On Friday, September 25 2020 former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold joins Wisconsin’s Green Fire to share his insights from his long career as a statesman and his more recent efforts as Global Ambassador for the Campaign for Nature.

Sept. 16, 2020 annual meeting webinar on racial equity and inclusion in conservation with August Ball of Cream City Conservation.

The COVID-19 pandemic, the associated economic downturn, and a heightened awareness of racial and environmental justice have brought new challenges and new opportunities to conservation work in Wisconsin. Our panel of legislative and agency leaders discusses some of today’s biggest trends and what we can expect in 2021 and beyond. This insightful conservation helps us …

Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s 2020 annual meeting kicked off on September 9 with a session on young voices in conservation. It featured our student advisory committee and other student conservation leaders across the state.

The legacies of injustice and racism have affected our work in conservation in ways many of us may never have realized, in part because we may never have seen the people and opportunities that have simply been missing.

Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s founders recognized environmental justice as an essential tenet. Our founding principles assert our belief in the rights of all groups of people to a clean and healthy environment and to outdoor recreation. Our early years have been full of our best intentions, but now we must examine how we can truly align our efforts for the critical aspiration of inclusion and justice. How can we do better?  

Earth Day—  the day each year where I get to share my love for the environment with everyone I know. Many people (including myself) don’t always have the environment at the forefront of their minds as they walk through life. Earth Day is the day where everyone takes a moment to appreciate nature and do …

Early in July, sometime in the mid-90s, I found myself driving North for a late start to the field season. We headed out early the next morning, visiting two forests before calling it a day. The drill was familiar— flag corners of the quadrats, then count the tree seedlings and saplings, recording substrate and any …

One of our newest members, Russ Feingold, shares his enthusiasm for Wisconsin’s Green Fire and his own work in conservation.  Wisconsin native and former U.S. Senator Feingold serves as an ambassador for the global Campaign for Nature, but his Midwest roots run deep as shown in this testimonial.