Podcast appearances and mentions of brad pierce

Brad Pierce returns the Acement with whole list of new stories to tell. Ace joins us from the road as we discuss all the situations Brad has put himself in once again. Check out Brad at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552022278766 Go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindthefQ to buy us a coffee or a bourbon.  Get your BTF gear at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/scott-higgins 

Brad Pierce joins us in the Acement to update Ace and Scott with his latest gig stories. One thing we knew with Brad, he is guaranteed to have put himself in some unique and uncomfortable situations. Tune in and find out what pain he's caused himself and how he got out of it. Check out Brad at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552022278766 Go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindthefQ to buy us a coffee or a bourbon.  Get your BTF gear at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/scott-higgins 

Scott and Ace welcome friend of the podcast Brian Mulhern to the Acement. Brian recently had a successful run of his play "The Butterfly Boys" and is currently working on a new play, a comedy. Another friend, Brad Pierce, sits in on the conversation so you know there were great stories shared. Go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindthefQ to buy us a coffee or a bourbon.  Get your BTF gear at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/scott-higgins 

In today's episode of Heroes Journey we have a hilarious guest on--Comedian Brad Pierce. We touch on his willingness to take on a variety of gigs and his goal for stand-up comedy: to get better every day. Hear about his comedic encounters with Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan, two of the best joke writers of all time, and how these experiences shaped his approach to comedy. We round off the episode with a closer look at how Brad Pierce hustles to ensure his artistry is fulfilled daily @smp.ink @stickypawsstudios @jpscomputers @elvismonroe Sponsors: https://www.instagram.com/smp.ink/ Podcast Socials: https://www.instagram.com/heroesjourneypodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/heroesjourneypodcast https://twitter.com/HeroesJourneyP https://www.tiktok.com/@heroesjourneypodcast https://www.instagram.com/elvismonroeofficial/

We welcome 2 new faces to the district in this episode. Bob Walker and Brad Pierce are the new principals at the High School and we sit down and learn more about them both!

Brad Pierce returns to the Acement with a whole bunch of new stories.  Brad never disappoints and again he delivers.  You can always count on Brad to open his mouth and put himself in situations that make for great entertainment for us.  Who does Brad think should wear signs?  Find out in this episode.  Check out Brad at https://www.facebook.com/TheGoldenMicProductions Go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindthefQ to buy us a coffee or a bourbon.  Get your BTF gear at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/scott-higgins

 Ace & Scott talk to Mike Keller (owner of The Comedy Bus) and old friend of the show Brad Pierce. We've invited Mike on to talk about his new venture, The Comedy Bus, he started last Fall in Providence, and what his plans are for the future of it. It's only been a few months since Brad's been on, so you know he has more crazy experiences to tell us about!  Check out The Comedy Bus at https://www.comedybus.net/ Brad Pierce at https://www.facebook.com/TheGoldenMicProductions Go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindthefQ to buy us a coffee or a bourbon.  Get your BTF gear at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/scott-higgins

Brad Pierce has joined us once again in the Acement, except this time he is solo. Ace and Scott were recently discussing some incredibly funny Brad stories and had to have him back on.  Where did Brad recently have his worse gig ever?  What famous singer did Brad roast at show not knowing who the person was?  Find out what we say he is Positively Pessimistic With No Filter. Check out Brad at www.facebook.com/TheGoldenMicProductions Go to www.patreon.com/behindthefunny to support the podcast    

Our episode "Comedy and Coronavirus" on 03/24/20 included comedian and friend of the podcast Brad Pierce having a meltdown about his comedy career and its direction with the pandemic starting. We decided to check in with him one year later. Brad's partner Mike Murray from the online Mike and Brad show joins us. The drinks were flowing and so were the stories, we were kind of all over the place but we had a lot of fun. BTF merch available at http://tee.pub/lic/btfpod 

Episode #51 features amazing comedian Brad Pierce! He host's his own youtube show "Beverages with Brad" and his the owner of Golden Mic Productions. You can find him on social media @thegoldenmicproductions.

Ladies and gentlemen!! We are back with another banger of an episode for you all. We had to bring on our good friend Brad Pierce for the second time to go into detail about his experience accomplishing an Iron Man last year and how it has positively affected all aspects of his life. Super interesting conversation and we're hyped for you to listen. Enjoy! Brad's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/bradpierce_/   Our socials:  https://www.instagram.com/chadnutter/ https://www.instagram.com/bfiggy/  

