TikTok has quickly become one of the top social media apps for young people. But accounts representing local and state government are rare on the video sharing platform. One of the few success stories is the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. We spoke with Katie Grant, the Digital Communications Section Chief of the WI DNR, […]
Water Resources from Salmon Spills to Agricultural Runoff
Monday host Patty Peltekos talks about all kinds of water resource issues on this edition of a Public Affair. First, she gives an overview of two September 15th public hearings by the DNR: one in Green Bay discussing proposed changes to state law regarding agricultural runoff onto a type of soil called karst; the […]
Walker's Budget Slams Conservation
Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters director Kerry Schumann will tell us about Conservation Lobby day at the Capitol.
An Ecological Forecast
Stream ecologist Mike Miller will talk to us about “phenology” — or the study of what’s happening now, out there, in the environment.
More Rain = More Local Flooding
On July 29th, Gary Heinrichs, flood plain program manager and planner at the WI DNR, joined our host Brian Standing on the 8 O’clock Buzz to discuss floodplains and how flood prediction affects building zoning and insurance.
