https://middlewisconsin.org Fairness. Respect. Community. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 03:48:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://middlewisconsin.org/wisconsin-legislators-introduce-rights-of-nature-bills/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:59 +0000 https://middlewisconsin.org/?p=13326   *photo credit: Rep. Vincent Miresse   Wisconsin Legislators Introduce Rights of Nature Bills   Wisconsin legislators celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day by introducing a package of bills at the State Capital that will go a long way to protecting our fragile and deteriorating environment in Wisconsin. Anahkwet (Guy Reiter) who is from the Menominee Nation […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/radical-climate-agenda/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:44 +0000 https://middlewisconsin.org/?p=13330 https://middlewisconsin.org/a-smart-investment-for-wisconsin/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:45:28 +0000 https://middlewisconsin.org/?p=13328 https://middlewisconsin.org/sacred-sites-not-corporate-influence-deserve-protection/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 04:45:07 +0000 https://middlewisconsin.org/?p=13307 After years of court battles, Kohler can begin construction of a luxury golf course on land eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and home to Native burial sites. A federally mandated 2018 archeological study of the original course unearthed human remains in seven locations. Kohler is now exploiting a legal loophole. After the courts revoked […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/protecting-wisconsin-waters/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:45:51 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=13035   Are we doing enough to protect our waters in Wisconsin? I have been keeping an eye on the potential for drilling at the Bend site in Taylor County for over a year and here we are seeing this come to fruition with no regard for social license. I look at the damage done by […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/honoring-the-gift-of-water/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:45:43 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=13049 https://middlewisconsin.org/june-2025-thomas-street-neighborhood-tour-with-the-friends-of-wausau-historic-landmarks/ Mon, 07 Jul 2025 04:45:27 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=13061   Citizens for a Clean Wausau and the Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks teamed up in the Thomas Street Neighborhood this month. With the Friends of Wausau Historic Landmarks, we learn about the history of Wausau, the ornate landmarks, the lumber barrons, and how Wausau was formed.  This month was a unique blend of the […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/the-backyard-incident/ Mon, 02 Jun 2025 04:45:49 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=13005   Every year a pair of robins take up residence on a back porch light outside our family back door. I am not sure why they chose this spot since it is precariously close to our comings and goings. They get upset at us every time a family member goes in or out the door. […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/the-environmental-cost-of-computers/ Mon, 05 May 2025 04:45:55 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=12946 https://middlewisconsin.org/fifty-five-earth-days-later-2/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:45:56 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=12926 https://middlewisconsin.org/earth-day-2025-2/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:45:50 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=12900 ]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/birding-by-ear/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:45:49 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=12931