Oct 9, 2025 | issues
By Madeline Heim and Laura Schulte / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oct. 8, 2025 NORTH FREEDOM, WI – The sprawling grounds of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant in Sauk County are largely peaceful, long transformed from what was once the world’s largest...
Jun 25, 2024 | issues
Environmental and public health groups are attacking EPA’s proposed rule on open burning/open detonation (OB/OD) of waste munitions, saying that if the agency will not back their long-running calls for a total ban on the practice it must at least strengthen elements...
Apr 29, 2024 | issues
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting public comment on proposed regulations that will allow for the open burning and detonation (OB/OD) of waste explosives. In communities across America, open burning and detonation of energetic hazardous waste...
Jun 13, 2023 | issues
In order to assure that Wisconsin residents, military base workers and service members are fully and promptly informed of potential risks to public health, groundwater standards recommended by state health officials should be immediately adopted by the state...
Jul 26, 2021 | issues
The 300-acre Settling Ponds Area spans more than 2 miles along the southern boundary of the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. During active production years, these ponds received sanitary and industrial wastewater from the entire facility and surface runoff from...
