Encyclopedia of Wisconsin Environmental History

Baird Creek Park Way, Fall 2015, by David Voelker

WELCOME! Click here for more information about the EWEH. This site is a work in progress. Editing is currently limited to UWGB students enrolled in History 290 during the Spring 2023 semester. See: Policies for guidelines. See 290 Peer Review Assignment for the plan for the final week of class.

FEATURED ARTICLES:

• Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (Singc17)
• Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Pollution (Kornrj27)
• Leopold, Aldo (Freebr23)
• Mining in 19th Century Wisconsin (RLauth)
• Transition Milwaukee (schoar10)

Articles

About Articles

Spring 2023 Articles for History 290: Craft of History:

• Environmental Education in Northeast Wisconsin (Damianwennesheimer (talk))
• Interstate 43: A “Dramatic and Most Democratic” Debate (Stuekr03)
• The History of The Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Bluma29)
• Gregby Building Project and Downtown Green Bay(farrkm14)
• League of Women Voters of Greater Green Bay (ramii21]])
• UWGB Student Activism (Candlr11)
• UWGB Students Protest Vietnam War (Sheink29)

Spring 2019 Articles for History 290: Craft of History:

(Craft of History: Spring 2019)

• Crandon Mine
• Green Bay Mayor's Beautification Committee
• Students To Oppose Pollution (S.T.O.P.)
• I-43 Controversy
• Edward Weidner's Environmental Vision

Fall 2018 Articles: Use format: *[[Title]] ([[username]])

• (Enter first article here.)
• Aztalan State Park (pedele05)
• Strawberry Creek (hawktj09)
• Willow River State Park (jordre21)
• UW Arboretum (Madison) (Wyngma02)
• Fort McCoy (winkmd09)
• Milwaukee County Zoo (nordam08) (vanert18)
• Oak Wilt (falamj27)
• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Sustainable Yield (McCannRR)
• Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (gilds06)
• Cofrin Biodiversity Center (helitc11)
• Kohler Golf Course (with land taken from Kohler-Andrae State Park) (najaed02)
• Fondy Food Center (Milwaukee) (smitim26)
• Bay Beach Waterfront (huemhm09)
• Gaylord Nelson Wilderness Area (SINGSR19)
• Rain Gardens (leggcc24)
• Invasive Species (heisma09)(Longjr08)
• Driftless Region (Jaycrymz])
• Feral Pigs (debozj13)
• Kettle Moraine State Forest (wolfej12) (willbj31)
• Long Tail Unit, Green Bay West Shore State Wildlife Area (Bornze12)
• Cofrin Arboretum (kaatjl29)
• Richter Museum UWGB (philbr)
• Logging (Rietcm08)(Stanjd28)

All Articles: Use format: *[[Title]] ([[username]])

• Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (arenmk10)
• Asian Carp (tdpelot24)
• Back Forty Mine (peplwj23)
• Baird Creek Greenway (weinpo24)
• Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (Kendra M) (Pionln20) (gilds06)
• Beef Industry (ARNEIA07 and (Zach A)])
• Bookworm Gardens (Grabja15)
• Botanical Gardens (Gilds06)
• Brown County Reforestation Camp (RussellBablitch)
• Cana Island Lighthouse (Kaziquad)
• Cave Point County Park (Herdcc02)
• Cedarburg Bog (renkmp11) (KRAUCR22)
• Central Wisconsin Chapter of Trout Unlimited (Reinam16)
• Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (Singc17)
• Clean Wisconsin (Mehlke)
• Crossroads At Big Creek (Sturgeon Bay)(Andeej14)
• Dairy Industry (breibi19) (Strej11)
• Devil's Lake State Park (moemm27)
• Dream Time Village (Ruthae23 S18)
• Earth Day in Wisconsin (baueab)
• Edgewood College (wuenab03)
• Eisenbahn State Trail (krambn18)
• Emerald Ash Borer (daniaj26)
• Emma Toft (Makayla S)
• Environmental History (voelkerd)
• Factory Farming (condnc11)
• Farmory Green Bay (Breijt23)
• Fish Population (Possml19)
• Fishing, Sport (Lake Michigan) (Gabby Z)
• Fonferek Glen County Park (buckdj25)
• Food Co-ops (zintlm12)
• Forestry, Menominee (DerickG)
• Fort McCoy (leonka15)
• Fox River Improvements (folzsj23)
• Fox River Pollution (Schem25)
• Fox River (ogle14)
• Fox Valley River Pollution Effects (Wesner24) (Winkmd09)
• Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance (hackss21) (mccuac28)
• Fracking/Sand mining (Luedza06)
• Frederick Law Olmsted (Kelljg11)
• Gibbs Lake Park (Kats1994$)
• Glacial Drumlin Heritage Area (wyngma02)
• Gogebic Taconite Mine Project (Edercj30)
• Great Lakes Compact (bohlea11)
• Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (behnam32)
• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (klavmm28)
• Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Pollution (Kornrj27)
• Green Bay Botanical Garden (Wardrl09)
• Green Bay Garden Blitz - (marhns29)
• Green Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Saleer26)
• Greendale, WI (trelmn26)
• ‎‎Growing Power Milwaukee (sicupj05)
• Gypsy Moth (Mijaej14)
• High Cliff State Park (milltl01)
• High Wind Community (grotdl05)
• Homestead Act (larskj09) (stebbe05)
• Honey Creek Watershed-Health of the Tributary (GORRB05)
• Horicon Marsh (reynca12)
• Hunting, Waterfowl (fiscmd24)
• Hunting, Wolves and Reintroducing Species (Nick E.)
• Hunting, Wolves (Wichsm10)
• Ice Age Trail (gonrbm26)
• International Crane Foundation (hammjm18)
• Iron Mining (grifdj05)
• John Muir (Wisconsin years) (Roseal18)
• Kate Farley Test page (farleyk)
• Kickapoo Reserve (Nicolemurph)
• Kohler-Andrae State Park (GlavHe11) (vojtbe26)
• Lake Winnebago and Blue-Green Algae (vandrc18)
• Land Ethics (Michael S)
• Land Trusts (Warjam)
• Lapham, Increase (Rotzem11)
• Lead Contamination (taylcb13)
• Lead Mining (bpfitzinger)
• Leopold, Aldo (Freebr23)
• Menominee Forestry (Joseph)
• Michael Fields Agriculture Institute (Cravnw06)
• Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service - (MOSES) (Guexla14)
• Midwest Renewable Energy Fair (TylerW)
• Milorganite in Milwaukee (degrtl13)
• Milwaukee Earth Poets (mlmurphy1995)
• Milwaukee River (vogeka04) (rohdcr14)
• Mining in 19th Century Wisconsin (RLauth)
• Nature Conservancy (Craira29)
• Navarino Nature Center (wilcle25)
• Nelson, Gaylord (glucer27)
• New Leaf Market (Catejd11)
• NEW Zoo (Peplinskiwj23)
• Newport State Park (JERAA14)
• Northland College - (mmarsh78)
• Oak Leaf Trail (Hafej16)
• Ojibwe Spearfishing Controversy (Isaknw28)
• Omro Arboretum, Cyclocross Course, and Fitness Trail (Nateerck23)
• Oneida Land Ethics and Conservation Efforts in Wisconsin (Alex Torres)
• Oneida Nation of Wisconsin (ostesb14)
• Organic Valley (ampadm18)
• Peninsula State Park (Todd Hegbloom)
• Peshtigo Fire (Melodysmith)
• Phragmites Australis (Pantjr10) (currently under revision by HIMMKP10)
• Potawatomi State Park (neitme28)
• Protection of Wisconsin Waterways (Xionsa11)
• Radon in Wisconsin (burrwc28)
• Red Arrow Park (angljt28)
• Richard Bong State Recreation Area (lindzm24)
• Ridges Sanctuary (maceml18, krogkk31)
• Riveredge Nature Center(geibmm03)
• Round Goby (Allelj)
• Save the Bay Initiative (mwoulf)
• Schlitz-Audubon Nature Center - (murrel26)
• Shalom Wildlife Zoo (poncta12)
• Shipwrecks of The Great Lakes S18 (Kaziquad)
• Sierra Club: John Muir Chapter (Ryan G.)
• SS Badger (tdpelot24)
• Stephenson, Isaac: Portrait of a 19th Century Lumber Baron (Michael D.)
• Sturgeon Bay canal (rowecr17) (rosiec28)
• Terrell's Island Trail - (makucj26)
• Tourism and Recreation in Wisconsin (vandjr18)
• Transition Milwaukee (schoar10)
• Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center (valelj29)
• Urban Ecology Center (Borcrm02)
• Van Loon Wildlife Area (hers27)
• Victory Garden Initiative (schmjm02)
• Wehr Nature Center - (wisnan28)
• Wetlands, Restoration (Colinmurphy)
• Wetlands (kvigsp10)
• Wheat production, rise and fall (WEGNAM10)
• Whitefish Dunes State Park (Rabafm19)
• Wild Ones (Founded by Lorrie Otto) (Mengdt12)
• Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame (kaneea18)
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Pagesf08)
• Wisconsin Environmental Groups (Poesla29)
• Wisconsin Farmers Union (Jaegtj15, piasja24)
• Wisconsin Geography (Wyatt Leanna)
• Zebra Mussels (vandad16)

Essays:

About Essays

• Baird Creek Watershed and Sustainability (Sketch)
• Factory Farming-Animal Cruelty (AshleyEcker)
• Mining at Mt. Whittlesey (makaby2)

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