Last year, the UW Health Transplant Center performed more than 520 organ transplants. But demand for healthy organs continues to far exceed the supply. UW Health says more living donors is the answer.

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From "Sacred Earth" to "Devil's Lake" and from farmland to a munitions factory, a Ho-Chunk Nation citizen and a Wisconsin historian share the crucial life lessons inherent in the history of the Badger Lands.

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Gardening season is in full bloom in Wisconsin, but while your perennials and their pollinators are peaking, so too are those nasty plant diseases that can filter into your flowers and victimize your vegetables.

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If you think you're seeing less nature on your nature walks or fewer birds while birding, you're not wrong. WPR's Lee Rayburn spoke with a researcher on Wisconsin's striking biodiversity loss — and how we can get it back.

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