Current Issues
Public Meeting on Groundwater Quality near Badger
The U.S. Army is hosting a public informational meeting on groundwater quality at Badger Army Ammunition Plant on Tuesday November 17 beginning at 6 pm in the Sauk Library basement. The Army has installed 11 new groundwater monitoring wells near the eastern boundary...
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...
EPA Asked About PCBs and Asbestos Testing at Holston Ammo Plant
CSWAB has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine if contaminants discovered at the former Badger munitions site in Wisconsin could also be present at Tennessee’s Holston Army Ammunition Plant near Kingsport. In a July 20 letter to the PCB...
CSWAB Petitions WDNR for Guidance on Explosives in Drinking Water
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) petitioned the Wisconsin DNR today to establish drinking water Health Advisory Levels for 17 break-down products of the explosive compound Dinitrotoluene (DNT). Classified by EPA as a probable human carcinogen, DNT has...
No Open Burn at Camp Minden
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the Louisiana Military Department's recommendation to use a type of incinerator (Contained Burn System) to dispose of 15 million pounds of M6 propellant and 320,000 pounds of Clean Burning Igniter at Camp Minden....
Army Apologizes to Troops Exposed to US-Designed Chemical Weapons in Iraq
After it was reported that more than 600 service members suffered from chemical exposure in Iraq, the undersecretary of the Army issued an apology this week. The scandal goes deeper with its lack of proper medical treatment for these service members. by Andrew Emett,...
CSWAB Responds to New Groundwater Data
Recently-released test results reveal that old hazardous waste disposal sites inside Badger Army Ammunition Plant are continuing to impact groundwater, prompting area residents to ask for a more proactive approach to cleanup and improved public outreach. Citizens for...
CSWAB Organizes National Opposition to Munitions Burn
A broad coalition of 71 social and environmental justice organizations from across the U.S. is calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the proposed open air burning of 15 million pounds of abandoned M6 propellants at Camp Minden, Louisiana. In a...
Baldwin Gains Land Transfer to Ho-Chunk Nation
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin announced today that a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act will transfer 1,553 acres of former Badger Army Ammunition Plant lands to the Ho-Chunk Nation for prairie and grazing. The bill was passed by the U.S. House of...
CSWAB Joins Call for Federal Protection of Monarchs
In the face of staggering declines of monarch butterflies, CSWAB has joined leading monarch scientists and ecologists and more than 200 organizations and businesses in urging Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to protect Monarch butterflies under the Endangered...
DNR Works with CSWAB to Improve Community Involvement in Cleanup
The Wisconsin DNR has provided a written response to a series of questions posed by CSWAB following a public meeting on groundwater conditions near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant earlier this year. The questions covered a wide range of topics including...
Madison Audubon Society Calls for Protection of Badger Grasslands
The Madison Audubon Society has written a letter urging the National Park Service to require the Wisconsin DNR to honor its agreement and conserve former Badger Army Ammunition Plan lands for grassland bird habitat and only low-impact recreation. The DNR specified...