This summer, Wisconsin opened its first certified forest bathing trail in Vilas County. Forest bathing is the practice of getting immersed in nature to improve well-being, and one group took in the trail's restorative effects last month.

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A report filed with federal regulators estimates an August gas leak on Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin will cost at least $15.1 million.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources can now pursue special bag and size limits to aid struggling walleye populations.

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Wisconsin wildlife regulators say they’ve received more than 1,600 reports of dead deer in southeastern Wisconsin that are tied to the state’s largest outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease.

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U.S. and Canadian experts are urging government agencies to take swift action to address the threats posed by more frequent harmful algal blooms on Lake Superior.

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The head of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking Enbridge to halt work on a new stretch of its Line 5 pipeline around the site of a gas leak in Iron County, saying the company lacks state approvals.

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In the race for Wisconsin’s governor, Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and his Democratic opponent Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley share rare common ground on delisting wolves in Wisconsin.

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A gas leak that occurred last month on Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and gas pipeline is the largest oil and gas spill reported in Wisconsin in more than 50 years, according to a WPR review of federal data.

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Wild rice, or manoomin in the Ojibwe language, is culturally significant to northern Wisconsin tribes, and Wisconsin regulators are anticipating an increased wild rice harvest this year.

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Wisconsin wildlife regulators have now received almost 900 reports of dead deer in southeastern Wisconsin that are tied to an ongoing outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease.

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Enbridge now hopes to restore service to its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline by Tuesday after a gas leak in northern Wisconsin last week.

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Residents who have been struggling with PFAS contamination in northeastern Wisconsin are one step closer to securing safe water after lawmakers voted to release $10 million from the state’s PFAS trust fund.

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Enbridge says it’s temporarily halting work on rerouting its Line 5 oil and gas pipeline following a gas leak in Iron County on Tuesday.

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Enbridge says it’s working around the clock to safely remove remaining vapors from a stretch of its Line 5 pipeline following a gas leak in Iron County.

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Republican candidate for governor Tom Tiffany said Thursday he doesn't support President Donald Trump renaming Lake Ontario as a trade war intensifies with Wisconsin’s biggest trading partner.

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Scientists say the strengthening El Niño is likely to be the largest ever recorded, increasing the chances of a warmer fall and winter in Wisconsin.

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking Enbridge to halt work on its Line 5 reroute in response to a gas leak that began Tuesday.

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Enbridge has said a parked, unoccupied semi truck rolled into an open excavation site on a Line 5 valve project, striking the pipe and releasing natural gas liquids.

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For the first time in almost 50 years, a pair of endangered shorebirds have been spotted nesting  on one of the world’s largest freshwater sandbars on Lake Superior.

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Homes have been evacuated as a precaution after a gas leak occurred during work on Enbridge's Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in rural northern Wisconsin.

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