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Emotional labor, Blue Planet Prize, DNR logging standards

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We learn more about emotional labor with the help a communications professor. Then, we talk to a UW professor who was awarded the Blue Planet Award for his environment work. Later, a WPR reporter shares more about Wisconsin residents raising concerns over DNR logging standards in the northern part of the state.

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  • DNR logging standards under question in northern Wisconsin

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    Some northern Wisconsin residents have raised concerns that the state Department of Natural Resources isn’t following its own standards for harvesting timber too close to lakeshores. We learn more about the complaints and the investigation.

Episode Credits

  • Dean Knetter Host
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Lorin Cox Producer
  • Danielle Kaeding Guest

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