In this issue: Our fall issue features a Milwaukee artist who delves deep into the emotional experience of fabrics. Come take a tour of Blue Roof Orchard, meet one of the leading Indigenous voices in climate action, and explore the secret collections of Green Bay’s natural history museum. We’re also celebrating the winners of our latest fiction and poetry prizes and highlighting several new books by Wisconsin authors.
 I recall when I moved to Wisconsin, having been raised as a city girl, I knew no one who hunted. I was completely unfamiliar with hunting culture. |
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I’m honored to be the new editor of Wisconsin People & Ideas. I’ve been writing about scientists, artists, community leaders, and historical figures connected to our state for almost 20 years. |
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The Apple CSA is exactly what it sounds like: for 12 wonderful weeks, the Blue Roof Orchard fills their trucks with certified organic apples from its Belmont farm near the Iowa border and drops them at roughly 30 sites... |
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The behind-the-scenes team of curators at the Richter Museum of Natural History in Green Bay serve as keepers of fundamental knowledge about the diversity of life on Earth in order to educate and inspire scientists, artists, and students. |
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Across the country, Tribes have become key voices in discussions and initiatives related to climate change and sustainability. |
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As an artist, a curator, a mentor, and a seeker, Nirmal Raja has made an indelible imprint on Milwaukee, where she has lived and worked for the last 24 years. |
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For over 40 years, Groundswell Conservancy has been protecting special places in and around Dane County. Now, they are focusing on how land trusts like theirs can help mitigate climate change. |
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Saukfield in late August gives up the ghost of summer with abrupt abandon. End of day temperatures drop with sudden coolness like an American Spirit extinguished in a leaf-clogged swimming pool. Not much of a swimming pool... |
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The Great Lakes region, Canada included, supports 107 million people working 51 million jobs, and sustaining a gross domestic product of six trillion dollars. |
 Kimberly Blaeser’s latest collection of poems, Ancient Light, is a gift to the world of poetry. These well-crafted poems leap off the page, nestle under our bones and sing to us. |
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Through an intimate examination of his experience as an educator and as a student, Sean Enfield’s Holy American Burnout! is a collection of powerful essays... |
 The characters in Christopher Chambers’ short story and flash fiction collection, Kind of Blue, wield hammers and crawl under cars, and at the end of a long shift they punch time clocks. |
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At one point in Dave Greschner’s 40-plus years as an outdoor writer and columnist, a critic complained that his columns were shifting from being “actively engaging” with nature to a more “observational and introspective tone.” |
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Madison, WI 53703
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