Welcome to Wisconsin's Green Fire: Voices for Conservation
Wisconsin’s Green Fire supports our conservation legacy by promoting science-based management of natural resources.
This summer, Wisconsin's Green Fire will host a series of field forums across the state, featuring WGF member experts, together with partners, policy makers, and local stakeholders in the field. These forums will provide a space for sharing ideas, learning from others, and exploring far-reaching solutions to priority conservation issues.
recent events
May 12, 2022
Wisconsin's Clean Energy Plan - Opportunities for Wisconsin's Green Fire Impact Webinar
On May 12, 2022, Wisconsin's Green Fire hosted a webinar with WGF Energy Work Group member Keith Reopelle, moderated by Energy Work Group co-chair Gary Radloff. In this 75-minute webinar, Keith discussed Wisconsin's first clean energy plan (CEP). The CEP, released on April 20, 2022, puts Wisconsin on the path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050. The plan prioritizes the core values of justice, equity, and collective action, and emphasizes four key pathways for creating momentum towards achieving a clean energy economy: accelerate clean energy technology deployment, maximize energy efficiency, modernize buildings and industry, and innovate transportation.
Keith also serves as the Advanced Program and Policy Analyst with the Wisconsin Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy (OSCE), and was one of the lead authors of the CEP. The webinar included Keith's presentation on strategies presented in the CEP, and an engaging discussion with webinar attendees about how WGF can best support these strategies through its own work.
January 27, 2022
Confessions of a Recovering Bureaucrat: A WGF Conversation with Todd Ambs
There are few people in the history of Wisconsin conservationists who've served in as many roles as effectively as Todd Ambs. Todd retired in December as the Deputy Secretary of Wisconsin DNR, capping an over 40-year career in and around the waters of the Great Lakes and beyond. In his latest role serving in the Evers administration, Todd led one of Wisconsin's largest state agencies. He navigated controversial issues such as wolf hunting and PFAS contamination, as well as intensely partisan events around conservation governance, with the last two years of that time during the midst of a global pandemic.
In this free-wheeling conversation with WGF Executive Director Fred Clark, Todd shares his reflections on his career in conservation in Wisconsin and beyond, and his hopes for the future of conservation governance in Wisconsin.
recent work
Monroe County Climate Readiness and Rural Economic Opportunity Assessment
Wisconsin’s Green Fire and partners launched the Monroe County Climate Readiness and Rural Economic Opportunity Assessment (CRREOA) in Monroe County, Wisconsin in May, 2021 and completed the current project in February 2022.
2021 Annual Report
Wisconsin's Green Fire recently released it's first Annual Report, documenting accomplishments in 2021 and recognizing donors who provided financial support in 2021.
Opportunities Now Reports
Wisconsin's Green Fire has released four Opportunities Now reports in 2021, each outlining policy recommendations on various natural resource topics across Wisconsin.
Guides to Oil Pipeline Regulation in Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s Green Fire has partnered with Midwest Environmental Advocates to develop a series of guides to oil pipeline regulation in Wisconsin.
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