‘Tis the season for celebrations and recollection. We're looking back at all 15 Wild Wisconsin – Off The Record podcast episodes from 2020 and delivering our “greatest hits.” Hear highlights from a few of our best episodes and find a new favorite as we head into the new year. Listen to the full episodes here:50 Years Of Earth DayWhat 50 Years Of Clean Air Looks LikeIt's Your First Buck, Buddy Find all of our past episodes here. Or tell us who you'd like to hear from in 2021.--------------------------------------TRANSCRIPTANNOUNCER: [00:00:00] Welcome to Wisconsin DNR's Wild Wisconsin "Off the Record" podcast. Information straight from the source.KATIE GRANT: [00:00:12] Welcome back to another episode of Wild Wisconsin Off the Record. I'm your host DNR's Digital Communications Section Chief Katie Grant. For our final episode of 2020 we wanted to do something a little different. Whether you've been listening for a few episodes or for years, we hope you'll enjoy some of 2020s greatest hits.We start with clips from our episode on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Now, this episode is special for two reasons. For starters, the founder of Earth Day was Wisconsin's very own Gaylord Nelson, a former Wisconsin Senator and Governor. And for this episode, we were actually joined by his daughter, Tia Nelson, who has an impressive resume for her work in environmental advocacy.Listen in as Tia talks about her father's legacy.Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist has gained international recognition for her climate strikes. She's also known for having said, "Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people to give them hope, but I don't want your hope. I don't want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is." How does it make you feel to see her and other young activists who are leading the environmentalist fight and do you think they fit with your father's legacy? TIA NELSON: [00:01:40] Yes. They certainly do. It's really... the story of Greta Thunberg is, um, a really inspiring one and it is one that I reflect on quite often for the following reason. It would have been impossible for Greta to imagine when she was sitting alone, protesting in front of the Swedish parliament that that simple act of defiance would launch a global youth movement.Just as Rosa Parks could not have known that that simple act of defiance, saying no to that bus driver when he demanded she move to the back of the bus, she simply quietly said one word. No. It changed the course of history. Just as my father could never have known that the simple idea of setting aside a day to teach on the environment on April 22nd, 1970 would launch the environmental movement, propel the environmental movement forward in these unimaginable ways. Keep in mind, there was no Environmental Protection Agency. Uh, it was signed into law by a republican president, Richard Nixon, um, some months after the first Earth Day. The Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, uh, Endangered Species Act, a whole slew of laws that we take for granted today passed that first decade after Earth Day. More environmental laws were passed, um, in the decade that followed that first Earth Day than any other time in American history. And so, Greta's story is inspiring to me in the way that Rosa Parks' story is inspiring in the way that my father's story is inspiring. These were individuals who had a set of values, who cared passionately about something and they took action and they kept at it and they changed the course of history. It demonstrates to me the power of individual action to inspire others, to become involved and be a part of the solution. And that to me is, is incredibly inspiring. Earth Day was successful beyond my father's wildest dreams. He never could have imagined that 20 million people would gather on that day or that 50 years later we would be celebrating, uh, his legacy in this way.And I, and I, I think that, that people on the hundredth anniversary of Earth Day, uh, will be saying the same thing about Greta Thunberg and the youth activists around the world who have done exactly what my father had hoped youth would do. And youth did do that first Earth Day. It shook up the establishment and made them pay attention. KATIE GRANT: [00:04:37] So at Wisconsin DNR we are embracing Earth Day 365 and encouraging residents to take small steps all year. So that taking care of our natural resources isn't just a thing that we think about once a year. Do you have any suggestions for small steps that people can take to make difference?TIA NELSON: [00:04:53] There's a number of powerful, small steps one can take. From reducing food waste to avoiding single use plastic to uh, composting food scraps to using energy efficient appliances to things like... funny little fact to know and tell is that something called Phantom power. Meaning our devices plugged into the wall when we're not using them.Uh, probably about 15% of average homeowner's electricity consumption. Simply unplugging those appliances, uh, when you're not using them, uh, is a way to save energy and it saves money um, so, um, being a conscious consumer. Uh, being aware of one's impact on the planet, knowing that, you know, one of my favorite quotes from my father is... "The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the other way around." And so, um, we have to recognize that our natural resource base is finite, um, and that we have to, uh, be good stewards of it. And that individual action, how we conduct ourselves in our daily life really does matter.  Um, voting for, um, uh, elected officials, whether at the local or state level who put forward policies that protect our rights to breath clean air and drink clean water is really important. Outrider.org has a section, um, about how you can help. Uh, it includes a way to assess, uh, your personal greenhouse gas footprint and, uh, things you can do to, um, reduce it. So, um, get involved. Talk about it. Take action and, uh, join an organization that suits your particular interests.KATIE GRANT: [00:06:51] Catch more from Tia and her passion for the environment on episode 46, titled "50 years of Earth Day." Sticking with the theme of anniversaries we also wanted to highlight clips from our episode on the 50th anniversary of the Clean Air Act. We brought in two leading air experts, Gail Good and Brad Pierce to discuss the impact of clean air here in Wisconsin. They give an explanation of the Clean Air Act, how Wisconsin faces some unique challenges and ways our state's air quality has improved over the last 50 years. What is the Clean Air Act? GAIL GOOD: [00:07:29] The Clean Air Act is one of the most successful pieces of federal legislation that's ever been enacted. You mentioned it was put into place 50 years ago, and that's, that's true actually at the end of this year, right on December 31st, 1970 was when the Clean Air Act was signed into existence. It's gone through several amendments. Clean Air Act, um, was designed really to um, cut down on air pollution while growing the economy. And the benefit of that, the cut down in air pollution is that it's actually saved lives over the 50 years it's been in existence. KATIE GRANT: [00:08:01] When it was enacted, what did it initially mean for residents of Wisconsin and I guess the entire country?BRAD PIERCE: [00:08:08] From personal experience...KATIE GRANT: [00:08:09] Yeah.BRAD PIERCE: [00:08:10] Uh, so I remember driving... I grew up in Minneapolis and we had family out east. I remember driving through Gary, Indiana on the way out east in the, in the early seventies and you could smell Gary, Indiana at that point. And it was very polluted. And now when you drive through Gary, Indiana, it doesn't smell like pollution anymore and the air is much better. So, you know, that's from personal experience, seeing that change dramatically over the, over my lifetime is pretty amazing. GAIL GOOD: [00:08:42] Yeah. When the act was first put in place in the seventies, it really gave us the ability to begin to study air pollution and its effects and how much it was impacting people and the world around them. And then over time, it's given us, uh, the ability to, you know, write permits for sources and just understand air quality issues in even more detail. KATIE GRANT: [00:09:04] So we opened up on Instagram and let everyone know that we were going to be doing this episode and ask what sort of questions do our followers have about air quality and the air in general in Wisconsin.So, here's a couple of those questions. Does Wisconsin require vehicle emission testing? Why or why not? GAIL GOOD: [00:09:25] Yes. There are some parts of our state that do require vehicle emission testing. Um, those areas are, um, Kenosha County, Milwaukee County. Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Washington and Waukesha counties. Um, the reason that we do that, um, is that these are areas that have historically violated the ozone standard.They were historically non-attainment areas. Um, some of them still are, um, and some of them aren't. But when an area is not attaining a standard for some time, when it does eventually attain a standard and we're able to re-designate that area. We want to be able to maintain that good air quality in that area.So, um, even some of those counties that are not at this point, um, non-attainment, those requirements are in place to make sure that that area can maintain that good air quality and not be in a situation where they're violating a standard again. BRAD PIERCE: [00:10:22] And I think simply put, part of the reason we've seen such reductions in emissions over the last 50 years is kind of two-fold. One, we put scrubbers on power plants and that reduced both, uh, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions. And we put catalytic converters in cars. And if those catalytic converters aren't functioning properly, then we're back where we were in 1970. So those, uh, the, the emissions testing is to make sure that the technology that's been developed and put in place to reduce emissions is still functioning right. KATIE GRANT: [00:11:00] Yeah, makes sense. You've kind of alluded to this already, but why does Door County have some of the worst air quality in Wisconsin at times? GAIL GOOD: [00:11:08] Yeah, that's a really good and interesting question. Um, so I mentioned that the lake shore areas are where we tend to see our higher concentrations of ozone. Door County, right, is, um, up at the, you know, tip of that Door peninsula and, um, there aren't a lot of sources of air pollution there. So, you might not expect to see high concentrations of ozone there um, like you might expect to see in some other parts of the state that do have some more of those, um, typical kind of emissions sources. Door County is interesting though I mentioned, um, earlier that, um, some of the ozone issue, um, is, is really caused by transported pollution from, from out of our state and also, um, on those nice summer days where you have that southerly wind. So, sometimes if you were able, we, we do actually provide air quality information to the public.So, you can kind of see how the monitors that we have along lake shore that are measuring air quality... You can see how they change over the course of a day. And so sometimes what you see, if you can kind of imagine that southerly wind coming up along lake shore, transporting that pollution, cooking over the Lake and kind of working its way up the lake shore.What we'll see is, um, kind of the, the, you'll see the concentrations increase over the day from south to north. And so then eventually towards the end of the day, as that southerly wind has kind of helped push that pollution up along the lake shore, you'll see Door County and the monitor that's there at Newport State Park, you'll see that monitor show an elevated concentration of ozone often towards the end of the day because that southerly wind has just... has helped push the pollution up to that point. KATIE GRANT: [00:12:48] Want to learn more? Check out episode 48 titled "What 50 years of clean air looks like," for the full story. To finish things off we wanted to highlight the power of friendship and giving something new a try. Justin Morrissey, an avid hunter and his mentee Joey Wakeen have been friends for close to 10 years. Joey, who happens to have Down Syndrome was interested in trying one of Justin's passions, deer hunting. Justin took us with them on Joey's first deer hunt, and we think it's one of the most memorable segments we've ever had on the show.JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:13:26] I was a sophomore in high school when my drama or speech teacher, forensics coach, uh, Roxy Wakeen in, uh, she approached me and asked me if I would be available to mentor her son, Joey. And so I became Joey's respite care provider for, uh, at that point and I've been that for about 10 years. KATIE GRANT: [00:13:51] Joey, why don't you tell us a little bit about who you are?JOEY WAKEEN: [00:13:54] I'm Joey, [Unintelligible] I work at cleaning... all busy. So it's like they got to go to... This is his land. I got shot in a deer about I'm going to check the shot, [Unintelligible] his shoulder. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:14:28] So, so what do you, what do you like to do for fun, Joey? Like what do you like to do for fun besides go hunting now? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:14:34] Well...hunting.JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:14:37] You like to play basketball, right? Yeah. You like to go bowling?JOEY WAKEEN: [00:14:42] Basketball and bowling.JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:14:45] Swimming in the summertime. JOEY WAKEEN: [00:14:47] Yep. Swimming. This is last summer.JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:14:54] And you're probably about ready for summer again now at this point of the year. [Laughs] So Joey just... what Joey said is that he works at St. Croix Central middle school, and he cleans there. He has kind of like a janitorial role at the school, um, as part of the staff there. Um, so that's like his big, big job lately, right? Yeah. And then besides that, and you just have a heck of a lot of fun all the time don't ya? Like what about your deer? You remember your buck that you got? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:15:23] Yeah. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:15:23] [Exterior] All right. Joey and I are ready to go. What do you think Joey?JOEY WAKEEN: [00:15:28] It's... ready to go. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:15:30] That's right, we're ready to go. Yep. So yeah, we just got our stuff ready here at the truck. Yeah, I got, uh, I got the camera. I got the big gun here. Joey's got the 308 on him and, uh, we're going to stay right by each other the whole way and, uh, get out to the blind. [Rifle shot] Joey. You got him. You got him. You got him buddy. What do you think, buddy? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:15:56] It's good.JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:15:57] Dude, look at that! Joey Wakeen. It's your first buck buddy. JOEY WAKEEN: [00:16:08] I got it. I got...just shot a buck. I just shot a buck. I got it, wow. It's just this good... boy. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:16:20] Tonight. What's the day today?JOEY WAKEEN: [00:16:22] I got shot a buck. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:16:24] Joey shot a buck. The day doesn't even matter. Yeah, it is the day that Joey Wakeen got his first deer. Yeah. And it's a nice six pointer isn't it? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:16:34] Yeah. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:16:34] Right on. Good job, buddy. So, anyways, uh, and guess what? What, what day is Friday this week? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:16:42] This Friday night. This is my birthday. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:16:45] It is Joey's birthday. This is like your birthday buck, huh? Yeah. That's a good present huh? Yeah. So, what do you think? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:16:54] This is just good.JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:16:55] This is just plain old good isn't it?JOEY WAKEEN: [00:16:58] Yeah. It Is good.JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:16:59] Right on buddy. All right. Remember, so you remember you pulled the trigger and we went out there and you had a lot of fun. Remember we were like dancing in the blind and stuff like that and have a lot of fun. Yeah. And we saw the deer out on the food plot. And then, and then remember you got your buck. So how did you feel about that? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:17:17] This is my... felt better. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:17:19] You feel, you felt much better after that didn't you? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:17:22] Yeah. JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:17:23] It was a life-changing experience. KATIE GRANT: [00:17:26] Was it very exciting for you, Joey? JOEY WAKEEN: [00:17:29] Yeah.  KATIE GRANT: [00:17:30] So Justin, you are Joey's friend, but you described that moment to us when we first talked to you as being like watching your own kid, get their first buck. What was that experience like for you? And why was it so special? JUSTIN MORRISSEY: [00:17:43] Yeah so...I think that experience when Joey got his buck was really special because I mean, we've developed a relationship over all these years and he is like a brother to me, uh, like a little brother to me. And so just to grow with somebody and not only mentor him, but him mentor me, um, when we both sort of experienced that success together.I think it's just as, just as good, if not better as me harvesting a deer of my own. Um, or just even experience any sort of, you know, big success in, in my life. I mean, it was a really cool moment. And for Joey to express his excitement like he did in the video, um, you can pretty much see that, like that, that is what makes it awesome. Is just to see that big smile on Joey's face and, uh... that's, that's what it's all about.KATIE GRANT: [00:18:41] I don't know about you all, but it doesn't matter how many times I listened to this episode. I get chills every time. Give episode 43 titled "It's your first buck, buddy” a listen to hear more about their friendship and what it means to Justin to pass on his love of hunting. You've been listening to Wild Wisconsin, a podcast brought to you by the Wisconsin DNR.Now's the time to buy your 2021 park passes. Find your adventure in the new year and gain access to some of the most scenic areas in Wisconsin, including thousands of miles of trails, dozens of beaches, and a wide variety of outdoor recreation opportunities. Learn more and buy yours today at dnr.wi.gov. For more great content be sure to subscribe to Wild Wisconsin wherever you get your podcasts. Leave us a review or tell us who you'd like to hear from on a future episode. Thanks for listening. 

