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Mining activities have not slowed down in the last few months. Badger Minerals has begun exploratory drilling in Oneida County and the Menominee River has been named one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers for the second time.There are actions you can take to oppose the mining proposals that... Read More
The Wisconsin legislature is scrambling to finish up its business by the end of the month. This means that the bad bills we’ve been monitoring might either quietly go away, or be rushed through in a last second push. We want to make sure that the retrograde groundwater bill, SB302/AB679, does... Read More
It's an arcane issue and hard to put into kitchen-table English, but let us try... "It" is phosphorus pollution, a hot topic in the Capitol right now. The River Alliance pays attention to it because phosphorus is the greatest pollution threat to rivers. As a fertilizer, it does a great job... Read More
Algae Blooms Could Get Worse If Legislature Weakens Phosphorus Rules Phosphorus is the number one cause of pollution to Wisconsin lakes and rivers. While you cannot see or smell phosphorus in the water, it does its job as a fertilizer: it grows unsightly, smelly algae; some of those algae... Read More
River Alliance was at the table for the development of shoreland zoning rules: a rule that was approved four years ago after nine years and countless hours of research, debate and negotiation and 50,000 public comments. These rules balance reasonable use of shorelands with long-term protection... Read More
