Badger Restoration Advisory Board Challenges Army Decision

Today, members of the Badger Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) took the first step in a formal appeal of the Army’s recent denial of their request for an independent technical advisor. The January 24 letter to the installation director at Badger Army Ammunition Plant...

Army Seeks Exemptions to Groundwater Standards

Merrimac Town Board Asks WDNR for Public Hearing On January 5, CSWAB appeared before the Town of Merrimac board and informed local officials of the Army’s formal request for exemptions to state groundwater standards for nitrate, nitrite, manganese, and arsenic at a...

CSWAB Supports New Rules to Protect Wisconsin’s Bats

The Wisconsin Natural Resources board has approved a permanent set of rules to slow the spread of white-nose syndrome in Wisconsin bats. The rules classify four cave bats as threatened, list the fungus linked to the disease as an invasive species, and require cave and...

CSWAB in the News

CSWAB’s letter to state officials calling for a comprehensive ban on the use of the herbicide atrazine to protect expectant mothers and infants from exposure prompted a front page story in the Wisconsin State Journal this week. At the December 7 public hearing in...

CSWAB Receives Commendations for 20 Years of Service

In recognition of 20 years of service protecting communities and the environment, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) is pleased to announce that the organization and its Executive Director have recently received 10 commendations from federal, state, tribal...

Coalition Says Children at Risk from Atrazine Exposures

A statewide coalition organized by Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger is calling for a comprehensive ban or other significant action to protect expectant mothers and infants from exposure to the herbicide atrazine in groundwater. “The current approach consistently...