This week we are joined by action movie fan Brad Pierce to discuss Steven Seagal's Under Siege 1 and 2.

This week we are joined by action movie fan Brad Pierce to discuss Steven Seagal's Under Siege 1 and 2.

Ladies and gentlemen!! Another VALUE PACKED episode today. We had our good friend Brad Pierce on the podcast to talk about the important of discipline and keeping yourself accountable. He talks about pushing yourself both physically and mentally in order to become the best version of you in all aspects of life.  We did experience some technical difficulties and ended up losing a portion of the episode where Brad went into detail about his iron man experience. Let us know if you'd like to hear about it and we'll re-record that part because it was a really good conversation.  Regardless, Brad drops A TON of value and had to put out this episode despite the mishap. Enjoy! Brad's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradpierce_/ Our socials: https://www.instagram.com/chadnutter/ https://www.instagram.com/bfiggy/  

Today we're discussing a common career path, moving from networking to cybersecurity. Brad Pierce, Director of Network Security for HORNE Cyber, is a former network engineer turned pentesting and security professional. He does a great job of explaining the different skill sets required for network engineering versus cybersecurity, where those skills overlap and tips he picked up during his career transition.– Enter code “cyberwork” to get 30 days of free training with Infosec Skills: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/skills/– View transcripts and additional episodes: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/podcastWith 15 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity, Brad Pierce, Director of Network Security for HORNE Cyber, focuses on collaborating with executive leadership teams to strengthen their security posture. He has experience working with organizations in various industries to uncover and remediate vulnerabilities and develop and implement security programs. Brad manages HORNE Cyber’s cybersecurity operations center where he, along with a team of cyber analysts, monitors live network traffic for clients in search of active threats. Brad creates information security awareness programs and guides clients on how to best address cyber risks and remediate vulnerabilities.About InfosecAt Infosec, we believe knowledge is the most powerful tool in the fight against cybercrime. We help IT and security professionals advance their careers with a full regimen of certifications and skills development training. We also empower all employees with security awareness and training to stay cybersecure at work and home. Founded by smart people wanting to do good, Infosec educates entire organizations on how to defend themselves from cybercrime. That’s what we do every day — equipping everyone with the latest security skills so the good guys win.

This week's guest Brad Pierce sells Meryl on Children of Men's message of optimism. This 2006 dystopian thriller tanked at the box office but was an underrated critical darling that resonates today more than ever. Brad also plays Over/Under, Secret Snack and #FamousBae! Brad enjoys most everything pop-culture, with the exception of being a social media ghost! His hobbies include cooking, biking, being outdoors, and hanging out with his wife Colleen and their hound, Millard. He works as a professor at Marietta College's Physicians Assistant program and practices as a PA one day a week at the local cancer center. Follow Meryl on Twitter @MerylWilliams and Instagram @merylkwilliams. https://thesleeperhit.substack.com/ Theme song: "Sleeper Hold," by Saintseneca (@saintseneca) http://www.saintseneca.com/

