Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that he has secured federal money to complete the largest land conservation purchase in Wisconsin history, going around Republicans in the Legislature who had blocked the project.
Tag: Conservation
Posted inEnvironment, Government, Health & Welfare, Water Watch Wisconsin
Farmers vow to reduce phosphorus, bane of Green Bay
Despite fish kills, toxic algae blooms, unsafe beaches and an annual dead zone in the Lake Michigan bay sparking concern across the region, the level of phosphorus loading has changed little over the past two decades, and even gone up in the past couple of years. “I’m part of the problem,” said John Pagel of Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy, one of the largest farms in Wisconsin, at a summit hosted by U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble in Green Bay. “But I’m also part of the solution.”
Posted inEnvironment, Frac Sand Rush
Sidebar: How a sand mine dealt with its Karner blues
What one frac-sand mining company is doing to help protect Wisconsin’s endangered Karner blue butterfly.
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Frac Sand Rush
Frac sand in Wisconsin: Links and contacts
Resources to learn more.
Posted inEnvironment, Frac Sand Rush
Are frac sand miners failing to check for rare butterfly?
There’s a new wrinkle in Wisconsin’s fast-growing frac sand mining: It turns out that an endangered butterfly, the Karner blue, lives in the same region. And some companies may be failing to check for the butterfly as they move ahead with mining operations.