WI for Public Lands

We fight to preserve funding for our public lands, one of our most important shared resources.

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Over 100 acres burned in over 35 wildfires today in Wisconsin.

Sunday's forecast calls for continued critical fire weather. Fire danger is expected to remain high to very high across the state.

Stay updated on the rapidly changing conditions at https://t.co/7PsbvTootw

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Good winter hike today along the MIlwaukee River on urban public lands, some of which were bought with Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding. Good to see folks fishing the open areas of the river in January!

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Support continues to grow statewide for a program that uses public funds to protect land and water and to provide for recreational opportunities and responsible forestry, according to a poll.

“The support for conservation funding is at an all-time high.”
https://t.co/48kNjGG8Fc

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Efforts to restore and protect the Great Lakes will continue under a bipartisan bill to extend funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The program has invested $2.7 billion into cleaning up hotspots and restoring habitats on the Great Lakes.
https://t.co/usdLyg4My9

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The Trump administration is rushing to approve a final wave of large-scale mining and energy projects on federal lands, encouraged by investors who want to try to ensure the projects move ahead even after President-elect Biden takes office.

https://t.co/30m4jKHMGY

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The adult loon population in Northern Wisconsin has declined by more than 20 percent in the past three decades. And these days, loons are having fewer chicks.

https://t.co/1xDWVVdFcu

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“They don’t even want to hear from the people who are impacted. If anything, not being willing to hear from the public demonstrates that they know this is terrible policy and terrible politics.”

https://t.co/VbK9LzAUsD

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The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will likely perish as a result.
https://t.co/VZP2ITvQkR

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The Trump administration has called for oil and gas firms to pick spots where they’d like to drill on Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it races to open the pristine wilderness to development and lock in drilling rights before Biden takes office.
https://t.co/sVaVezMboX

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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have vowed to not only restore the Utah monuments, but designate new protected sites to safeguard ecologically important landscapes and combat the global climate crisis.
https://t.co/Y1HgvEnPaP

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Beginning on Veterans Day this Wednesday, U.S. veterans and Gold Star families will gain lifetime access to America’s national parks, wildlife refuges and other public federal lands, according to a news release by the National Park Service.

https://t.co/1W08xu7yu7

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High temperatures in Wisconsin are leading to blooms of blue-green algae in some lakes.

It’s not unusual to see blooms in the fall but rising temperatures could make them more frequent later in the year. https://t.co/NiSXGEEy2k

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Here are nine things Mr. Biden may do early on to put the United States back on a path to addressing climate change.

https://t.co/UR2KupS6Te

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The Department of the Interior failed to meet Tuesday’s deadline to submit a list of projects it wants to fund in fiscal year 2021 with money earmarked by the Great American Outdoors Act.
https://t.co/BiHRwLase1

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Trump will open up all 16.7 million acres of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest to logging and other forms of development - one of the most sweeping public lands rollbacks ever enacted. https://t.co/qOI5yIGfGD

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In 2020, we face massive unemployment and a host of environmental problems that need fixing.

Nearly a century after the original CCC came into being, some folks argue it’s time to bring it back.
https://t.co/0K7cRqvwlG

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Tucked into the eastern side of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the waterfall is closer to Canada than Wisconsin.

But there’s a reason the waterfall is one of the most photographed in the state. If you’re ever remotely close, it’s worth a detour to visit.
https://t.co/WUCL3HH6vr

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A pristine natural area in a part of the county known as "The Ledge" could soon be set aside for public enjoyment. Fond du Lac County is poised to purchase a 24.6-acre parcel along U.S. 151 in the town of Taycheedah to preserve as a nature conservancy.
https://t.co/numIMBK2aM

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Unlike other national scenic trails like the Appalachian or Pacific Crest trails, the Ice Age Trail is only about two-thirds complete.  

There are 675 miles of completed trail, with the remaining 400-plus miles consisting of connecting routes.
https://t.co/qpcR1asq9n

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced Friday that Gibraltar Rock in Columbia County and Dells of the Wisconsin River in Adams County will reopen, effective immediately. https://t.co/pWyXRKA3vo