Ninety-four percent of Wisconsinites live in an area that meets all federal air quality standards. Fifty short years ago, that wasn't necessarily the case. The first Earth Day in 1970 paved the way for a couple of landmark environmental initiatives, including the signing of the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act is widely considered one of the most comprehensive and successful pieces of legislation ever signed into law. We continue to benefit from it today. The act has achieved tremendous reductions in air pollution, protecting public health and saving lives, while allowing for economic growth and development. To learn a bit more about what the Clean Air Act is and its impact on the reduction of air pollution throughout Wisconsin, we sat down with leading air quality experts Gail Good and Brad Pierce. Gail Good is the Director of the Air Management program at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and a co-chair for the National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) Emissions and Modeling Committee. Brad Pierce is the Principal Investigator of RAQMS (Real-time Air Quality Modeling System) and Director of the Space, Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  Learn more about air quality in Wisconsin at https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/AirQuality/index.asp Download the Wisconsin Air Quality Monitoring App for Android devices here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.envitech.Wisconsin Download the Wisconsin Air Quality Monitoring App for Apple devices here: https://www.apple.com/lae/ios/app-store/--------------------------------------TRANSCRIPTAnnouncer: [00:00:00] Welcome to Wisconsin DNR's Wild Wisconsin - Off The Record podcast. Information straight from the source.Katie Grant: [00:00:11] Welcome back to another episode of Wild Wisconsin - Off The Record. I'm your host DNR's digital media coordinator, Katie Grant. The first Earth Day was a turning point for environmentalism in our country. The awareness it braised resulted in real changes, including the creation of the environmental protection agency and the signing of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts.Without these acts, there were few things in place to limit pollution. As a state, Wisconsin has made major progress in the last 50 years when it comes to air quality. To help us celebrate Clean Air Month and the 50th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, we wanted to learn a bit more about how the air was in Wisconsin in 1970, how it is today and how you can help us keep the air clean for the future.On today's episode, we sat down with Gail Good and Brad Pierce. Gail is the director of the air management program here at the DNR. In addition to her work for the DNR, she is a co-chair for the National Association of Clean Air Agencies' emissions and modeling committee. Brad is the director of the Space Science and Engineering Center at UW -Madison.He has more than 25 years of experience in the design, development, and execution of global atmospheric models. Since 2001, he has been the principal investigator of the real-time air quality monitoring system, which has been used globally since 2012 to make real-time air quality predictions. Sit back and listen in to learn more about air quality in Wisconsin and hear the answers to questions you asked about it on Instagram.  Gail Good: [00:01:53] My name is Gail good. I'm the director of the Air management program here at DNR. Brad Pierce: [00:01:58] And I'm Brad Pierce. I'm the director of the Space Science and Engineering Center at UW-Madison. And I'm an atmospheric scientist. Katie Grant: [00:02:07] Fantastic. So we are here today to talk about the 50th anniversary of the Clean Air Act.  So what is the Clean Air Act? Gail Good: [00:02:16] The Clean Air Act is one of the most successful pieces of federal legislation that's ever been enacted. You mentioned it was put into place 50 years ago, and that's, that's true actually at the end of this year, right on December 31st, 1970. So when the Clean Air Act was signed into existence, it's gone through several amendments. Clean Air Act, um, was designed really to, uh, cut down on air pollution while growing the economy.And the benefit of that, the cutdown and air pollution is that it's actually saved lives over the 50 years it's been in existence. Katie Grant: [00:02:49] Fantastic. Was it just for Wisconsin or is it a federal thing that covers every state? Gail Good: [00:02:55] The Clean Air Act is a federal piece of legislation, so it does indeed cover every state.Katie Grant: [00:03:00] When it was enacted, what did it initially mean for residents of Wisconsin and I guess the entire country.Brad Pierce: [00:03:07] From personal experience? Katie Grant: [00:03:08] Yeah! Brad Pierce: [00:03:09] So I remember driving, I grew up in Minneapolis and we had family out East. I remember driving through Gary, Indiana on the way out East in the, in the early seventies and you could smell Gary, Indiana at that point, and it was very polluted.And now when you drive through Gary, Indiana, it doesn't smell like pollution anymore and the air much better. So, you know, that's from personal experience. Seeing that change dramatically over the, over my lifetime is pretty amazing. Gail Good: [00:03:41] Yeah, when the act was first put in place in the seventies it really gave us the ability to begin to study air pollution and its effects and how much it was kind of impacting people and of the world around them.And then over time, it's given us the ability to, you know, write permits for sources and just understand air quality issues in even more detail. Katie Grant: [00:04:03] What does it mean for us today? Because it's still in place now. Yes. So what, what does it mean for us today? What, what, might we see that we wouldn't see if we didn't have the Clean Air Act today.Gail Good: [00:04:15] So we're we implement the federal Clean Air Act here, um, in the air program at DNR. Um, we basically, what happens is through that act, EPA sets requirements and boundaries and things that we can do and implement here. So we're doing that here in the program. And then, um, we work within those boundaries to implement the act still today.So it's very much a part of what we're doing now in the air program. Katie Grant: [00:04:41] And you had mentioned seeing the change in Indiana, but what has changed about Wisconsin's air quality in the last 50 years, and how might people who aren't scientists notice a difference here in our state? Brad Pierce: [00:04:55] So I think it's a little. I do kind of global air quality. So for me it's a little easier to talk about it on maybe, for the United States as a whole. And if I look back on, uh, when I used to work at NASA, we were doing work with satellite data that was measuring the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere. So the particulates. And that's very relevant for the Clean Air Act because one of the, one of the, uh, pollutants that's, that is regulated as PM 2.5 which are small particulates.And as recently as 2000, 2003 when we looked at aerosols over the entire United States, we saw all sorts of heavy aerosol loading in the Ohio river Valley in the Southeastern US, and that would often get transported up into the, into Wisconsin.  We don't see that anymore. So much of that aerosol loading, uh, that was in the atmosphere frequently is pretty much gone now.And that is from the Clean Air Act and the, the, uh, reductions in the, uh, the sulfur dioxide emissions coming out of power plants. Katie Grant: [00:06:11] Okay. And you had mentioned PM 2.5 what is that? Brad Pierce: [00:06:15] So PM 2.5 stands for particulate matter, which is small particles like dust that you can see, uh, blowing through the air, but smaller than 2.5 microns.So those are very small. Those are smaller than the dust particles that you can see in the sunlight when you see dust floating in the air. And those are particularly relevant because they can, when you inhale, those, those can get deep inside your lungs and then have adverse health impacts. Katie Grant: [00:06:47] Okay. Gail Good: [00:06:47] Sometimes we call PM two-five "fine particles", so you may have heard that term before too.And um, that's, fine particles, that's really a success story here in Wisconsin. We did used to have areas of the state, um, in the Southeast part of the state that we called "non-attainment" for PM 2.5 or fine particles. And what that means is that they aren't meeting the federal PM 2.5 standards. We don't have PM two-five non-attainment areas in the state anymore.Um, through successful regulation, through cutting emissions, um, we've been able to see those areas that were previously not meeting the standard, now meeting the standards. So that's good news and you know, part of the success of how the act works is it really allows you to regulate, set those boundaries, set those requirements, and see real reductions in emissions that lead to reductions and measured concentrations of these pollutants.Katie Grant: [00:07:37] Yeah. Are there, you mentioned that it was. Fine particles, correct. Is, is there any other kinder is, is PM 2.5 really what the only thing that we're watching for?Gail Good: [00:07:48] No, we also measure PM 10 in the state, so that would be particulate matter with a diameter of 10 microns or less. Um, we also have at times measured what's called total suspended particulate, um, or particles that are even larger in size.  