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WEBPhytoremediation is the process of using plants to clean up waste.It’s been used across the U.S. on sites like landfills, mines, and urban brownfields.The U.S. Forest Service Northern Research Lab in Rhinelander has become a leader in a specific phytoremediation method. It’s been working to share that method with Forest Service partners ...
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WEBWXPR Concert Series. Local News. Local News. Wong Maye-E. /. AP. Wisconsin city's mailing of duplicate absentee ballots raises confusion, questions over elections. Scott Bauer Associated Press. When the elections clerk in Wisconsin’s heavily Democratic capital city of Madison announced on Monday that duplicate absentee ballots had mistakenly ...
The Aftermath of Tribe Termination - WXPR
WEBFeb 17, 2021 · The Indian Termination Act of the 1950s was a misguided attempt to alleviate economic hardship on Reservations by terminating tribal sovereignty and relocating Native peoples to urban areas where they could find work and be assimilated. The act had a significant impact on Wisconsin’s Menominee Tribe. It also led to the founding of the ...
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Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show - WXPR
WEBNov 13, 2019 · In August of 1900, Buffalo Bill brought his Wild West Show to northern Wisconsin. The show had three stops: Green Bay, Rhinelander, and Ashland, and August 9, 1900, was Buffalo Bill Day in Rhinelander. Thousands of people from all over the Northwoods flocked to Rhinelander for the event. The show traveled by rail in those days, and at 10:00 am ...
Highway K Closed for New Bridge, Vilas County Road Project …
WEBJul 27, 2021 · Ken Anderson. Vilas County highway commissioner Troy Schalinske provided an update on current projects on county trunk highways last week the most significant was immediately closing Highway K west at the bridge over the Wisconsin River that was scheduled for replacement. Originally, the proposed replacement bridge was widened to …
Jacqueline Froelich - WXPR
WEBJan 22, 2019 · Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative journalist and has been a news producer for KUAF National Public Radio since 1998. She covers politics, the environment, energy, business, education, history, race and culture. Her radio segments have been nationally syndicated. She is also a station-based national correspondent for NPR in Washington DC., and recipient of eight national and state ...
The Relationship Between Wolves and Deer - WXPR
WEBMar 15, 2018 · In this week's episode of Wildlife Matters, the Masked Biologist examines the predator prey relationship of wolves and deer. From time to time I receive an account from a reliable source about what I assume was a well-meaning sportsman who interrupted a wolf that was in the process of killing a deer. Sometimes people find a partially eaten ...
Despite inflation, lumber prices have returned to pre-pandemic
WEBPublished January 4, 2023 at 4:30 PM CST. Listen • 1:08. Nasdaq. Lumber prices fell steadily during the second half of 2022, marking a return to pre-pandemic prices. Inflation was a topic that dominated many conversations in 2022. But as the price of eggs and gasoline climbed, the price of another hot commodity moved in the opposite direction ...
A New Streetscape and New Businesses on 5th: Antigo Seeks to
WEBMay 13, 2021 · But the city is envisioning a new peak in the near future, in part thanks to downtown businesses like Flowers from the Heart on 5 th, which has operated in Crandon for 35 and just expanded to Antigo. Credit Ben Meyer/WXPR. The Hoffman House first opened in 1884 in downtown Antigo, but the historic bar and restaurant hasn't served a meal since 1992.