The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is allowing more frac sand mines to open even though it let its environmental regulations on the industry expire nine months ago because the rules didn’t adequately protect streams from pollution, a state water regulator has confirmed.
DNR concedes its rules are faulty, then allows more frac sand mining
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A conveyor carries sand from the crushing area to a wash plant tower to be washed and sorted by grain size at the Preferred Sands plant in Blair in Trempealeau County.
Runoff from a sand mine in Chippewa County clouded Eighteen Mile Creek, a Class I trout stream, for several days, officials said.
Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal would turn the Natural Resources Board into an advisory panel to 'to strengthen leadership.'
The controversial project is closing its northern Wisconsin offices. Last year, officials expressed surprise at how many wetlands the land held.
The state Attorney General's office announced the fines Monday.
Business lobbyists faced off Thursday against advocates for the environment and local governments over a bill designed to roll back local powe…
A berm and soil stockpile without proper erosion controls sent sediment-laden water into a creek.