We're primarily primarily now focused on, um, PM 2.5 because of the health impacts that it can have. Katie Grant: [00:08:09] Fabulous.Brad Pierce: [00:08:10] And then there's also some of the other pollutants that are regulated are ozone. So that's the other side of the coin, that the Clean Air Act controls ozone abundances as well through controlling different emissions.Katie Grant: [00:08:23] Does all of Wisconsin meet those federal standards today? And if not, what is the DNR doing to change that? Gail Good: [00:08:30] That's a good question. So 94% of the population of our state lives in an area that's meeting all federal standards. But we do have some areas of the state that we do consider non-attainment that aren't meeting all of the federal standards.Um, Brad actually just referenced, um, the pollutant that has been a persistent concern for us in Wisconsin. That's ozone. We do have some ozone non-attainment areas along our lakeshore, which is where we have historically seen these ozone non-attainment areas. That's really due to, um, the unique kind of meteorology, um, that can occur in that area.And then the geography along the lakeshore as well. So, um, and also, um, besides the meteorology and geography, we're really subject to a lot of transported pollution from areas out of state. So, um, if you can imagine a nice summer day where you have southerly winds. So winds coming up from the South pulling some of the pollution that may be formed, another, or being admitted in other areas, um, up over our lakeshore. During the day on a nice hot, sunny day, you take these... ozone is not directly emitted to, we should say, it's actually formed from a reaction between nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. Um, a nice sunny day, those kind of cook in the sunlight out over the lake. And then, um, if you've ever been, um, kind of visiting the lakeshore on one of those summer days, you might've noticed that the breeze picks up later in the afternoon often.So that ozone that's formed out over the lake then gets carried onto the lakeshore, um, with that lake breeze. That's why we tend to see some higher concentrations of ozone along our lakeshore and have historically had a persistent non-attainment issue there. Katie Grant: [00:10:19] How does Wisconsin compare to other States in implementing the Clean Air Act? Are we, we're, we're doing the best,  right? We're, we're awesome. Gail Good: [00:10:29] Of course, we are! Different States implement the act in different ways. Um, some states, um, are, um, implementing it, very implementing the act very directly. We're what's called a "state implementation plan" state. We are able to work within the boundaries of the Clean Air Act and the requirements that EPA has, um, to, to write our own rules so that we're able to implement them in the ways that we need to, to, to meet the requirements of the act. So little bit of a difference. Um, but everybody is really implementing, um, the Clean Air Act in the way that EPA requires them to.Brad Pierce: [00:11:06] I can chime in on that too. I've, I've worked with, uh, regulatory agencies in California. Uh, I've worked with them in Texas. I've worked with them in the mid-Atlantic states and in Long Island and New York state, and I've worked with Wisconsin. And so, uh, Wisconsin is the only place where I've been able to actually participate in a field campaign to try and understand exactly that ozone problem that we have along the western shore of Lake Michigan.So I'd say Wisconsin is, is one of those, uh, areas that is really going out of its way to try and address the, uh, the exceedances that it has and understand them better. Katie Grant: [00:11:46] That's what we like to hear. Wisconsin is always the best. Gail Good: [00:11:49] Right? And you did ask what we're doing, um, to, to try and address some of our issues. So maybe we can spend a few minutes talking about that because there are a lot of things that we do to try to address our ozone issues. Brad mentioned one, um, we have done and, and actively participated in it and engaged with a lot of our partners like Brad at the UW, um, to try and understand the issue.Um, you can't, uh, solve an issue until you can kind of measure it and, and then, um, and understand it. And so we've spent a lot of time, um, doing just that. We also, um, we work with an organization called LADCO or  Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium. They're a really important partner for us in working through some of the technical details that help us understand and define our ozone problem, um, so that we can work toward resolution.It also gives us a forum to engage with other states. Um, so I did mention that, you know, we are responsible for some of our air pollution, but there's a portion of it that, um, really is being transported to us from out of state. So working through LADCO gives us a forum to work with those other states to address some of those issues. That's just a few of the things that we're doing. And Brad, maybe you want to expand a little bit on some of the more specifics of some of the study that we've done.Brad Pierce: [00:13:07] So, yeah, we conducted, uh, the Lake Michigan ozone study, uh, in 2017. There actually was an earlier Lake Michigan ozone study that was mostly coordinated by the Wisconsin DNR. And, uh, as, as Gail mentioned, what's happening in terms of the ozone chemistry is happening out over the lake, so we don't have monitors, so that we can measure what's happening. So you need some unique ways to look at what's going on over the lake. The first Lake Michigan ozone study had aircraft that did profiles out over the lake and over land to try and get some idea uh, of, of what was going on, so we actually have, uh, measurement of the concentration of aerosols and ozone and its precursors, uh, right over the lake. We sort of took that and, and broadened the scope of the measurement. So we not only had aircraft that were doing profiles, so we know what the vertical distribution of ozone and other pollutants are, but also doing mapping, uh, so that we can actually see maps of that, uh, ozone precursor concentrations out over the lake, on land, and relate that to the, to the unique transport that's going on in in the area the unique meteorology. We also had a number of different ground-based measurements that were all along the shore, beginning in Schiller park, uh, in Chicago, right outside of Chicago O'hare, and moving all the way along up the western shore up to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and made those measurements continuously during May and June of 2017. Um, and also had some additional enhanced measurements at one site in Illinois. So again, in partnership with LADCO and the, the Illinois Department of Environmental Quality, uh, we had a site there, uh, and we had a site up in Sheboygan where we were able to look at very detailed chemistry and meteorology in those regions.So we're, we're in the process of, of analyzing that data now beginning to publish, uh, results of that. Uh, we're at Wisconsin at Madison. We're taking that a step further right now and trying to use those measurements to help improve our ability to model, to forecast the meteorology that's associated with these ozone enhancement events.And we're working with the Wisconsin DNR and