WI Green Fire
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Nitrogen in Wisconsin Waters and Health Effects of Nitrate in Drinking Water – WGF Videos
Nitrogen in Wisconsin Waters and Health Effects of Nitrate in Drinking Water – WGF members presenting on nitrogen in Wisconsin waters and the health effects of nitrate in drinking water.
Read More >Nitrates in Wisconsin Waters – A Wisconsin’s Green Fire Policy Analysis
While Wisconsin has among the finest freshwater resources in North America, an increasingly large number of Wisconsin communities, homes, schools, and businesses find their water sources unsafe to drink. The water crisis in Flint, Michigan was a wake-up call about the hazards of water supplies we once assumed would always be safe. The total scope of the water quality crisis in Wisconsin today is much larger however than one community or one region. Wisconsin needs a drinking water solution equal to the magnitude of the problem. This paper lays out elements of that solution.
Read More >WGF Hires First Exec. Director, Communications Staff
To Our Members and Supporters,
I’m excited to announce important developments for Wisconsin’s Green Fire!
Our Board of Directors is pleased to announce a leap forward in our capacity to do the important conservation work our nearly 500 members have supported since 2017. As you may be aware, during this time we have been building our work …
Read More >WGF Media Statement: Wisconsin’s Green Fire Announces Major Gift from Evjue Foundation
Mercer, WI – Terry Daulton, President of Wisconsin’s Green Fire: Voices for Conservation announced receipt of a significant grant from the Evjue Foundation. “We’re pleased and humbled by the confidence that the Evjue Foundation has placed in the work we are undertaking to restore Wisconsin’s Conservation legacy and the role of science as a critical …
Read More >What if we knew Nature loved us? How would we act differently?
Attended by over 100 members, the Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) 2018 Annual Meeting caused much philosophical pondering and also provided some concrete ideas on how to make connections.
Read More >Paul Fanlund: On Wisconsin’s environment, the experts strike back
The headline was succinct: “Record rain in Madison is what climate change looks like — especially in Midwest.”
The blog post from the Center for Limnology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison appeared two days after the catastrophic local rains on Aug. 20. Limnology may be home to the no-nonsense, scientific study of inland waters, …
Read More >Heavy Weather, Charting a Course for Wisconsin’s Green Fire Science Communications
This August I sailed to Isle Royale National Park with my husband and our sailing partners, a trip of 72 miles across Lake Superior from our Apostle Islands home port. Our 12 day voyage was squeezed into seven, crimped in on the ends by storms and weather fronts
Read More >Green Fire on Up Front with Mike Gousha
See Mike Gousha’s Earth Day interview of John Lyons about Wisconsin’s Green Fire. The segment aired on “Up Front with Mike Gousha” on April 22, 2018. John Lyons is co-chair of the Fisheries Work Group for Wisconsin’s Green Fire and is a retired DNR researcher.
Read More >Retired DNR Experts Fight for Science
John Lyons of Wisconsin’s Green Fire says the group’s goal is to promote a science-based approach to managing natural resources.
Click to Watch Video on WISN website.
Read More >Earth Day Reflections
A year ago, on Earth Day 2017, we announced ourselves as a new organization – Wisconsin’s Green Fire: Voice’s for Conservation. A group of mostly retired natural resources professionals and supporters, we are passionate about the conservation legacy of Wisconsin and want to help carry it into the future. Many fine conservation organizations in the …
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