Opponents of sand mining project sue Wisconsin DNR over wetlands loss

Two environmental groups filed legal challenges against the Department of Natural Resources on Monday over its recent approval of a $65 million sand processing development in western Wisconsin that will require the loss of more than a dozen acres of a rare hardwoods swamp. 

The legal actions by Clean Wisconsin and Midwest Environmental Advocates, both in Madison, contend that the DNR acted prematurely when it approved a permit for the project in May without adequate information on the effect construction of a processing plant and rail spur would have on surrounding land...

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Ken Notes: We need to depoliticize the DNR so they can do what they were established to do... Sand is gold as oil prices rise and the companies know how to grease the wheels of government...