the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium, uh, in a project funded by NASA to try and build the best modeling platform so that we can capture that unique meteorology and then use that to better understand how to control emissions to reduce those sort of, in the future.Katie Grant: [00:16:02] Yeah. It sounds like we know a lot, but there's still a lot for us to learn. Brad Pierce: [00:16:07] Yes. Katie Grant: [00:16:08] Yeah. Gail Good: [00:16:09] Yeah. We're, I think we have a relatively unique situation here. Um, there are other shoreline areas that experienced something similar, um, like we do where we're seeing elevated concentrations of ozone along the shoreline.But I think there are some uniquenesses to Wisconsin and in particular, this side of Lake Michigan that we're still working to understand. And then Brad talked a little bit about, you know, how to determine what's happening over water. And I think that's an area that we're still really trying to understand a little better. Um, you know, what really goes on to with those pollutants as they're over water. Katie Grant: [00:16:49] Yeah. So we opened up on Instagram and let everyone know that we were going to be doing this episode and asked what sort of questions do our followers have about air quality and just the air in general in Wisconsin. So here's a couple of those questions:Does Wisconsin require vehicle emission testing? Why or why not? Gail Good: [00:17:11] Yes. There are some parts of our state that do require vehicle emission testing. Um, those areas are, um, in Kenosha County, Milwaukee County, Ozaukee. We're seeing Sheboygan, Washington, and Waukesha counties. Um, the reason that we do that, um, is that these are areas that have historically, uh, violated the ozone standard.They were historically non-attainment areas. Um, some of them still are, um, and some of them aren't. But when an area is not attaining a standard for some time, when it does eventually attain a standard and we're able to re-designate that area, we want to be able to maintain that good air quality in that area.So, um, even some of those counties that are not at this point, um, non-attainment, those requirements are in place to make sure that that area can maintain that good air quality and not be in a situation where they're violating a standard again. Brad Pierce: [00:18:07] Yeah, and I think simply put, part of the reason we've seen such reductions in emissions over the last 50 years is, is kind of twofold. One, we put scrubbers on power plants and that reduced both, uh, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions, and we put catalytic converters in cars, and if those catalytic converters aren't functioning properly, then we're back where we were in 1970. So those, uh, the, the emissions testing is to make sure that the technology that's been developed and put in place to reduce emissions is still functioning right.Katie Grant: [00:18:46] Yeah. Makes sense. You've kind of alluded to this already, but why does Door County have some of the worst air quality in Wisconsin at times? Gail Good: [00:18:54] Yeah, that's a really good and interesting question. Um, so I mentioned that the lakeshore areas are where we tend to see our higher concentrations of ozone. Door County, right, is, um, up at the you know, tip of that Door peninsula and, um, there aren't a lot of sources of air pollution there, so you might not expect to see high concentrations of ozone there. Um, like you might expect to see in some other parts of the state that do have some more of those, um, typical kind of emissions sources.Door County is interesting though. I mentioned, um, earlier that, um, some of the ozone issue, um, is, is really caused by transported pollution from, from out of our state. And also, um, on those nice summer days where you have that southerly wind. So sometimes if you were able, we, we do actually provide air quality information to the public.So you can kind of see how the monitors that we have along the lakeshore that are measuring air quality, you can see how they change over the course of a day. And so sometimes what you see, if you can kind of imagine that southerly wind coming up along lakeshore, transporting that pollution, cooking over the lake and kind of working its way up the lakeshore, what we'll see is, um kind of the, the, you'll see the concentrations increase over the day from South to North, and so then eventually towards the end of the day as that southerly wind has kind of helped push that pollution up along the lakeshore, you'll see Door County and the monitor that's there at Newport State Park,  you'll see that monitor show an elevated concentration of ozone, often towards the end of the day. That southerly wind has just worked, has helped push the pollution up to that point. Katie Grant: [00:20:32] How big of a difference is there in air quality between the Northern part of the state and the Southern part of the state?Gail Good: [00:20:39] Um, well, that depends on what type of pollution you're talking about. Um, there is a difference. We talked about PM to five a little bit earlier and what that is, we do see differences in PM 2.5 concentrations. As you look from North to South, um, the Southern part of this. State, and especially the Southeast part of the state tends to be more heavily populated, so you have more vehicles.Um, and you also have more industry relatively, you know, relative to the Northern part of the state, um, down South. So we do tend to see higher concentrations of fine particles in the Southern part of the state compared to the Northern part of the state.Katie Grant: [00:21:16] What types of jobs are available with the DNR involving air quality?Gail Good: [00:21:20] We have lots of jobs. We, um, actually we, um, have about at any given time, between 110 and about 120 people working in the air program, so working on air quality issues. Katie Grant: [00:21:32] Throughout the state or just here in Madison?Gail Good: [00:21:34] Throughout the state. Um, we've got probably about 40% of the program working here in Madison and about 60% of the state, um, working around the state.Um, we have people here that are, um, obviously monitoring the air quality. We've talked about that a lot here. Um, so we. We do have a fair number of people who work around the state to make sure that those monitors are operating correctly and that they're doing what they need to do, um, to record concentrations so the public can understand what's going on with their air quality any given day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Um, we also have people here who do a lot of policy work. I mentioned that, that the act, you know, we're, we're really implementing federal requirements here. So we have a lot of policy folks who look at what those federal requirements are, keep track of changes that are being made at the federal level and work on how we're going to implement those throughout the state.We do write permits for our sources around the state as well. So we have, um, a lot of engineers working in the program who, um, write permits to make sure that people understand, um, what they have, what they need to do to be able to comply with different standards. Um, we have compliance inspectors who go out and work with the sources to make sure they understand the requirements of their permit and to make sure that they understand how to operate their equipment, um, and, and how to remain in compliance with the standards and with their permit. And then, you know, finally, we've got to make sure that we have people who can, um, we've got to have funds basically to do our work.So we, we rely heavily on, um revenue, kind of that we're bringing in from the sources. Um, and then also we rely on federal grants, um, to do our work as well. So we need people to help us do that, um, also in the program. So really a range of jobs. Katie Grant: [00:23:25] Yeah. Brad Pierce: [00:23:25] And meteorologists to help forecast our quality.Gail Good: [00:23:28] We do have a meteorologist on staff. Thanks Brad. Katie Grant: [00:23:33] I always get emails from him at, as soon as I leave the office, I get the email, Hey, we're going to have to issue an alert tonight. And I'm like, I just got home. Well, just got home. Gail Good: [00:23:45] We're always out there and making sure that air quality is good for people. We want people to know what's going on with their air