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Earthlinks: Take a Stake in the Lakes
This week on Earthlinks, host Deb Biechler talks with Susan Sanford who works at the Office of Lakes and Watersheds about Take a Stake in Our Waters. Take a Stake in Our waters is a year round event of different volunteer opportunities. Some of the opportunities include river cleanups and trash collections, but there are also […]
Earthlinks: Ticks 2
This week on Earthlinks, host Deb Biechler talks to us about ticks. Joining her is Michael Hillstrom, who is from the DNR. Michael gives tips on preventing and dealing with ticks. To start off Michael talks to us about methods to help reduce ticks with proper repellent, long sleeves, and clothes treated with insecticide. He recommends […]
Invasive Plants
On this week’s episode of Earthlinks, host Deb Biechler talks about nature’s most lethal plants and how they affect our environment. To help answer some questions, she speaks with Michael Putnam, a Wisconsin DNR Invasive Plants Environmental Specialist, to help her gain clarity on how powerful these plants are. The main two plants discussed throughout […]
Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters
Earthlink’s Deb Beichler is speaking today with Angela West Blank, Director of Strategic Development at the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters. This year, WLCV is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To celebrate, the group is holding an event they are calling “Revvin’ It Up For Conservation” at the Goodman Community Center on June 8th. The event will […]
Protect Our Pollinators
On this week’s Earthlinks, host Deb Biechler explores what we can do to help sustain bees and other pollinators in our community. To find answers to this question, she spoke with Michael Murray, a pesticide specialist at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and Elizabeth Meils, a state apiarist. Both say that […]
Water
On this week’s episode of Earthlinks, host Deb Biechler discusses the contamination that affects the water residents need for every day survival. She talks with Kerry Schumann from the Wisconsin Conservation about how residents can talk to their representatives about the importance of clean water. Imagine turning on your water and having brown fetid water […]