agribusiness
Slaughterhouses across the country: A collaborative map
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The Center helped Harvest Public Media map meat packers nationwide for a Harvest series, “In the Shadows of the Slaughterhouses.”
Uncategorized
Map: Wisconsin’s frac sand industry
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Over the past two years, the increased demand for frac sand drove explosive growth in the state’s sand industry.
A Frail System
Nursing home inspections
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Federal inspections have found serious deficiencies in one-quarter of Wisconsin nursing homes since 2009.
Crime
Map: Wisconsin mass murders
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In Wisconsin, guns were involved in all but four of the 29 multiple murders we know of since 1985. At least 105 people died in these incidents.
Economy
Maps: How Wisconsin’s population is shifting away from rural areas, by county
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County-by-county comparisons of how population shifted in Wisconsin and in the U.S. between 2000 and 2010.
interactive map
Rural and remote Wisconsin counties lost the most people between 2000 and 2010
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Check the boxes below to compare Wisconsin’s population losses with those in other states. Toggle between the Wisconsin and U.S. tabs to view nationwide rural and urban population trends and see local industry for the top 100 U.S. counties losing population. Powered by Tableau
Brownfields
Map: Brownfields nationwide
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Sites that have been funded through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s brownfields program, as of August 2012.
Environment
Map: Frac sand mining in Wisconsin, October, 2012
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Five years ago, Wisconsin only had a handful of industrial sand facilities. Over the past two years, the increased demand for frac sand drove explosive growth in the state’s sand industry.
Campus Mental Health
Interactive map: Mental health services across the University of Wisconsin System
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This interactive map summarizes mental health services at the 13 four-year campuses in University of Wisconsin System. Click on each campus to view a window with a campus-specific summary. Information was obtained from open records requests, interviews of counseling staff and extensive reviews of the campus counseling centers’ websites.
MAP: Amid the frac sand, an endangered butterfly
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The Karner blue butterfly’s range “almost perfectly overlaps” that of sand deposits where frac sand miners might go, according to a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources memo. Shown here in blue are the areas where butterflies are at least 50 percent likely to occur, including a five-mile buffer, sandstone of possible interest to frac sand miners, and frac sand mines or plants. This map shows the DNR’s January 2012 list of sites with air pollution permits. So it doesn’t include sites that don’t yet have such permits. As of mid-January, the DNR had counted about 60 mines, 32 plants either operating or being built, and 20 more proposed mines — more than double the 41 mines or plants the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism counted in mid-July.