WGF Blog
Posts by WGF members on a variety of conservation-related topics.
Save the Date: WGF at Big Top Chautauqua on July 26, 2024
Mark your calendars for our Northwoods event of the year!
Wisconsin’s Green Fire will be at Big Top Chautauqua July 26, 2024
You are invited to our summer event at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua in Bayfield on July 26, 2024!
This will be our big Northwoods event in 2024, and we can’t wait to celebrate with …
Read More >WGF on The Larry Meiller Show
On April 24, WGF wildlife experts Kerry Beheler and Tom Hauge were guests on The Larry Meiller Show on Wisconsin Public Radio.
Talking with Larry and answering live questions from callers around Wisconsin, Kerry and Tom discussed our injured wildlife project and how to protect Wisconsin’s large wild birds.
Read More >Musings from Meleesa: Earth Week 2024
Let’s Celebrate Earth Week: April 21-27, 2024
Meleesa Johnson, April 2024
Earth Week is almost here, and we are gearing up for our Spring Appeal for Wisconsin’s Green Fire.
Late April is a special time of year in Wisconsin. Sturgeon are spawning, spring ephemerals are blooming, and birds are migrating back to their breeding grounds around …
Read More >PFAS News from Gov. Evers and the EPA
This week brings two big updates for PFAS in Wisconsin.
Gov. Evers and representatives from environmental organizations (Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director at center of back row) at veto ceremony of SB 312, April 9th, 2024
1) Veto of SB 312 – the PFAS bill with a “poison pill”
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Conservation Congress Spring Hearings April 2024
Help shape conservation policies during the Wisconsin Conservation Congress “Spring Hearings” this April.
Photo: Dr. F Eugene Hester, USFWS
Every spring, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) seek input from the public on natural resources policies. Since 1934, these “Spring Hearings,” have been an important part of Wisconsin’s conservation …
Read More >Making an impact – Tom Jerow and Gov. Evers
Conservation succeeds through nonpartisan teamwork!
by Meleesa Johnson, WGF Executive Director
Pelican River Forest WI, photo copyright Jay Brittain, courtesy of Gathering Waters
When Tom Jerow answered his phone last week, I bet he wasn’t expecting a call from Governor Tony Evers! As the two talked, Gov. Evers thanked Tom for helping to conserve the Pelican …
Read More >Discussing PFAS with Gov. Evers
by Meleesa Johnson, WGF Executive Director
Governor Tony Evers (left) and WGF Executive Director Meleesa Johnson (right) in Marshfield, March 14, 2024
On March 14th, I was proud to represent Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) at an event in Marshfield to discuss PFAS funding with Governor Tony Evers. PFAS are the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances famous …
Read More >2023-2024 Legislative Session is Over
By Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director
Summary of WGF’s Legislative Activities during the 2023-2024 Session
Madison skyline from Lake Mendota. Photo by Michael Cain.
The Wisconsin State Legislature has completed its work for the 2023-2024 session and will not return until early January of 2025. Following the November 2024 elections, the Legislature will have a whole …
Read More >Call for Art and Writing Submissions
WGF Now Accepting Art and Writing Submissions for 2024
Marsh Marigold by Diane Daulton
Are you an artist who enjoys recreating Wisconsin’s beautiful landscapes and wildlife in paintings or drawings, a photographer who captures natural beauty through a camera lens, or a poet who paints pictures with words? You are in the …
Read More >WGF Asks Gov. Evers to Veto SB 312
WGF’s letter to Governor Evers requesting he veto SB 312.
On February 26, 2024, Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) sent a letter to Governor Tony Evers, asking him to veto Senate Bill 312 (SB 312). For months, leaders from WGF worked with the authors of this bill in attempts to make it beneficial …
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