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Surveying Prairies to Save Prairiesnew
New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows human influence has accelerated the rate of species change in prairies.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
03-10-2016 |
Environment
Christmas Bird Count is critical for Wisconsin speciesnew
They don their holiday apparel and accessorize — fleece jackets, knit caps, hiking boots, scopes and binoculars.
Thousands of citizen scientists, most of them avid birders, flock together in December and early January to celebrate a holiday pastime: the Christmas Bird Count.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
12-04-2015 |
Environment
Sunken treasure? Lake Michigan shipwrecks could buoy local economiesnew
Wisconsin’s sunken wealth is not in gold or silver, but in shipwrecks — schooners and tugs, barges and canallers, many of them built in the 19th century and once engaged in the economic expansion of the United States.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-22-2015 |
Environment
Water Woes: Waukesha’s quest to divert Lake Michigan water challengednew
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources opened the floodgates and in poured opposition to Waukesha’s quest to divert water from Lake Michigan.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
09-11-2015 |
Environment
The Race to Save Pollinating Honeybeesnew
A global battle is underway to protect endangered bees and other pollinators from threats created by people.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff and Staff writer |
06-18-2015 |
Environment
Flying Back From the Edge of Extinctionnew
Operation Migration and the endangered whooping crane.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
04-10-2015 |
Environment
Is time running out on daylight saving time?new
In most of the United States, people will dial back the clocks one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 2, when daylight saving time ends. And they’ll wonder why. Really. Why?
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-31-2014 |
Environment
F'ing sand: Frac sand mining threatens health, welfare in Wisconsinnew
Victoria Trinko hasn’t opened the windows in her Wisconsin farmhouse in two years. And when she goes outdoors on the farm her family has operated in Chippewa County since 1936, she often wears a mask. Trinko lives less than a mile from a frac sand mining operation — and that’s nothing like living less than a mile from a sandy beach.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
10-02-2014 |
Environment
Activists Champion Efforts to Divest From Fossil-Fuel Industrynew
Meet Planet Enemy No. 1: The fossil-fuel industry. And meet the new sheriff in town: The growing movement to divest ownership of fossil-fuel stock.
Wisconsin Gazette |
Lisa Neff |
07-31-2014 |
Environment
