Environment : Multi-issue
WGF work on issues and evaluation of projects that have a variety of environmental and social ramifications.
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 …
Read More >WI Supreme Court Ruling on JCRAR
View of the East Gallery and Supreme Court wing of the WI Capitol, photo by Carolyn Pralle, November 2024
Supreme Court rules that JCRAR powers are unconstitutional
Last week on July 8, 2025, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on the case Evers v. Marklein. This case focused on the administrative rulemaking process …
Read More >Join Us for Prairie Day on August 16
Prairie Day – August 16, 2025
Update: Thank you to everyone who joined us for this beautiful prairie event.
View a photo album of the event here and make sure to join us for more events in the future!
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Metallic mining in Bend deposit: WGF joins partners in calling for Environmental Assessment
Image from our comment letter: Figure 7: Map of Existing Forest Trail/Roads and Drill Sites.
WGF cosigns formal comments on proposed mining in Bend deposit
Click here to read the PDF of the joint letter by ELPC, Wisconsin’s Green Fire, River Alliance, and Sierra Club – Wisconsin …
Read More >Company explores for copper and gold in national forest in northern Wisconsin
Kidrick Swamp, Wisconsin State Natural Area #464, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Taylor County, photo from Joshua Mayer via Flickr. This SNA is located in an area of the national forest northwest from the Bend deposit and drilling sites, and illustrates some of the forest and wetlands in the area.
Company explores for copper and gold …
Read More >Board reaffirms and endorses WGF efforts in face of federal changes
Dragonfly on lotus, image via Pixabay
Board reaffirms and endorses WGF efforts in face of federal changes
Written by Carolyn Pralle, WGF Communications and Outreach Coordinator
At present, many people who care about clean water, clean air, rich biodiversity, and healthy ecosystems are worried and outraged. The pace of change and the scale of damage at …
Read More >Letter Urging Senate to Support USGS Ecosystems Mission Area Funding and Workforce
Prairie grassland flowers on the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center campus in La Crosse Wisconsin, with USGS silos pictured in the background. Photo by Anna Hess, USGS, image in public domain.
Responding to Science Funding Cuts in the Federal Budget
Usually at Wisconsin’s Green Fire, we focus on responding to state-level issues in conservation policy and natural …
Read More >Is killing birds a necessary evil if it benefits a special interest? – Dr. Stan Temple
“Shooting wild pigeons in Iowa” from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated News, 1867, depicting hunters and dogs shooting at a flock of passenger pigeons. These once-common birds went extinct in 1914, largely due to overharvesting. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Is killing birds a necessary evil if it benefits a special interest?
By Dr. Stanley Temple, Wisconsin’s Green …
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