Published: March 14, 2010
Tags: brush, Claims Board, DNR, Joint Finance Committee, Lafayette County, Stillmunkes, Yellowstone Wildlife Area
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers will consider whether to pay an Iowa brush cutter who claims he worked extra hours on state land.
The Joint Finance Committee is expected to take up a bill Tuesday that would pay Stillmunkes Inc. an additional $30,000 for cutting brush in the Yellowstone Wildlife Area in Lafayette County in [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Bies, builder, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Hagen, landowner, Pat Stevens, permit, Rodrian, Slottke, survey, The Sigma Group, wetlands, Wisconsin Builders Association, Wisconsin Department of Justice
Comments: 3
By Paul Snyder
Disputes between the state and builders over construction projects near wetlands have prompted a lawmaker’s attempt to force better communication between the sides.
State Rep. Garey Bies, R-Sister Bay, has introduced a bill requiring the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources provide information about wetlands to landowners, builders and local governments that issue building permits. [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Brunet Island State Park, Chippewa Moraine, Cylon State Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, natural areas, St. Croix Islands
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin environmental officials want to designate six new state natural areas.
State-designated natural areas are zones on state land devoted to scientific research and preservation. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the designation doesn’t affect any existing uses or recreational access.
The new areas would include two zones within the St. Croix [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: Decker, DNR, Walker
Justices hear arguments over Wis. court records
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s legal association told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday that judges need broader powers to expunge court records because the records are too easily accessible online and can be abused.
Currently, judges can expunge juvenile records and records of offenders under age 25 who committed [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, lawsuit, Meadows Water Trust, Milwaukee Water Works, New Berlin, radium, water
New Berlin will pay a $45,000 fine to the state because the city water utility did not meet deadlines to remove radium from its drinking water system.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources six years ago gave New Berlin until 2006 to get its drinking water into compliance with federal radium limits. High doses of radium [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: Cudahy, DNR, foreclosure, Fritts, Iceport, McCue, property, Rail, redevelopment, Sportsites LLC, spur, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
The city of Cudahy, which owns the former Iceport property, is studying whether to build a railroad spur through the site to attract development.
“I’d like to see manufacturing on that site,” said Mayor Ryan McCue.
The city bought the foreclosed 31.2-acre site at sheriff’s auction in June and plans to redevelop the land. The [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: 911 tower, Assembly, Barron, Barron County, communications tower, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Doyle, Duane Herbert, forest management, Hubler, Jauch, Jeff French, Kathy Nelson, land use, managed forest law, property taxes, Schauf, Senate, tower
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Bob and Karen Schauf’s decision to let Barron County build a 911 tower on their property instigated a $34,317 state penalty and inspired a bill that would make the fee disappear.
That bill is headed to Gov. Jim Doyle’s desk, and the governor’s staff has indicated he will sign it, said state Rep. Mary [...]
Published: February 19, 2010
Tags: clean air, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Doyle, pollution, Sierra Club
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, at least five more state-run power plants are not in compliance with federal clean air regulations and need tighter pollution controls.
Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration is promising to fix the problems uncovered at the plants that power UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-River Falls [...]
Published: February 18, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, farms, permits
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State environmental officials are proposing a blanket permit for giant farms.
Right now, anyone who wants to start a farm with more than 1,000 of what the Department of Natural Resources calls animal units, the equivalent of about 700 dairy cows, must obtain an individual permit from the agency.
The permits prohibit spreading [...]
Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: Charter Street power plant, Clean Air Act, David Miller, DNR, Feyerherm, lawsuit, pollution, power plant, Sierra Club, Steffes, UW System, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Madison, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
By Paul Snyder
A Sierra Club lawsuit seeking the results of a state review of four campus power plants could be the beginning of a massive drain on the budgets of university building projects.
The Sierra Club wants to know whether projects completed since 1995 at University of Wisconsin System power plants on the campuses of UW-Eau [...]
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