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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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Read More »Senate committee OKs bill allowing wetland permit exemptions
Wisconsin Republicans released more tweaks on Wednesday to their bill that would allow developers to fill state wetlands without permits, defusing opposition from at least two powerful conservation groups.
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