Why the Badger Ammo Cleanup is Faltering

Why the Badger Ammo Cleanup is Faltering

In response to Wisconsin DNR concerns about increasing concentrations of the explosive dinitrotoluene (DNT) in groundwater near Badger Army Ammunition Plant, the Army will be increasing the frequency of groundwater and drinking water sampling in several areas at and...
CSWAB Newsletter Spring 2017

CSWAB Newsletter Spring 2017

New Fact Sheet on Federal Facilities with High Explosives Contamination As part of the Cease Fire Campaign, CSWAB has researched and published a New Fact Sheet on federal facilities with RDX contamination. RDX is a toxic and carcinogenic explosive compound found in...
WDNR Keeps Motorcycles/Rockets in Badger Plan

WDNR Keeps Motorcycles/Rockets in Badger Plan

Despite our best efforts,  the WDNR draft Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area still proposes dual-sport motorcycles and sport rocketry on the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant lands. These loud disruptive uses contradict the conservation goals for the...
Groups Want Conservation Prioritized at Badger

Groups Want Conservation Prioritized at Badger

A broad coalition of 26 conservation, hunting, social justice and environmental organizations has issued a joint letter to the Wisconsin DNR urging the agency to prioritize conservation and nature-based recreation in its pending land use plan for the Sauk Prairie...