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The state Joint Finance Committee approved pulling money from the state's environmental management fund to cover sand mining inspections. More>>
As an invasive species is found in neighboring counties, experts are traveling the surrounding area to make sure people are on the lookout. More>>
Courtesy: MGN OnlineState officials say more than 100 million pounds of electronic waste has been collected since the state began an e-waste recycling program three years ago. More>>
A Florida-based company started the process to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin. More>>
The state wants to increase plastics recycling and needs input from the public. More>>
Wisconsin environmental officials want people to recycle used electronics rather than just tossing them in the trash during spring cleaning. More>>
Monday is Earth Day, and the very first one, back in 1970, is credited with starting the modern environmental movement. More>>
The City of Madison Water Utility is testing the city's water supply after a probable carcinogen was found in four of the city's wells. More>>
Courtesy: MGN Online, Cary GublerState Department of Natural Resources officials say they hope to add nearly 330,000 trout to Wisconsin waters before the inland fishing season opener next month. More>>
The state Department of Natural Resources is planning an open house in March to get feedback on preliminary plans for a number of northeastern Wisconsin wildlife and fisheries areas. More>>
State wildlife officials have a new lead sturgeon expert. More>>
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is taking public comment on a plan to rebuild a portion of transmission line along a state trail. More>>
State wildlife officials want to scale back the number of bears hunters can kill this year. More>>
Mayors, police chiefs and prosecutors from around the upper Midwest are meeting in Minneapolis to talk about gun violence -- and how they can work together to prevent it. More>>
Wisconsin veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart will soon get free admission to some popular Milwaukee County venues. More>>
Wabasha's planning commission has unanimously approved a permit for a permanent facility to process Wisconsin sand. More>>
The city of Neenah has agreed to remove lead bullets from a former firing range, clearing the way for the land to become a public park. More>>
Wisconsin is trying to recover over $8 million from roughly 300 child care providers shut down for cheating the taxpayer-subsidized Wisconsin Shares program. More>>
There will be free bus service in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties again this year on New Year's Eve. More>>
Average retail gasoline prices in Madison have fallen 1 cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.16/g Sunday. More>>
Dane County officially opened its new recycling center Thursday. More>>
The U.S. Interior Department has designated the Greendale Historic Districta a new national historic landmark in Wisconsin. More>>
Overall attendance and revenue is up at the Wisconsin Historical Society's 11 sites and museums in the state. More>>
The state Natural Resources Board is set to adopt new falconry rules. More>>
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows conditions improving in local counties More>>
Door County ranks among the country's top cherry producers, but this year's crop could be the pits. More>>
A Madison company will run its business by harnessing the power of the sun. More>>
Organizers believe their event provides a great opportunity to teach kids about our environment More>>
The grand opening weekend celebration continued Sunday for the Aldo Leopold Nature Center in Monona. More>>
This Earth Day weekend, The Aldo Leopold Nature Center will unveil its new interactive exhibits at a grand opening celebration on Saturday afternoon. More>>
Gaylord Nelson grew up outside, like a lot of Wisconsin kids. But his upbringing had a unique effect and created America's first environmentalist politician. More>>
The Aldo Leopold Nature Center teamed up with UW on its expansion that is set to open Saturday. More>>
A look at how Wisconsin inspired the great conservationist, Aldo Leopold. More>>
As part of Earth Week we brought in Curt Meine from the Aldo Leopold Nature Center to discuss Leopold's historical impact locally and nationally. More>>
Naturalist John Muir was among the noted environmentalists to be inspired by his life in Wisconsin. More>>
A project that will reduce air pollution at one of the state's largest coal-fired power plants is under way in Columbia County. More>>
The roots of the nation's, the world's, environmental movement run deep through Wisconsin. More>>
Courtesy: Wis. DNRThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has tagged the largest sturgeon in Wisconsin history. More>>
A free application for iPhone, iPad and iPod users is now available to provide trail locations, maps and other information about the Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest in far northeastern Wisconsin. More>>
Earth Day is this Friday. You can join others throughout the world to celebrate Mother Earth. Here in Madison, you can go to Forest Products Laboratory, for fun and education. More>>
Governor Walker wanted to scale back the rules in his original budget. More>>
Agricultural officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin are preparing their largest "air war" ever to protect forests from gypsy moths. More>>
Photo Courtesy of Associated PressBison are no longer recognized as an endangered species by the Fish and Wildlife Service due to insufficient data. More>>
A new report finds that more sea turtles were killed or injured in the Gulf of Mexico in the months following the BP oil spill than in any similar period during the past 20 years. More>>
Wisconsin residents will get a chance to sound off on whether they should be allowed to shoot problem cougars. More>>
Work begins this month on the D-N-R's new project, "Fish Sticks." Trees are being added to the lakes to help create habits and help prevent erosion. More>>
The battle to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes is headed back to court. More>>
The plan builds on an unprecedented federal plan established in February 2010 which prevents the invasive species from developing self-sustaining populations in the Great Lakes. More>>
The Justice Department has sued BP Exploration and Production Inc. and eight other companies in the Gulf oil spill disaster in an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. More>>
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