commitment to Great Lakes

State’s Drinking Water Has Radium Problem

Waukesha is among dozens of communities in Wisconsin with radium-tainted well water.