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Climate change in Wisconsin encompasses the effects of climate change attributed to man-made increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, in the U.S. state of Wisconsin including the environmental, economic, and social impacts. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, "Wisconsin's climate is changing.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources ( WDNR) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin charged with conserving and managing Wisconsin's natural resources. [ 3] The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has the authority to set policy for the WDNR. The WDNR is led by the Secretary, who is appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin. [ 4]
United States Army. Battles/wars. World War II. Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916 – July 3, 2005) was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of environmental activism.
A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials Thursday to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin pipeline, warning that the threat of a catastrophic spill would ...
Cream City Conservation founder on Wisconsin's environmental issues, DEI programs. August Ball, the CEO of Cream City Conservation at an event organized by the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust and ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Wisconsin designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations.
Crandon mine was a mine proposed for northeastern Wisconsin, USA.It was to be situated near the town of Crandon and the Mole Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Forest County.The mine was the center of a multi-decade political and regulatory battle between environmentalists, American Indian tribes, sportfishing groups, and the State of Wisconsin and several large mining corporations.
A bounty was put on wolves in 1865 in Wisconsin and they were thought to be completely eradicated from the state by 1960. In the 1960s and 1970s, national awareness of environmental issues and consequences led to the passage of laws designed to correct the mistakes of the past and help prevent similar mistakes in the future.