WSN Western Hub: Kate Hale
WSN Board:  Tom Wilson

NORTHERN THUNDER
316 EAU CLAIRE ST.
EAU CLAIRE, WI 54701
715-834-9276
nthunder@execpc.com

Northern Thunder Mission Statement
 

• Eau Claire Trick Or Treat Tour De Sprawl - Oct. 30 bus tour of good and bad growth.
• Company Wants To Trash Eau Claire County Forests - Plan calls for turning county forest into dump site.
• At look at the DNR's PCB disposal plan for the Eau Claire landfill.
• Rio Tinto Zinc plays hardball with Ladysmith mine site reclamation plan.
• Ridership Soars on EC Bus System- citizen activism saved the city bus system from closing two years ago.  Now ridership is soaring with positive changes.
• 5th Annual Chippewa Valley River Clean-up - Eau Claire River target of June 6 clean-up effort
• The Truth Behind the Rusk County Economic Miracle - mining boosters point to the Ladysmith mine as a boon to the community.  Here's a hard look at the numbers.
• Sprawl is the word in Eau Claire area - May 2 workshop to address concerns and provide activists with tools for addressing the problem.
• Critical Mass '98 - annual bicycle ride through Eau Claire planned for April 26.
• WSN Holds Regional Meeting in Spooner - gathering addresses state and local concerns for the WSN
• Aereal Exploration for Minerals Resumes in Jackson County.
• TV Notion:  A news program for the Chippewa Valley.  TV Notion goes behind the scenes to report on stories ignored or under-reported.
• Wisconsin at 150 - programs looking at our heritage in Eau Claire
• State Senate Committee considers changes to mining groundwater rules.  Comments from Tom Wilson on the need for toughening mining groundwater regulations.
• Kennecott pulls the plug on LaCrosse County mineral leases.

• Citizens object to St. Croix Co. landfill.
• Sprawl meeting generates citizen action.

• Regional Land Use Meeting. Sprawl and uncontrolled development threaten the Eau Claire regional environment and way of life.  An effort is underway to address the problem.

• Art Auction online:  Artists for the Environment holiday benefit auction for Northern Thunder and Clean Water Action Council of NE Wisconsin.  Opens Nov. 2 in Eau Claire at the State Regional Arts Theater.
• Mining groundwater changes challenged by muskie fisherman.
• Chemistry Professor Al Denio seeks to illuminate us non-chemists on how sulfide metallic mining creates pollutants that threaten Wisconsin's environment in his short piece, "A Tale of Three Elements."
• Jackson County Board Passes Exploration Moratorium
• Trout Unlimited backs Mining Moratorium.
• WSN Press release from ECCOLA and Northern Thunder: CONSERVATION CONGRESS ENDORSES MINING CONTROLS
• MayActions
• "LEGACY OF A RIVER" New Video Available from Northern Thunder
• Mining Information Now Available
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