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Gov. Tony Evers has signed a bill that requires developers to purchase wetland mitigation credits within whatever watersheds they're working in.
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Read More »Wisconsin Assembly passes wetland-credits bill (UPDATE)
The state Assembly is preparing to pass a bill that would require developers to purchase wetland mitigation credits within the watershed they're changing.
Read More »Wisconsin Senate OKs wetland-credit changes (UPDATE)
The state Senate is poised to approve a bill that would require builders to purchase wetland-mitigation credits within the watershed they're changing.
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Read More »Environmental group clashes with Kohler Co. over golf course
Kohler Co. and an environmental group are at odds over the Wisconsin-based manufacturing company's plan to build a golf course on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Read More »DNR staff pressured to OK golf course
"Here's our thistle! This is a rare, very rare plant," retired wetland ecologist Pat Trochlell exclaimed as she stood at the edge of Lake Michigan on a clear, windy and unseasonably cool day in October.
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Read More »$3M federal grant funds Milwaukee wetland overhaul 
A federal grant announced Tuesday will help Milwaukee restore one of the last remaining wetlands in the city, a long-neglected site in the industrial Harbor District.
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Read More »Wetlands bill hits snag in state Senate
The fight over a proposed $70 million sand-processing center in western Wisconsin was to go on Wednesday before a state Senate committee, which was scheduled to hear public comments on a bill the Assembly has amended to include environmental exemptions for the project.
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Read More »Senate panel to tackle wetlands proposals
A panel of Wisconsin Senate lawmakers plan on Wednesday to hear public testimony on a bill calling for changes to the state’s wetland-mitigation rules.
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Read More »Assembly to vote on wetland permit exemptions bill
Wisconsin Republicans were scheduled to begin the end game Thursday for a bill that would allow developers to fill some state wetlands without permits, scheduling an Assembly floor vote.
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Read More »Assembly to vote on wetland permit exemptions bill
The state Assembly is preparing to pass a Republican bill that would allow developers to fill state wetlands without a permit.
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