Mar 19, 2010 | issues
Army officials have ordered rural neighbors of Wisconsin’s Badger Army Ammunition Plant to suppress an environmental report by an independent consultant working with the local Restoration Advisory Board (RAB). “Immediately following last night’s public meeting, an...
Feb 9, 2010 | issues
The U.S. Army has proposed limiting camping and other future uses in lieu of cleanup for certain areas at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. If approved by state regulators, the request will relieve the Army of its responsibility to clean up soil contamination on land...
Feb 4, 2010 | issues
Last night, Town of Merrimac board members unanimously passed a resolution calling on the U.S. Army to clean up groundwater contamination that is affecting private drinking water wells and is discharging into the wetlands and surface water of Lake Wisconsin at...
Jan 22, 2010 | issues
A new environmental study has confirmed that groundwater contamination from an old hazardous waste dump at Badger Army Ammunition Plant has moved beyond the plant boundary and is discharging into Lake Wisconsin at Weigand’s Bay. Concentrations of the carcinogenic...
Dec 10, 2009 | issues
On behalf of residents in his district, State Representative Steve Hilgenberg is encouraging the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to respond to concerns about unregulated groundwater contaminants originating from the Badger Army Ammunition Plant (BAAP)....
Nov 20, 2009 | issues
A precedent-setting move by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is being applauded by rural neighbors of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant but is expected to draw strong opposition from the U.S. military. The WDNR recently received approval from the...
