Susan Bence
Environmental ReporterSusan Bence entered broadcasting in an untraditional way. After years of avid public radio listening, Susan returned to school and earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She interned for WUWM News and worked with the Lake Effect team, before being hired full-time as a WUWM News reporter / producer.
Susan is now WUWM's Environmental Reporter, the station's first. Her work has been recognized by the Milwaukee Press Club, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, and the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association.
Susan worked with Prevent Blindness Wisconsin for 20 years, studied foreign languages at UWM, and loves to travel.
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Folks living near Lake Superior have their eyes on an issue some fear could damage their regions water-rich ecosystems: the rerouting of a crude oil pipeline.
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Last week, hundreds of people gathered in northern Wisconsin to weigh in on a proposal to reroute the Line 5 pipeline operated by Enbridge. Some of the pipeline runs through the Bad River Band of Lake Chippewa tribal land. Bad River Band sued to have the pipeline removed. Now, Enbridge is proposing rerouting its line around the borders of tribal land.
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The new fish passage in Glendale could help lake sturgeon spawn upstream as they once did, generations ago.
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Cheri Fuqua is one of the people cultivating the community in Milwaukee. More than a decade ago, she created a community organization called The MiddleGround to nurture community, with a special focus on challenges facing Black youth, and she hasn’t stopped since.
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Nearly 120 years ago, Theodore Kronshage — who would become Fox Point's first village president — had a home designed above Lake Michigan. Somehow the designs were used to build a house in Fort Atkinson.
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For over 30 years, this 200-acre preserve just east of downtown Sturgeon Bay has worked to restore natural areas and offered free programs. Today, the mission continues while incorporating the latest in restoration techniques.
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With the presidential and various state and local elections on the horizon, we hear from Milwaukee area voters who are concerned about environmental challenges and what candidates will do to tackle them. This segment begins a new series we're calling "Politics through the Prism of the Environment."
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Communities around the state are grappling with PFAS contamination, including the Town of Peshtigo. Now residents hope the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency and its recent designation of two of the most studied forever chemicals as “hazardous substances" will lead to solutions for their town.
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A UWM scientist has been monitoring shrubs along with trees in Downer Woods since 2017. Now her research is being folded in with that of scientists across the Great Lakes. Together, they're exploring stresses being felt by ecosystems within the basin.
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In northeastern Wisconsin, a young program called “Medicine Fish” is connecting Menominee tribal youth to nature. Fly fishing was the first tool. Now, buffalo are being reintroduced to heal both the land and people.