Earth Day

In northeastern Wisconsin, a young program called “Medicine Fish” is connecting Menominee tribal youth to nature. Fly fishing was the first tool. Now, buffalo are being reintroduced to heal both the land and people.

Sisters Karen and Jennifer Lemke visited more than 50 parks to put together the accessible field guide. They consider it a showcase of the city they love and a vision for an inclusive future.

The BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin recently donated 20 “birding kit” backpacks to neighborhood centers and schools across Madison and Milwaukee.

In 1970, an environmental movement unfolded and it resulted in calls for action. We meet several people who were part of what would be a pivotal environmental event.

Advocates say a large conservation project proposed in northern Wisconsin makes both financial and ecological sense, but this week a state Legislative committee denied stewardship funding. It’s a complicated story that illustrates Wisconsin’s cloudy conservation funding landscape.

Landscape architect and restoration team Nancy Aten and Dan Collins will hold the second Land Restoration School this summer at the UW-Milwaukee Field Station. Grappling with our stressed environment and the life within it represents a daunting challenge, but people and programs are stepping up and leading by example to address it.

Outside of Baraboo, Wisconsin, where restoration pioneer Aldo Leopold and his family once stewarded the land, is where conservationists are being nurtured today.

Eleven tribal nations steward vast stretches of Wisconsin's natural resources. Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins, Jr. shares his perspective on sharing the earth's resources.

Every living thing in our complex ecosystems is critical as they comprise the biodiversity that sustains our lives. But humans have been tampering with the natural world for centuries. Earth Week 2023 starts with an exploration of regions in Wisconsin that are key to conserving what’s driving decline and what’s being done to reduce loss.

WUWM has been reporting on ways individuals are taking small steps to reduce their carbon footprint. We consider a decision some are making as their final climate-sensitive act: a green burial.