Creating pathways to environmental awareness and outdoor lifestyles that empower our next generation to become sustainable stewards of Planet Earth.
EXPIRES: 6/2/2023
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 This “Into the Outdoors” minute explores the fascinating icicle formations found at the southern shores of Lake Superior.
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 Cows have naturally made milk for over a million years. How do cows convert grass into liquid protein? Joey and Caroline visit Pagels Ponderosa Dairy, where they explore the science...
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 Glaciers reshaped much of Wisconsin’s landscape. As these glaciers retreated, the glacial drift left behind rocks, sand, and other glacial material. Earth scientists mapped areas...
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 An ecosystem can only support a limited number of species before problems begin happening. How do scientists determine that number, and what things can affect it?
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 Lyme disease is a spirochete infection known as Borrelia Burgdorferi and is spread by arthropods like ticks. It is estimated to be more widespread than West Nile virus and AIDS...
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 What is life like for people who reside around sandstone mines? This segment also highlights some of the available careers in the sandmining industry.
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 How does silica mining affect wildlife and the surrounding habitats where they live?
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 How can technology and engineering reduce environmental impacts? How does silica mining affect water, and land?
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 Part 3 answers the questions: Why would fracing engineers want pure silica sand? Rounded grains? Uniform grain size? No other minerals? One risk factor of silica mining is...
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EXPIRES: 6/2/2023 Silica is valuable and important since it is used for many everyday things. But why is it mined in specific areas, like Tunnel City, Wisconsin?
