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Posted inInfrastructure, Latest News, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality and Restoration Efforts, Wisconsin

Wisconsin DNR expands private well PFAS testing to five Oneida County townships

by WXPR July 2, 2025November 8, 2025

People on private wells in five Oneida County Townships may be offered free PFAS testing.

Posted inLatest News, Politics, Policy, Environmental Justice, Region, The States, Wisconsin

It’s ‘all hands on deck’ as hot temps and strong winds bring high risk of wildfires to the Northwoods

by WXPR May 16, 2025
Posted inBeaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and Sailing, Connect, Invasive Species, Latest News, Live, News, Play, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Science, Technology, Research, Work

Cougar cubs found in U.P. for first time in more than a century

by WXPR March 14, 2025November 7, 2025
Posted inLatest News, News

Where is the heavy, wet snow this winter?

by WXPR February 24, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Climate Change, Featured, Forests and Plants, Guest Article, Industry, Energy, Economic Development, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Wisconsin

The Northwoods is now a month into unusually early maple tapping season

by WXPR March 13, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, Forests and Plants, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Region, Science, Technology, Research, Wisconsin

Ottawa National Forest creates shaded fuel brakes to help protect communities from wildfires

by WXPR March 1, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inFeatured, History and Culture, Indigenous Communities, Latest News, News, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Wisconsin

Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe Winter Games go on despite little snow on the ground

by WXPR February 26, 2024November 8, 2025

Latest News

  • Winter road salt is threatening Lake Simcoe and Ontario watersheds year-round
    Salt used to remove ice from roadways is collecting in Simcoe's watershed — a source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.
  • Great Lakes water levels decline from record highs: What the forecast says
    Over the next six months, the Army Corps predicts water levels will stay below long-term averages on all Great Lakes, except possibly Lake Ontario.
  • Shipwreck hunter discovers sunken 150-year-old luxury liner off the coast of Wisconsin
    The Great Lakes are seeing a "golden age" of shipwreck discoveries, says Wisconsin maritime historian.

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