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Confluences – Fall 2024
Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s newest issue of Confluences, our biannual print newsletter is now available.
We pour a lot of care into Confluences. Members of our staff and volunteers worked together on the fall 2024 issue with a special emphasis on the theme of Keeping Hope Alive in Conservation. This fall, we feature the voices of …
Read More >The green fire still burns
Northern lights seen from Vilas County, October 2024, Photo by Don Behm
A message from Meleesa Johnson, Executive Director of Wisconsin’s Green Fire:
As a former candidate, I know personally the full range of emotions of winning an election and losing an election. But one does not need to be a candidate to feel that …
Read More >Wisconsin Neonics Forum – Oct. 30, 2024
Written by Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director, Edited by Carolyn Pralle, WGF Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) co-sponsored the first-ever Wisconsin Neonics Forum in Madison on October 30, 2024.
Our attendees to the Wisconsin Neonics Forum included executive director Meleesa Johnson, work group members Mark Asplund and Bill Fisher, agricultural projects coordinator Ben …
Read More >Inductees for 2025 in Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame
Esox Lake along North Country National Scenic Trail in Bayfield County, October 2024, photo by Don Behm
A message from WGF’s Executive Director Meleesa Johnson and Board President Tom Jerow:
The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame (WCHF) showcases Wisconsin’s strong conservation ethic and legacy.
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) is a voting member organization of …
Read More >Songs that Keep Us Inspired – WGF Playlist 2024
In fall 2024, we created our first Wisconsin’s Green Fire music playlist.
Amid all our serious conservation work, we like to have fun! What better way than by sharing some great music with each other?
For our “Songs that Keep Us Inspired” playlist we asked members of the WGF community to send us just one …
Read More >WGF Sponsors Two Deer Dumpsters for 2024
Wisconsin’s Green Fire is sponsoring two deer dumpsters for 2024.
Deer dumpster sponsored by Wisconsin’s Green Fire
Annually since 2021, WGF has sponsored two deer dumpsters to aid efforts at slowing the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin’s deer herd. WGF’s Wildlife Work Group chair and Science Council member, Tom Hauge, led …
Read More >Wake Boats Coalition – Focus on Local Control
Wake Boats & Wisconsin Lakes – October 14, 2024 News Release
“Wisconsin Coalition Hails Local Efforts Regulating Wake-Enhanced Boats”
Our work as a coalition continues to advance a science-based approach to protect Wisconsin lakes from harmful effects related to wake-enhanced boats. On October 14, 2024, the coalition shared this news release, focusing on local efforts by Wisconsin …
Read More >Annual Report 2023
Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s 2023 Annual Report is now available!
Read the PDF here or browse the gallery below.
You can find annual reports for past years here.
Current members of Wisconsin’s Green Fire will receive a print copy of the WGF annual report in our fall mailing in mid-October. As you may know, Read More >
WGF Comments on DNR’s PFOAS Guidance
Responding to WDNR Draft Guidance for PFOA and PFAS in Water
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is developing guidance for minimization plans of wastewater treatment systems regarding two of the most common forms of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. Those two forms include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). …
Read More >Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Reroute: 2024 Updates
Drilling for Pipeline Construction Project in Northern Wisconsin. Photo: John Spangberg
Two regulatory milestones for Enbridge L5R
The regulatory process for the controversial Enbridge Line 5 petroleum pipeline re-route (L5R) crossed two major milestones in late summer 2024.
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