Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine learns how new advanced technology helps in gathering data on wildlife diversity and the health of ecosystems. Will Cushman welcomes Phil Townsend, professor in forest and wildlife ecology at UW-Madison, as his guest. Phil explains that for any ecosystem to remain healthy and vibrant depends on a wide range of […]
New UW Study: Killing Wolves is not the Answer
For many years, conservationists with the state and federal governments in the upper midwest have been divided about what to do with so-called “problem wolves.” Although gray wolves do not attack humans, they do sometimes prey on livestock — hey, who would turn down such an easy meal? When wolves kill horses or cows, farmers […]
More on Chronic Wasting Disease
Last week, PNM’s Lincoln Tice continued his discussion on hunting by talking with UW-Madison’s wildlife and forest ecologist Mike Samuels about Chronic Wasting Disease. That’s the prion induced encephalopathy that have infected Wisconsin’s deer population. Tonight, the Perpetual Notion Machine continues the discussion on CWD. Lincoln’s guest is Tami Ryan from Wildlife Management in the […]
Sustainability of Hunting
In tonight’s episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, Lincoln Tice investigates the sustainability of hunting, and particularly as a source of food. One of his guests is Keith Warnke, Natural Resources Program Specialist at the WI DNR, who organizes the DNR’s hunting education classes. Lincoln’s other guest is Kelly Maynard, who has been hunting for […]
Wisconsin’s Green Fire: WI Voices Reclaiming Conservation Leadership...
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources came into existence in its current form in 1967, under Republican governor Warren Knowles, but it has much deeper roots. Territorial laws governing fishing, trapping, water navigation and wildfires date back to the 1700s. In 1915 and 1917,the legislature created the Conservation Commission and many of the modern natural resource […]
Great Lakes Coalition: Healing Our Waters
The Laurentian Great Lakes are home not only to the earth’s largest area of freshwater, and a diverse and complex ecosystem, but also to North America’s largest agglomeration of urban population. Small wonder, then that the lakes face a bewildering array of challenges: from phosphorus pollution, to invasive species, to habitat loss, to volatile water […]