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Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 2:29 PM CDT
|By Jeff Alexander
The number of property owners seeking emergency permits along Lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay has nearly doubled since the beginning of the year and is now approaching 500.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 2:59 PM CDT
|By Jeff Alexander
Already at record high levels, and still rising.
With each month that passes in 2020, water levels on lake Michigan and the Bay of Green Bay continue to break all-time records.
Updated: Jan. 23, 2020 at 1:58 PM CST
|By Jeff Alexander
Property owners along the Bay of Green Bay are scrambling to hire contractors to install flood protection systems to guard their homes and cottages.
And with water levels at record levels and forecasted to continue rising this spring, there's not enough contractors to go around.
That's why one local concrete company is now looking to get involved.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2019 at 8:29 AM CDT
|By Emily Boyer
Animal care experts are sounding the alarm over Halloween decoration which can be dangerous for wildlife.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2019 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By WSAW Staff
The Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) has awarded Citizens for a Clean Wausau (CCW) a $5,000 grant to continue their watchdog environmental efforts in Wausau.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2019 at 2:41 PM CDT
|By Jeff Alexander
Record high water levels with the water continuing to rise.
Recent data shows Lake Michigan has never been higher during the month of July, tied with 1986 for the high water mark.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2019 at 10:38 PM CDT
|By Kati Anderson
Shawano Lake is open for the summer after the federal government agreed to raise lake levels.
Updated: May. 28, 2019 at 9:17 PM CDT
|By Kati Anderson
Deer Run Dairy uses a machine called a methane digester, which turns manure into energy.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2019 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By NBC15 Staff
Miller Park will no longer offer plastic straws at games. Instead, paper straws will be available.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2019 at 3:49 PM CDT
|By Holly Chilsen
We talked with actress, activist and author Annabelle Gurwitch on NewsChannel 7 at 4 about ways to 'go green' ahead of Earth Day.
7 Day Forecast
Updated: Feb. 26, 2019 at 9:21 AM CST
|By Emily Boyer
Fishing, a way of life and favorite past time for many Wisconsinites, could soon see major changes.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2018 at 9:17 AM CST
Democratic Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer opposes the plan but may be unable to stop it.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2018 at 4:24 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
A wildlife worker says a four-foot long caiman found in Lake Michigan near Chicago would've been lucky to live a couple more weeks.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2018 at 9:57 PM CDT
|By WBAY
Thousand Islands Environmental Center in Kaukauna is taking a natural approach to having invasive species removed.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2018 at 7:41 AM CDT
|By Associated Press
An organization that represents states in the Great Lakes region says governments should push harder to protect water quality through use of "green infrastructure."
Updated: Sep. 14, 2018 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By Emily Davies
As the deer bow hunting season opens Saturday, the old rules for moving deer in counties with chronic wasting disease remains the same.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2018 at 8:39 AM CDT
|By CBS News Carter Evans
Ocean experts are hopeful.
Updated: Jul. 10, 2018 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Brennen Scarborough
People who have spent most of their time outside this summer are seeing just how many mosquitoes there are.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2018 at 9:49 PM CDT
|By WEAU
Stanley Correctional Institution giving back to the environment.
Updated: May. 20, 2018 at 8:17 AM CDT
A recent study of 35 national parks found the waters off an island in northwestern Wisconsin had the highest concentration of plastic pollution.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2017 at 2:34 PM CDT
Man plans to swim across the Pacific Ocean to help researchers collect data.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2017 at 7:30 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Lake Erie water levels have risen to a near record high, causing flood concern for nearby homeowners.
Updated: Jun. 8, 2017 at 2:34 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
A new U.S. study of polar bears off Alaska's coasts says faster-moving sea ice brought on by rapid global warming is adding to the animals' physiological stress.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2017 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
A growing number of U.S. colleges say they're committed to fight climate change despite President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from an international pact.
Updated: May. 25, 2017 at 8:50 PM CDT
|By WBAY
Memorial Day weekend boaters will notice something different about the water in the Menasha Lock canal.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2017 at 8:55 PM CDT
|By WBAY
The Department of Natural Resources was on full alert Monday with all but five Wisconsin counties having high or very high fire danger risk.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2017 at 3:14 PM CST
|By Associated Press
Officials in Southern California are crying foul after more than 140 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Tijuana River in Mexico and flowed north of the border for more than two weeks.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2016 at 8:06 PM CST
|By WZAW Staff
After the US Army Corps of Engineers halts the Dakota Access Pipeline project, Monica Hannan, evening anchor from our sister station KFYR-TV in Bismark, ND explains political motivations behind the project and how outside groups, including Wisconsin protesters and law enforcement influenced the project.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2016 at 1:48 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
The federal government is handing out $2 million to cities along the Great Lakes to cut down storm water runoff and improve water quality at beaches.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2016 at 4:11 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
An environmental group is suing the state for approving oil well injections into a federally protected aquifer near California's Central Coast.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2016 at 12:09 PM CDT
|By Associated Press
Jimmy Fallon will be in charge of the 2017 Golden Globe Awards.
Updated: May. 5, 2016 at 6:32 AM CDT
|By WSAW Staff
State officials say 11 of 30 wells tested in northeastern Wisconsin are contaminated with salmonella or rotavirus.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2016 at 9:25 PM CST
|By Associated Press
Some residents of Whitehall are criticizing a decision to cut down a 100-year-old pine tree in their western Wisconsin town.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2016 at 2:01 PM CST
|By Associated Press
A newspaper is reporting that a manure spill at a factory farm has led to a fish kill in Grant County.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2016 at 3:42 PM CST
Intense dark, intense pressure (literally) and certain death upon mechanical failure. Welcome to exploration in the deep ocean. We caught up with submarine pilot Bruce Strickrott.