Wisconsin DNR

Black bear sightings are on the rise in southern Wisconsin. Over the last couple of weeks, black bears have been spotted in Waukesha County, Mount Horeb and in the Madison area.

We explore a natural area in southwest Wisconsin. The Kickapoo Valley Reserve not only features trout streams and water coming down over rock ledges but also holds great Indigenous significance.

Wisconsin established its first wolf management plan in 1999 when the species' numbers gradually grew after being extirpated decades earlier. That plan set a goal to sustain a 350-wolf population. Now the DNR proposes eliminating a number and instead relying on an adaptive management approach.

Wisconsin DNR staff shared some updates with Marinette and neighboring Town of Peshtigo residents and listened to their concerns Wednesday. They're some of the people contending with PFAS-contaminated private wells. This week marked the 18th listening session since they first convened in July 2019.

The Wisconsin DNR unveiled an interactive tool that lays out locations throughout the state impacted by the chemicals grouped under the umbrella term PFAS. In the meantime, communities are already grappling with contaminated drinking water.

As avian virus strain HPAI continues to kill birds including waterfowl, Wisconsin DNR urges hunters to take commonsense precautions.

The board tasked with overseeing the state’s department of natural resources met in northern Wisconsin Wednesday, where conversations took both anticipated and unanticipated twists from wolf management to internal politics.

James Kroll was hired by then Gov. Scott Walker in 2012 to critique the state of the Wisconsin's deer management program. Ten years later, Kroll reports back to the Natural Resources Board.

A Bubbler Talk listener sent us a question asking why Wisconsin's only urban state forest, Havenwoods, was created.

Conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court block a citizens group from challenging a DNR land swap.