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To add your issue to this page, email Alice
McCombs newisrc-wsn@earthwins.com
WSN Priority
Issues which Impact North East Wisconsin
Water Regulation
& Withdrawals: The Wisconsin
Stewardship Network (WSN) supports enacting legislation that sets standards for
water withdrawals, promotes efficient water use, and improves the integrity of
the Wisconsin’s water supply. See the WSN page about this issue at: http://www.wsn.org/water_regulation/index.html
Factory Farming:
The WSN supports full implementation
of the Clean Water Act’s goal of zero discharge of animal wastes and excess
nutrients to ground and surface waters from livestock facilities.
See the WSN page about this issue at:
http://www.wsn.org/factoryfarm/factoryfarmpage.html
The proposed
Arrowhead-Weston Transmission Line: The WSN
has designated the proposed 345,000 volt
transmission line across northern Wisconsin as a priority issue. The line would
run from Duluth (Arrowhead) to Wausau (Weston). See the WSN page about
this issue at http://www.wsn.org/transmission_line/index.html
Forest Fragmentation: The WSN will promote public policies that prevent forest fragmentation by
producing a database of critical private lands to help land trusts better target
areas for conservation programs, defending the integrity of our last remaining
natural areas in the forest plans for state and federal forests, urging our
elected officials to support the Forest Legacy & Stewardship programs, and
working with concerned citizens to protect our public forests from ATV abuse.
See the WSN page about this issue at: http://www.wsn.org/forest_habitat/index.html
Other Important
Environmental Issues in North East Wisconsin
Nuclear Power
and Waste: Wisconsin legislators are
currently considering legislation - AB555 that would
revoke the ban on new nuclear power plants in Wisconsin.
If built, any new nuclear plants would require places
for nuclear waste storage. The Wolf River Batholith
area in Central Wisconsin has been designated as
an appropriate location for nuclear waste storage.
Clean
Wisconsin (Formerly Wisconsin's Environmental Decade) is working on this
issue. Be sure to sign their petition No more nuclear
waste in Wisconsin!
Fox River PCB
Cleanup
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