Susan Bence is an environmental reporter who focuses on local stories in Wisconsin, particularly in Milwaukee. She writes for several NPR-affiliated stations and covers a range of topics including climate change, conservation efforts, and unique local stories that highlight the intersection of nature and human impact.
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By: Susan Bence
Work is underway to create more resilient food production systems in the face of climate change. That includes within the Ho-Chunk Nation in Wisconsin.
By: Susan Bence
How will farmers cope with the environmental stresses of climate change? There’s momentum to grow crops indoors in urban settings. We visit Hundred Acres, an indoor farm in Milwaukee's 30th Street Corridor.
By: Susan Bence
An estimated eight thousand people gathered in Sturgeon Bay this weekend for the Door County community's annual harvest fest.
By: Susan Bence
Over the summer, the theater in Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin home reopened after a years-long $1.1 million restoration.
By: Susan Bence
Inspiration struck Peter Kiesewalter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Isolation coupled with slowing down opened the New York City-based musician eyes and ears to nature, in particular to moths.
By: Susan Bence
Geneva Lake in southeast Wisconsin is one of the state’s most popular tourist and boating destinations. Recently an unwanted guest was discovered. Scientists and local groups are grappling with the first-documented invasive quagga mussels in a Wisconsin inland lake.
By: Susan Bence
People hoping for a little relief when it comes to handling household expenses won't find it on their utility bill.
By: Susan Bence
There are plenty of rumblings about how the environment will fare when former President Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office. One of the people thinking about what’s ahead is Tia Nelson.
By: Susan Bence
Late last week, the Wisconsin DNR signed off on a controversial liquid petroleum pipeline project in northern Wisconsin.
By: Susan Bence
Right now, Wisconsin families have a chance to take advantage of a big pot of money to make their homes more energy efficient. The funding is part of the Inflation Reduction Act the biggest boost to climate action the United States has ever seen. Green Homeowners United is one of the groups helping Wisconsin homeowners jump aboard.
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