Environment : Multi-issue
WGF work on issues and evaluation of projects that have a variety of environmental and social ramifications.
Update on Vista Sands Solar and Greater Prairie-Chickens
by Meleesa Johnson, WGF Executive Director
Working for Renewable Energy AND Wildlife Conservation
In August 2024, at the administrative law hearing for the Vista Sands Solar Project development, I testified on behalf of Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF). In that testimony, we asked for certain solar arrays to be excluded from the final project map. …
Coalition on Wake Boats and Lakes Grows to 60+ Groups
The coalition to protect Wisconsin lakes from the effects of wake boats has grown to over 60 groups.
The strength of the coalition comes from the shared commitment to sound, science-based policy. The coalition will be active in the new Legislative Session starting this month, January 2025.
We are proud and grateful for the role of Wisconsin’s …
Read More >Updates on Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline – December 2024
Enbridge received permits from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for oil pipeline Line 5 Reroute to cross streams and wetlands in northern Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, crude oil spilled from Line 6 in southern Wisconsin.
Enbridge Line 5 Segment Relocation Map, 2020
Prepared by Nancy Larson, WGF Water Resources Specialist
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) has followed and commented …
Read More >Opportunities Now 2024: Wisconsin Forests at Risk
Wisconsin Forests at Risk: Engaging Wisconsinites in Another Century of Forest Conservation
We are proud to announce a new paper in our Opportunities Now series.
Left to right: Upson Lake Fall Forest. Photo Credit: Colleen Matula. Log deck and forwarder in Stockbridge-Munsee Tribal Forest. Photo Credit: Paul Koll. Thompson Family Forest. Photo …
Read More >Rolling up our sleeves
A message from WGF Executive Director Meleesa Johnson
Dairy cows at a Marathon County farm, June 2024, photo by Carolyn Pralle
As a kid, I spent my summers at my grandparents’ farm in rural Clark County. They were National Farmers Organization members. One memory, seared into my 5-year-old brain, was that of my grandparents dumping …
Read More >Confluences – Fall 2024
Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s newest issue of Confluences, our biannual print newsletter is now available.
We pour a lot of care into Confluences. Members of our staff and volunteers worked together on the fall 2024 issue with a special emphasis on the theme of Keeping Hope Alive in Conservation. This fall, we feature the voices of …
Read More >Wisconsin Neonics Forum – Oct. 30, 2024
Written by Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director, Edited by Carolyn Pralle, WGF Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) co-sponsored the first-ever Wisconsin Neonics Forum in Madison on October 30, 2024.
Our attendees to the Wisconsin Neonics Forum included executive director Meleesa Johnson, work group members Mark Asplund and Bill Fisher, agricultural projects coordinator Ben …
Read More >Wake Boats Coalition – Focus on Local Control
Wake Boats & Wisconsin Lakes – October 14, 2024 News Release
“Wisconsin Coalition Hails Local Efforts Regulating Wake-Enhanced Boats”
Our work as a coalition continues to advance a science-based approach to protect Wisconsin lakes from harmful effects related to wake-enhanced boats. On October 14, 2024, the coalition shared this news release, focusing on local efforts by Wisconsin …
Read More >Annual Report 2023
Wisconsin’s Green Fire’s 2023 Annual Report is now available!
Read the PDF here or browse the gallery below.
You can find annual reports for past years here.
Current members of Wisconsin’s Green Fire will receive a print copy of the WGF annual report in our fall mailing in mid-October. As you may know, Read More >
Wisconsin Lakes Coalition – Policy Positions on Wake Boats
Wisconsin Lakes Coalition – September 16, 2024 Update
Sep. 16, 2024 News Release: Wisconsin Lakes Coalition Shares Policy Positions to Protect Wisconsin’s Lakes
Wisconsin’s Green Fire is one of the leading organizations within a new coalition of groups protecting Wisconsin’s lakes from the effects of wake boats. On September 16, 2024, …
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