Knowles-Nelson Stewardship is the most important outdoor conservation program in Wisconsin you’ve never heard of.

GAYLORD — Every April 22 there is a collective call around the world to safeguard the planet from environmental threats like pollution. Earth Day 2025 was celebrated in Gaylord on Tuesday in part by ...

When dawn broke April 22, 19970, on West Quoddy Head, Maine, few if any "Down Easters" realized they were ushering in the Environmental Age. By day's end more than 20 million souls, mostly young and ...

Tuesday is Earth Day, and there are multiple events planned to celebrate the holiday. Earth Day began after Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin helped organize campus teach-ins and promote events to ...

Earth Day has been celebrated across the country — and the globe — for more than 50 years now, and the annual celebration is once again around the corner. While it may seem strange to think of a world ...

Earth Day started in 1970 when people — including Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson — brought attention to the impact oil spills, pollution and smog were having on the planet. "Then in January 1969, he ...

The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, when Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson organized a national demonstration to raise awareness about environmental issues, according to National Geographic.

WASHINGTON — Millions of people around the world on Tuesday are celebrating Earth Day, an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now home ...

When the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, the founders — U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) and activist Denis Hayes — said its purpose was to draw public attention to what was at the time ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- It's time set aside to celebrate the planet. We're talking about April 22 -- Earth Day. And an event in Green Bay tied Earth Day in with the upcoming NFL Draft. Near the entrance ...