WDNR Should Enforce Cleanup of Explosives

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) is urging the WDNR to respond to increasing levels of explosives in groundwater at the closing Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo.  In a July 9 letter to WDNR Regional Director Lloyd Eagan, CSWAB asks for additional...

CSWAB UPDATE: WDNR Agrees to Demand for Safe Water

After countless phone calls, emails, and meetings, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has finally agreed to CSWAB’s petition to initiate a process that will provide rural neighbors of Badger Army Ammunition Plant with safe drinking water guidelines...
Bringing Dairy Forage Research Center Into Compliance

Bringing Dairy Forage Research Center Into Compliance

After more than 17 months of pressure from CSWAB, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has set a May 1 deadline for getting the Dairy Forage Research Center Farm into compliance with state and federal laws that protect water quality. Since 2002, all Wisconsin farmers...
CSWAB UPDATE: CSWAB’s Success at Gruber’s Grove Bay

CSWAB UPDATE: CSWAB’s Success at Gruber’s Grove Bay

For more than 7 years, CSWAB has led a steadfast and determined campaign for the complete cleanup of toxic muck in Gruber’s Grove Bay and on November 26, the WDNR announced the completion of the project. “The river system is better off because Gruber’s Grove Bay is an...

Children at Greatest Risk from Army’s Pollution

Frustrated with the lack of response from the Wisconsin DNR, rural neighbors of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant are asking the Governor to help them get clean water.  Recent testing by the Army has confirmed that as many as 23 residential wells are contaminated with...