The Bell’s Vireo (Vireo bellii) is listed as a threatened bird species in Wisconsin. It prefers dense shrubby areas within an open prairie landscape and is found at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Photograph by Joan Gellatly. The Badger Army...
A county committee will wait to hear from a state agency before passing judgment on the future use of the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area. The Sauk County Board’s Conservation, Planning and Zoning Committee was slated Tuesday to discuss a possible recommendation on the...
Officials with the Wisconsin DNR said that they will be carefully monitoring groundwater data when the Army shuts down active groundwater cleanup at Badger Army Ammunition Plant later this month. However, some residents with deeper bedrock wells believe that they are...
The U.S. Army at Badger Army Ammunition Plant has informed CSWAB that it is “not okay” to distribute informational handouts at an upcoming public meeting on groundwater scheduled to begin at 6 pm on December 11 at the River Arts Center Gallery in Prairie du Sac. The...
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) has asked state regulators to require additional analysis and data collection in response the recent shutdown of a groundwater treatment system at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The recommendations to the Wisconsin...
Without any public notice or opportunity for public comment, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has quietly approved an Army proposal that eliminates or significantly reduces regular testing of private wells near Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Of the...
“CSWAB’s tenacious grassroots battle to ensure a thorough cleanup of one decommissioned military facility stands as a model for other impacted communities across this country and the globe.”
