Development dirties St. Croix River

Uniform erosion standards not uniformly welcomed

Published: May 16, 2013
Tags: Daniel LeMahieu, DNR, EPA, erosion, erosion control, phosphorous, runoff, storm water

Dane County is in danger of losing authority that for almost 11 years has let it tailor its erosion-control standards to protect resources such as lakes Mendota and Monona and trout streams.

Supreme Court limits DNR’s power

Published: March 23, 2011
Tags: Broadway Mill, Clean Water Act, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Georgia-Pacific, phosphorous, Supreme Court

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says the state does not have the authority to determine whether state-issued water pollution permits comply with federal law. The court’s 5-2 ruling Wednesday comes in the case of environmentalists who argued a permit was improperly issued in 2005 to Georgia-Pacific’s Broadway Mill in Green Bay. According [...]

Forget girl power, how about cow power

Published: July 14, 2010
Tags: BidBlog, blog, Cow-Power Project, Dane County, digester, Knoedler, phosphorous, Yahara Lakes Watershed

By Ann Knoedler The dangers of phosphorous have long been recognized as bad news for our lakes and rivers. Algae thrives on it, which in turn prevents the healthy, native plants from growing and kills fish and other aquatic life by depleting the oxygen. Slowly, but surely the march to ban phosphorous from household products [...]

USDA: Conservation works in Upper Mississippi

Published: June 16, 2010
Tags: Department of Agriculture, Farm Bill, fertilizer, Mississippi River, phosphorous, runoff, USDA

By  STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Farmers in the Upper Mississippi River basin have made significant progress in reducing sediment, fertilizer and pesticide runoff but need to do more to cut pollution to acceptable levels, according to a major U.S. Department of Agriculture study. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday the study [...]

Battle brewing over phosphorous rules (UPDATE)

Published: November 27, 2009
Tags: Baumann, Bureau of Watershed Management, DNR, EPA, Lawton, Lyon, Midwest Environmental Advocates, Municipal Environmental Group, phosphorous, Rice Lake Utilities, Thom, U.S. Environmental Protection, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
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By Sean Ryan Environmental groups can expect a fight if they follow through with their threat to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to encourage new rules regulating phosphorous levels in water. Seven environmental organizations are trying to get the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources or EPA to mandate limits on the amount of phosphorous [...]

Environmental groups push for phosphorous rules

Published: November 24, 2009
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Lawton, phosphorous, Thom, wastewater

By Sean Ryan Public wastewater utilities argue they cannot afford projects to satisfy new phosphorous rules for water quality that environmental groups are demanding. Seven environmental groups on Monday told the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the agency to force the EPA and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to approve new [...]