Current Issues

The Town Board of Prairie du Sac has issued a letter urging neighboring towns to join in formally asking that any petition to establish a utility district to provide municipal water for residents near the Badger Army Ammunition Plant be put to a referendum. The March...

The Wisconsin Wildlife Federation is urging state regulators to require restoration and cleanup of wetlands at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant instead of restricting future land uses. “We would like to see a new proposal from the Army that contains soil...

If approved, a proposal by the U.S. Army could prohibit camping, prairie restoration, and other conservation activities on portions of the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is accepting public comments on the military’s...

Badger Army Ammunition Plant may be underestimating health risks posed by residual chromium contamination on land slated for transfer to the State of Wisconsin, especially when compared to other Army sites nationwide. In a new report that has been submitted to state...

Today, Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) joined the Wisconsin Resources Protection Council, Sierra Club, and over 75 statewide, regional and national groups in releasing an open letter urging Wisconsin legislators to reject changes to Wisconsin’s mining...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is challenging an Army proposal to shift liability to the state for any disturbance or release of pesticide residues that may be found in soils at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The Army included the language in...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is challenging the Army’s plans to disband the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for Wisconsin’s Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The EPA’s September 12 letter to the U.S. Army Environmental Command says that the Army’s actions are...

More than 50 organizations from across the U.S. have co-signed a letter supporting the Ho-Chunk Nation's interest in lands at the closing Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Wisconsin.  All have endorsed a letter which was sent this week to the U.S. Department of the...

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger (CSWAB) has submitted a formal request to U.S. Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin and U.S. Senator Herb Kohl asking for an independent U.S. Government Accountability Office review of Department of Defense compliance with federal rules...

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger submitted a formal petition today urging state regulators to require environmental testing for asbestos in soils at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Asbestos fibers found in soil can become airborne as the result of site...

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger submitted formal public comments today urging the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to adopt stronger soil cleanup standards that are more protective of children and expectant mothers. “CSWAB supports many of the additions...

by Tim Damos, Baraboo News Republic Only one of the nearly 70 comments submitted to a state agency directly supported the U.S. Army’s proposed solution to groundwater pollution at a former weapons plant south of Baraboo. More than two-thirds of the comments were...