Chronic Wasting Disease, (CWD) was first found in the Wisconsin White Tail Deer population in 2001. In this update, Perpetual Notion Machine host Robert W. Monthey welcomes Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Health Conservation Specialist, Amanda Kamps. Monthey and Kamps talk about the history of chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin, and how the disease […]
Landfill Regulation and the Role of the Wisconsin DNR
If a landfill’s liner springs a leak, harmful chemicals can leach into the groundwater, making it unsafe to drink. Joe Lourigan is a hydrogeologist with the Department of Natural Resources, or DNR, which regulates and monitors landfills across the state. There are many types of environmental monitoring that can go into landfill safety. But Lourigan says […]
WI DNR can finally regulate groundwater contamination sources
Well, it took 10 years — but finally the Wisconsin DNR is permitted to create reasonable regulations for waste discharge and management of factory farms to help provide the state’s residents with clean water — so says the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a July 8th ruling. According to Tony Gilbart and Andrea Gelatt from the […]
Operation Wolf Patrol and Wisconsin’s Controversial Wolf Hunt
Wisconsin’s wolf hunt earlier this year drew national criticism. Non-Native hunters killed 216 wolves, far exceeding their quota and wiping out twenty percent of the state’s wolf population in three days. For this show, Monday host Patty Peltekos spends the hour with Joe Brown, director of the documentary film Operation Wolf Patrol, which follows the […]
Don’t dam it: proposed legislation would set new standards for beave...
A newly proposed bill would implement new management standards for Wisconsin’s beaver and muskrat populations. The bill, proposed by State Rep. James Edming – a Republican from Glen Flora in the Northwoods – would permit state and municipal agents to gun down beavers and muskrats within fifty feet of a road. Under current state law, […]
Governor Evers announces legal actions against PFAS polluters
Wisconsin’s Department of Justice — alongside the Department of Administration — is taking the first steps towards legal action against PFAS polluters. In a statement, Governor Tony Evers announced that he and Attorney General Josh Kaul have directed the Department of Administration to identify outside law firms to represent the state. The final decision on […]
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