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How Heavy Flooding Can Damage Drinking Water Quality

WisContext

Heavy rainstorms in northwestern Wisconsin on Monday, July 11, led to flooding throughout the region. The flooding also poses a less visible, but still significant threat: It can result in more contaminants in the area's drinking water supplies.

Series: Drinking Water Quality

What Karst Is, And How It Affects Wisconsin's Drinking Water

Scott Gordon

WisContext

Any serious look at Wisconsin's geology and groundwater will at some point likely encounter the term "karst." The concept is hardly specific to Wisconsin, but it's helpful for understanding the land and drinking water across much of the state.

Creating A 21st Century Park System For Brown County

Allyson Watson

University of Wisconsin-Extension

Now the largest age-based demographic in the United States, millennials are setting a growing cultural tone for how consumer products and workplace practices are experienced. This cohort is also increasingly driving how local communities think about the services and public spaces they provide.

Series: Civic Science In Wisconsin

Series: Wisconsin's Bats And White-Nose Syndrome

Watching The Bats Of Wisconsin

Karen Faster

WisContext

From loon-watchers to fighters of invasive species, Wisconsin is home to many groups engaged in citizen science. One example of a citizen science effort of this type in the state is the Wisconsin Bat Monitoring Project.

Series: CAFOs, Manure And Water

Bayfield County Confronts Challenges Of Regulating A Potential CAFO

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The debate over a proposed large hog operation in Bayfield County raises questions over how much power Wisconsin's local governments have to regulate farms.

Series: Local Food Science

Seed To Kitchen Collaborative Seeks More Flavors For Local Produce

Kristian Knutsen

WisContext

While local food can be viewed as both an eternal and contemporary concept, a basic way-of-life present throughout humanity's history and a fashionable type of grocery purchase, the science behind what it is and means is still taking shape.

The Story Of Urbanization In A Soda Bottle

Audio:

Erika Janik

Wisconsin Public Radio

A bottle from the old Cassel Soda Company in White Fish Bay tells the story of resorts and urbanization in early 20th century Wisconsin.

Series: Local Food Science

For Wisconsin's Consumers, 'Local' Food Means Produced Within The State

Bret Shaw

UW-Madison

Laura Witzling

UW-Madison

David Trechter

UW-Extension

Wisconsin consumers widely agree that "local" food means food grown within the state. However, most Wisconsin shoppers do not consider food grown in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota to be "local," a new statewide survey shows.

A New Wisconsin Prairie Takes Shape At Badger Ammo

Scott Gordon

WisContext

The Badger Army Ammunition Plant, located just south of Devil's Lake State Park in Sauk County, produced smokeless powder, rocket propellant and other explosive materials used in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Now, the site is in the midst of a gradual transition into its next chapter.

Series: Local Food Science

University of Wisconsin Gets Involved In Local Food Movement

Video:

Andy Soth

PBS Wisconsin

UW-Madison researchers are helping extend the science behind the farm to table movement. Its idea is to source more food from local farms to improve nutritional opportunities and local economies.