ENVIRONMENT
Amid a New Study, Questions Surround the Ongoing Mining Issue in Glenwood City
[first published on WIvoices.org] A new and comprehensive study on frac sand mining was released Wednsesday featuring input from a local man.Tom Quinn is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Far...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 11:21 PM
Bear hunting story upsetting to a reader
Not everyone enjoyed reading about a 648-pound (or more) black bear being killed near North Hudson. Julie Irving, a resident of Krattley Lane in the town of Hudson, called the Star-Observer to disput...
Posted on 10/14/11 at 11:12 AM
EPA: No ban on lead hunting ammunition
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency denied a petition by five environmental groups to ban lead in hunting ammunition. Here's a link to a story on the topic....
Posted on 8/30/10 at 1:45 PM
County-wide tire collection June 1
May 21, 2013
Clean Sweep Hazardous Waste Collection is Friday and Saturday, May 17-18
St. Croix County’s annual Clean Sweep Hazardous Waste Collection is taking place today and tomorrow at the county highway shop at 666 Hwy. 12 east of Hudson.May 17, 2013
Spring clean-up by Kiwanis
May 17, 2013
Swarm season starts: bees just doing what comes naturally - Don’t Panic!
By Paul VanDenMeerendonk, St. Croix Valley Beekeepers Association. , May 02, 2013
River association hosts author William Souder
April 18, 2013
County Earth Day event set Sunday in Hudson
April 18, 2013
Letter: Dislikes mining bill
So Governor Scott Walker has signed into law SB1, the iron ore mining bill written by the Florida company Gogebic Taconite and passed by a party-line vote in the state senate and assembly.By Thomas R. Smith, River Falls , April 06, 2013
Assemblyman proposes woodchuck-hunting season
Wisconsin NewsWoodchucks would no longer be a protected species in Wisconsin under a bill that’s being drafted by a state Assembly Republican.
March 27, 2013
Letter: Against mines in Alaska
Foreign mining companies including two of the world’s most powerful, Britain’s Anglo American and Rio Tinto, are planning to dig Peggy Mine, one of the largest open-pit mines at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska.By Ray Anderson, River Falls , March 17, 2013
Letter: Against tar sands mining, Keystone pipeline
Among the many gifts left to us by the very wise Chief Seattle is his total respect for the earth and his recognition that we have an obligation to protect and to preserve this precious legacy left to us by those who came before.By Buzz Marzolf, Hudson , March 16, 2013
Cleanup continues after Red Cedar River crash
Wisconsin NewsClean-up crews have been working continuously to avoid environmental damage from a truck crash 10 days ago near Menomonie.
March 15, 2013
Walker signs mining bill
Wisconsin NewsWith a sign on a desk that read “Mining for Jobs,” Governor Scott Walker signed the bill March 11 that seeks to make it easier to open a new iron-ore mine in far northern Wisconsin.
March 13, 2013
Report shows tribe’s water-quality issues
Wisconsin NewsAs state senators debate a proposed northern Wisconsin mine, a new report says an Indian tribe that fears pollution from the mine has other water-quality problems of its own.
March 01, 2013
State’s deer “czar” asks hunters for input
Wisconsin NewsWisconsinites are being asked to share their ideas for carrying out the “Deer Czar’s” recommendations.
February 27, 2013
St. Croix County wind farm project application denied by PSC
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin voted 2-1 on Thursday, Feb. 14, to deny an application of Highland Wind Farm, LLC, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a 102.5 megawatt (MW) wind electric facility in the Towns of Forest and Cylon in St. Croix County.February 14, 2013
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