Environment : Multi-issue
WGF work on issues and evaluation of projects that have a variety of environmental and social ramifications.
Providing Input on Wisconsin’s Beaver Management Plan
Beaver in Douglas County, Wisconsin. Photo via Snapshot Wisconsin.
A new chapter in managing beaver in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) uses 10-year plans to guide the management of different species throughout Wisconsin. The existing Beaver Management Plan (2015-2025) is currently being updated so it can be implemented over the next …
Read More >Green Fire Cafe 2026
Green Fire Cafe continues in 2026
These days, we all need opportunities to unwind and connect. We need people around us to talk through our challenges and cheer on our achievements. But how can we do that when life is so busy? It can be challenging enough just to keep up with all the …
Read More >Big Tech Unchecked – A Toolkit for Community Action around Data Centers
New Publication: Hyperscale Data Centers in Wisconsin – Big Tech Unchecked – a toolkit for community action
Hyperscale Data Centers in Wisconsin – Big Tech Unchecked: A toolkit for community action. Published December 2025.
In fall 2025, Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF), collaborated with Sierra Club of Wisconsin, Midwest Environmental Advocates, …
Read More >WGF Recommendations for the North Central Forest Draft Regional Master Plan
Old growth white pine shelterwood, Board of Commissioners of Public Land, 40 acres east of Upper Post Lake, Langlade County. Photo by Ron Eckstein.
WGF Recommendations for the North Central Forest Draft Regional Master Plan
WGF Recommendations: North Central Forest Draft Regional Master Plan, Dec. 3, 2025, p.1.
In early December 2025, Wisconsin’s …
Read More >Why WGF Opposes 4 Bills on Administrative Rules
by Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director; edited by Carolyn Pralle, WGF Communications and Outreach Coordinator
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency passed four bills out of committee on a partisan vote of six (6) Republican votes to three (3) Democratic votes.
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) opposes all four …
Read More >U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issues permit for Enbridge Line 5 Re-route despite challenges to state permits
On October 29, 2025, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit that allows construction of the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline re-route in northern Wisconsin. Legal challenges to the required state permits continue.
Read More >A Busy Week at the Capitol for WGF
Meleesa Johnson, WGF, testifies on Senate Bill 456 at Wisconsin State Capitol, October 9, 2025. Photo by Sarah Barry.
A Busy Week at the Capitol for WGF
By Paul Heinen, WGF Policy Director, Edited by Carolyn Pralle, WGF Communications and Outreach Coordinator
During the week of October 6, 2025, Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) leaders testified at …
Read More >WGF Opposes the EPA’s Proposal to Rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Opposes the EPA’s Proposal to Rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
WGF Comments on EPA’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment FindingRE: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) urges the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to keep the 2009 Endangerment Finding in place and to maintain …
Read More >News Release: WGF Supports Audit Findings that Confirm the WDNR Properly Managed Fish and Wildlife Account Funds
White tailed deer doe and fawns in Black River Falls WI, photo via Snapshot Wisconsin (Source: https://wi-dnr.widencollective.com/portals/zssbwavl/SnapshotWisconsinPhotoLibrary)
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Supports Audit Findings that Confirm the WDNR Properly Managed Fish and Wildlife Account Funds
Correction (12:42pm CT, Sep. 9, 2025): The $30 million one-time transfer from the Forestry Account to the Fish and …
Read More >Enbridge Line 5 Pipeline Update – August 2025
Contested Case Hearings on DNR Water Permits Begins August 12
Prepared by Nancy Larson, WGF Water Resources Specialist
The contested case hearings on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) water permits for the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipeline reroute in Wisconsin begin August 12 in Ashland, WI. The hearings will be held in Ashland and Madison …
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