WGF Blog
Posts by WGF members on a variety of conservation-related topics.
New Opportunities Now Paper: PFAS 2.0
For Immediate Release: December 1st, 2023
Media contacts:
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Executive Director
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Communications Coordinator
Since the late 1930s, many consumer goods and industrial materials have contained per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of chemicals famous for their non-stick and firefighting properties. However, PFAS are …
Read More >Wisconsin’s Green Fire Not Associated with Greenfire Law PC
News Release
For Immediate Release: November 30th, 2023
Media Contacts:
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Executive Director
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Communications Coordinator
Rhinelander, WI – A new lawsuit by the Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance (GLWA) is asking a Dane County Circuit Court judge to block …
Read More >Senate Passes Imperfect PFAS Bill
On November 14th, 2023, the Wisconsin State Senate passed a version of SB312 (the “PFAS bill”) without important changes offered by Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF), other environmental/conservation groups, and leaders of communities impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Over the last several months, the experts on WGF’s Contaminants of Emerging Concern Work Group …
Read More >Standing Up for Adaptive Wolf Management
By Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director
Representing Wisconsin’s Green Fire, Adrian Wydeven (co-chair of WGF’s Wildlife Work Group) testified at the State Capitol on November 8th in opposition to Assembly Bill 137. This bill would mandate that DNR establish a statewide wolf population goal, a mandate which WGF opposes because of our commitment to science-based management of …
Read More >GivingTuesday 2023
Join Us for GivingTuesday on Nov 28, 2023!
Are you going shopping on Black Friday? Or Small Business Saturday? Or Cyber Monday?
Or better still, enjoying the gifts that are Wisconsin’s wildlife and natural resources?
While you’re searching for the perfect gifts or enjoying the gift of the great outdoors, we want to invite you to give the …
Read More >Video: Fred Clark’s Testimony to the NRB on the 2023 Wolf Management Plan
On October 25th, WGF’s Executive Director, Fred Clark, spoke to the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) on behalf of Green Fire members. Fred’s testimony urges the Board to approve the 2023 Wolf Management Plan submitted by the Department of Natural Resources. WGF’s focus is on science-based adaptive management for Wisconsin’s gray wolves.
At the end of …
Read More >WGF Testimony to Natural Resources Board Action Item 5F – Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan
The following blog post is a letter of testimony written by Fred Clark, Executive Director of Wisconsin’s Green Fire. Here, Fred addresses the Natural Resources Board regarding the Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan 2023. This plan is an agenda item at the NRB’s October 25th, 2023 meeting. Members of the public can attend the …
Read More >Where are the future leaders for Wisconsin’s natural resources?
On Sept. 28, three members of the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage voted without debate to reject the nominations of four of Governor Tony Evers’ appointees to the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB).
While the committee’s action is not binding, it is unprecedented and ignores the exceptional conservation qualifications of the …
Read More >Guest Blog: Net Metering and Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Future
The following blog post was written by Mark Asplund, a member of Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s Energy and Climate Change Work Group. Here, Mark describes two proposals currently under consideration by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission affecting net metering – a utility billing policy that supports customers with self-generating electricity sources like rooftop solar panels.
You can …
Read More >2023-2025 State Budget Highlights – Natural Resources
by Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director
Governor Tony Evers signed the 2023-2025 State Budget on Wednesday July 5, 2023. Below are the highlights from the Governor’s point of view taken from his budget message. Following these three sections is an “Other’ section with other items that you should know about. Overall, the DNR budget was increased …
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