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12:31 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Burning A Forest To Save It

Credit US Forestry Service
File: A US Forestry Service worker starts a prescribed burn using a drip torch.

The U.S. Forest Service is planning a prescribed burn in part of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Bayfield County this weekend. 

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Environment
7:37 pm
Wed May 22, 2013

Walker Pushes Proposal To Increase Northern Wisconsin Walleye Stock

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A new proposal would dramatically increase the number of walleye in northern Wisconsin lakes by stocking up to 120,000 extra fingerlings every year.

  A proposal to dramatically increase the number of walleye stocked in northern Wisconsin lakes is getting good reviews.

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Environment
5:14 pm
Wed May 22, 2013

High Capacity Well Proposals May Soon Bypass Environmental Impact Challenges

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High capacity wells are often used for crop irrigation. It may be soon be more difficult to challenge well development on the grounds of environmental impact.

  Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee approved a plan last night making it harder to challenge applications for high capacity wells.

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