President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for 2019 will include massive cuts to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The budget cuts will decrease the funding for the initiative from $298 million to only $30 million. According to the Great Lakes Restoration website, the initiative was launched in 2010 “to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the largest system of fresh surface ... Read More »
Although the campus garden may still be covered in snow, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Student’s for Sustainability officers know that spring is just around the corner. The group is already planning for spring planting. Kelli Johnson, junior environmental education major and Students for Sustainability garden coordinator, said they are currently choosing what varieties of vegetables to grow and have ordered ... Read More »
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is appealing a court decision to revoke eight high-capacity well permits. The circuit court decision to revoke the permits was made in October and filed by the environmental group Clean Wisconsin. The permits were originally issued in 2016, after Brad Schimel, state attorney general, stated that the DNR does not have the authority to ... Read More »
The Wisconsin Center for Wildlife at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is hosting its fourth lecture series, “Fish and Wildlife of the Great Lakes Region.” The seminar series gives students an opportunity to learn from experienced professionals on topics that may not be covered in their ordinary class material. Scott Hygnstrom, director of the Wisconsin Center for Wildlife, said that ... Read More »
Central Rivers Farmshed will be buzzing on Saturday, March 17, as Buzz Vahradian presents a beekeeping workshop. Vahradian, a 1979 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has been beekeeping for 24 years and owns a small business, V’s Bees in Wautoma. The workshop will focus on a number of topics including honeybee biology, when and where to get bees, required ... Read More »
Farmshed Growing Collective started its registration in January and is accepting new applicants until March 15. This is an opportunity for community members to contribute to the spread of local produce and learn to take care of thousands of different plants. The profits will go towards raising awareness and improvement of Farmshed’s downtown site. “The collective started in 2013 and is now over ... Read More »
The Trump administration imposed a tariff on imported solar panels this January. Robert Lighthize, U.S. trade representative, said that the tariff comes at the recommendation of the Trade Policy Committee based on information that U.S. producers were being hurt by imports. “The President’s action makes clear again that the Trump administration will always defend American workers, farmers, ranchers and businesses ... Read More »
On January 31, Donald (Justin) Isherwood, a Plover potato farmer, won a multi-year battle with the Portage County Drainage Board. In 2013, Isherwood restored a drainage ditch into a successful brook trout habitat, that the Drainage Board believed obstructed drainage of surrounding fields. During the summer of 2016, the board removed the project three weeks before Isherwood could make his ... Read More »
The city of Racine requested to withdraw an average of 7 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan for the Foxconn plant. Thirty-nine percent of the water would be consumed daily and not be returned to the Great Lakes due to evaporation or incorporation into the product. According to the Department of Natural Resources website, the DNR received ... Read More »
Consumer concern over animal welfare and sustainability has generated a plethora of food options aimed at meeting this growing market. With so much variety, even simple choices like what to buy at the grocery store can be difficult for shoppers trying to make the “right” decision. There are very few federal regulations which deal with animal welfare. One of these ... Read More »
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