Many thanks! Can’t wait to bring back the fruits of this amazing training to my newsroom @wisconsinwatch.org so we can better serve our communities

For the @wisconsinwatch.org story about a farmer's challenges following cuts to a program where she sold pork to pantries, we made a slideshow showing some difficult images of the pig butchering. It's hard to see, but important to understand where food comes from wisconsinwatch.org/2025/07/wisc...

After USDA cut a food assistance program, a Wisconsin pig farmer continues to work to sustain her livelihood: “The structures around us are crumbling. Let’s grow a resilient community.” wisconsinwatch.org/2025/07/wisc... via @wisconsinwatch.org @agwaterdesk.bsky.social @reportforamerica.bsky.social

🎙️ On today's show, journalist @bennetgoldstein.bsky.social of @wisconsinwatch.org discusses the ways that people are living with beavers and learning how to mitigate floods and drought from them. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/building-sym...

Thrilled to chat about all things solutions journalism and beaver-related with #wortradio this morning! Give it a listen here www.wortfm.org/building-sym... and read the @wisconsinwatch.org story here wisconsinwatch.org/2024/12/an-e... hat tips to: @soljourno.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social

In the build-out of new data centers, utilities can subsidize the electricity demands of trillion-dollar corporations & simultaneously capture a profit by passing on costs to ratepayers wisconsinwatch.org/2025/05/wisc... via @wisconsinwatch.org @agwaterdesk.bsky.social

Hello from the Palo Verde nuclear plant. They apparently purchased their fancy fire truck from the Transformers movie that was filmed in Phoenix! #SEJ2025 @sejorg.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social

Many thanks to #NAAJAgJ for recognizing my @wisconsinwatch.org and #agwaterdesk article "Poopspotting" — a quirky story about how #AI and satellites enable the surveillance of the Earth's surface for potential polluters #Report4America mailchi.mp/agwaterdesk/... wisconsinwatch.org/2024/03/wisc...

Congrats to the #agwaterdesk on its win in the @NAAJAgJ contest for its “Farm to Trouble” series! My @wisconsinwatch.org story about the Chesapeake was part of the package. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/06/miss... #report4america agwaterdesk.org/2024/06/18/f...

The little-known Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission is taking longer to review appeals of OSHA fines and orders. Now the three-person commission is about to lose its only member investigatemidwest.org/2025/03/12/o...

Two women incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution have died following hospital stays that began Feb. 22. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has shared limited information about their deaths, frustrating family members and those locked up at the women's prison.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republican lawmakers continue to dig in their heels during a years-long tug-of-war over how regulators should hold property owners liable for PFAS contamination. @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social wisconsinwatch.org/2025/02/wisc...

A year and a half after Wisconsin lawmakers earmarked $125 million to clean up toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, the funds have yet to flow to contaminated communities, @bennetgoldstein.bsky.social reports.

After moving to Wisconsin Katie McCullough soon met the neighbors — 15 to 20 furry lodge dwellers. She realized she had a beaver problem. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/02/wisc... @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social

Experts say it’s challenging to document beavers in the wild. Could a team of Wisconsin Watch reporters succeed? wisconsinwatch.org/2025/02/wisc... @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social

@bennetgoldstein.bsky.social looks at the Yeas, Nays and what’s next for a bill that would empower Wisconsin municipalities to block the construction of solar and wind farms in their backyards.

A bill that would empower municipalities to block the construction of solar and wind farms in their backyards has been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature. wisconsinwatch.org/2025/01/wisc... @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social @agwaterdesk.bsky.social

Some holiday reading from @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social: Jim Hoffman is on a personal mission to construct artificial beaver dams on his 1,000-acre wildlife safari of a property in hopes of restoring Wisconsin's wetlands. wisconsinwatch.org/2024/12/an-e...

The Wisconsin town of Maiden Rock passed a set of rules that requires large livestock farms to submit operations plans to address road damage, infectious disease & water contamination — part of a growing trend among local Wisconsin municipalities who believe state laws don't protect them

Winter is coming, which means it’s a good time to revisit this report by @bennetgoldstein.bsky.social about a clever use of satellite technology and snow-covered fields to detect illegal manure spreading in Wisconsin.