Current Issues
Trail Survey Results Favor Badger Reuse Plan and Low-Impact Recreation
The majority of survey respondents support pedestrians, bicyclists and cross-country skiers as the primary users of the proposed Great Sauk Trail which will connect the villages of Sauk City and Prairie du Sac to the southern part of Devil's Lake State Park. The...
DNR Should Keep Its Promise
Imagine a quiet landscape at the base of the Baraboo Hills where you can hear the rare song of the Henslow’s sparrow, view an eagle soaring overhead, and listen to the rustle of thousands of acres of prairie grasses. This is the potential for the former Badger Army...
CSWAB Reviews Groundwater Results for Badger Ammo
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) has completed a review of recently-released environmental reports by the U.S. Army at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Army testing indicates that groundwater quality is improving in certain areas in and around the former...
Bluebird Trails at Badger Part of National Conservation Effort
Initially the bluebird trails at Badger Army Ammunition Plant were part of a study assessing risks to wildlife from exposure to residual soil contamination left by the Army. The bluebird trails at Badger are now part of a national effort to monitor and increase the...
Treasures Surface at Badger
By Mimi Wuest More and more treasures are being found on the land at the old Badger Army Plant. Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) has been running a series on their Facebook page of some of the birds that were seen at Badger during the month that it was...
Time to get Batty about Badger
This little guy is a Big Brown bat, one of seven bat species found in Wisconsin. A mobile bat survey conducted in June 2010 at Badger Army Ammunition Plant found four of these bat species – two state Threatened and two Special Concern species. A winter hibernation...
Together, we are making a difference
Together with other members of the Badger Oversight Management Commission, CSWAB continues to actively support the Badger Reuse Plan – a collaborative community vision for the Badger Army Ammunition Plant lands that is the result of decades of effort by private...
CSWAB Calls for Reinstatement of Badger RAB Meetings
The U.S. Army is reporting that all drinking water wells near Badger Army Ammunition Plant continue to test safe. However, recent testing has detected contaminants above health standards in some offsite groundwater monitoring wells, according to a formal review of...
Consumption of Wild Edibles at Badger Discouraged
The anticipated opening of the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area to the public from April 12 to May 27 is exciting news for many however, we do have one word of caution. Over CSWAB’s objections, the evaluation and assessment of the human food chain – specifically...
Songs of the Badger Tallgrass Prairie, Part 5
The Eastern Bluebird is among the many grassland and shrubland birds found at Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Two successful bluebird trails with more than 80 houses are carefully maintained and monitored by members of the Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin....
Songs of the Badger Tallgrass Prairie, Part 4
Documented rare species at Badger Army Ammunition Plant include the Eastern Whip-poor-will. Made famous in folk songs, poems, and literature for their endless chanting on summer nights, Whip-poor-wills are easy to hear but hard to see. Their brindled plumage blends...
Songs of the Badger Tallgrass Prairie, Part 3
Nearly the entire 500-acre parcel targeted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) administration for an off-road vehicle track and gun range at Badger Army Ammunition Plant – including a parking lot, staging area, vehicle wash station and support...