WORT 89.9FM Madison · Wisconsin PFAS Standards Not Up To Snuff After years of grassroots lobbying, Wisconsin will finally adopt regulatory standards governing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as […]
New Domains: Wisconsin DNR Branches Out on TikTok
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 […]
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 […]
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.