quality. And our meteorologist is a critical part of that. Um, and the work that we do to make sure the public's informed about what's going on with their air. Katie Grant: [00:23:59] Yeah. Brad Pierce: [00:24:00] That's another good example of how Wisconsin collaborates with all the states within the great lakes area, because those meteorologists get together Monday, Wednesday, Friday during the, uh, the ozone season in particular to say, what's the outlook here?And they're working together, uh, across, you know, from various different states to get the best idea of what's happening. Katie Grant: [00:24:24] Yeah. So. What is the protocol here in Wisconsin, uh, for responding to air quality events like the Northern Metals fire in Minnesota?Gail Good: [00:24:36] I'm really glad you're asking that because that's actually a place where our meteorologist is, is really critical as well.Um, our, our, um, staff meteorologist is constantly, um, watching what's going on, um, and looking for situations like fires that may become impactful to our state. So our meteorologist is looking at maps, collaborating with other forecasters across the state to understand what's going on, whether it be something that's happening in Canada or Minnesota, as you mentioned.Um, and, in looking at satellite imagery and lots of other different tools to understand if we might be impacted by wildfire smoke here in Wisconsin. Another important tool that we have to identify, um, smoke events or wildfire events is our monitoring network. Uh, we talked about PM 2.5 and when we do see wildfires that are impacting our state, um, if that, if that wildfire smoke is making it down towards the ground level we will see that in our monitors and we will record higher concentrations of PM two-five. So the meteorologists and the monitoring folks are working together to keep an eye on situations like that. And then we do try to use a variety of means to get information out to the public.Our air quality mapping is available any time. Um, uh, you can go and take a look at your air quality, um, through the web at any time. We do also try to utilize social media, um, when we're seeing events to really spread the word that, Hey, if you're seeing kind of hazy air today, um, we are being impacted by smoke and we're seeing that on our monitors.And you know, a person may want to keep track of, of that, um, to make sure that, you know, if the levels of smoke are getting kind of elevated and we're recording higher concentrations, um, certain individuals may just want to be aware of that to be careful about being outdoors at that time. Katie Grant: [00:26:28] Yeah. From your research perspective. Um, do events like that mean anything for you? Is it, uh, an opportunity to explore this more?Brad Pierce: [00:26:37] So the event you were first referring to is a factory fire. Katie Grant: [00:26:42] Okay. Brad Pierce: [00:26:42] And I guess the other part of that is the, the local air quality management works with the EPA to make sure there, if there is any toxic pollutants.So not just the, not just the ozone and the PM 2.5 but, but toxics that monitors are deployed in the vicinity of, of that incident so that the public is. So that that ambient air is monitored and looking for any toxic release. So I think that was a big part of that deployment. The fires, the wildfires in general are something that that, as a researcher, I'm very interested in. And it's really, as I said earlier, we used to be concerned about regional haze events because of sulfate aerosols. And those are largely, those don't happen as much now, but as you know, fires in the Western US and often in the Southeastern US are now quite prevalent. And so we do look at those very carefully. And again, we use satellite measurements. Cause in some cases these are large enough plumes that you can track them across the country and out over the Atlantic ocean. So that's an area that we're researching quite a bit right now. Katie Grant: [00:27:55] Yeah. Gail Good: [00:27:56] Yeah. So really it does really depend on the type of fire that we're looking at in terms of the response that we might have and how much the program might get involved in it looking at that. There's certainly been other types of, um, fires at, you know, at sources where we've been concerned about, um, one pollutant or, or another. Um, and, and we would get involved in that in a variety of ways. It's usually in providing some technical assistance to folks like EPA who, um, do more response monitoring, um, for different toxics and helping kind of analyze the data and, um, just informing the public where we need to.Katie Grant: [00:28:29] Does pollution here ever get trapped close to the ground? Like it does in Salt Lake City? Why or why not? Gail Good: [00:28:35] It does. Um, that typically happens in something called a Temperature Inversion. So that's normally, um, if you could kind of imagine yourself at ground level and then kind of traveling up through the atmosphere, you would expect the temperature to get colder as you moved from the ground up.Sometimes though, um in a temperature inversion the temperature actually might, um, actually rise as you go up. And so, um, oftentimes we'll see these in the winter where you have, um, from the ground to a certain level, the temperature is going down, but then there's a spot where the temperature starts to go back up.And that's called a Temperature Inversion. It kind of acts as like a lid, if you will. Um, and can trap pollutants. That is what you're referring to in Salt Lake City. That does happen, and it can happen here as well.Brad Pierce: [00:29:22] It's that temperature inversion out over Lake Michigan that leads to the trapping of those pollutants and some of the ozone enhancements along the shore, and that's something that happens in the springtime when the water's cold and you get this a colder Marine boundary layer.Katie Grant: [00:29:40] Okay. What can residents do to help further improve the air quality here in Wisconsin? Gail Good: [00:29:47] Thanks for asking. There's a lot that people can do to learn about their air quality and take action. Um, I mentioned earlier that we offer, um, access to our monitor data all the time through our website. That's a really great place to kind of learn about air quality, learn what's going on with your air that day and stay informed.Um, we also do offer some mobile applications for that too, so you can go, whether you're Google or, um or Apple, you can go to wherever you go to get your apps and look for Wisconsin AQM and, um, download an application that can help you really stay informed about what's going on with your air quality throughout the day.There's also actions that anyone can take. Um, we do have a page on our website called, um,  "Do a little, Save a lot" and it really helps people understand that they can do small things that can be very impactful to their air quality. So it might be things like considering a different type of lawnmower or, um, really working to make sure that you're using your vehicle most efficiently.Your, Brad mentioned catalytic converters, and you know, getting your car checked out and making sure that it's working to its optimal function. There are lots of different things that people can do to, to really make a big impact on their air quality.Brad Pierce: [00:31:03] Ride your bike. Take a walk, instead of driving in the car. Gail Good: [00:31:07] Yeah, good one.Katie Grant: [00:31:09] So those little things really do make that big of a difference. Gail Good: [00:31:12] They can, especially when we're talking about things like mobile sources or vehicles, those are really impactful. So riding your bike is a great way to get exercise and to really reduce emissions from, from your vehicle. You have zero emissions if you're riding your bike.So let's, yeah, absolutely. Those things add up.Katie Grant: [00:31:29] You've been listening to Wild Wisconsin, a podcast brought to you by the Wisconsin DNR. Still have questions about air quality in our state. Send those questions to DNR podcast@wisconsin.gov and we'll work with Gail, Brad, and the rest of the air team here at the DNR to get you answers.For more great content, be sure to subscribe to Wild Wisconsin wherever you get your podcasts. Leave us a review or tell us how you'd like to hear from on a future episode. Thanks for listening.

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