Environment : Multi-issue
WGF work on issues and evaluation of projects that have a variety of environmental and social ramifications.
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, …
Read More >WGF Position Statement – Apostle Islands National Park Proposal
In late July 2024, Congressman Tom Tiffany proposed a bill, HR 9111, to change the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore into a national park and preserve. Read our Wisconsin’s Green Fire position statement below, prepared as of August 15, 2024.
Wisconsin’s Green Fire Position Statement
Proposal to Replace Apostle Islands National Lakeshore with a National Park and Preserve …
Vista Sands Solar Farm – WGF Public Testimony
WGF’s Public Testimony on the proposed Vista Sands Solar Farm
An update on how we’re fighting for renewable energy and wildlife conservation.
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) continues to seek several modifications to the proposed Vista Sands Solar Farm development. We’re working so this unprecedented expansion of renewable energy production – a necessary step toward attaining the …
Read More >Opportunity for Action: Public Hearing on Vista Sands Solar Farm
Solar panels in Wisconsin. Credit: Mark Asplund
Your voice is needed to support renewable energy production and protect Wisconsin’s wildlife.
As you may know, Wisconsin’s Green Fire has been engaged with other conservation organizations reviewing the 6,700-acre Vista Sands Solar Farm application. The final approval of this project rests with the Public Service …
Read More >WGF on NR 320: Protecting Navigable Waters
Working to Protect Navigable Waters in Wisconsin
WGF members kayaking on Bark Bay Slough, Bayfield County, July 2024, Photo by Don Behm
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is updating Chapter NR 320 of the state administrative code regulating placement of bridges, culverts, other structures, and fill material in or over navigable waters …
Read More >WGF at Big Top Chautauqua: July 26, 2024
On July 26, 2024, Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF) celebrated at Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua with food, fun, education, and music!
We need your feedback. Your responses on this 3-question survey will help us fulfill the requirements of our grant from the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation and make our events even …
Read More >A Message from WGF Leadership on the Aug 13 Partisan Primary
Post-election update below!
There will be few times when Wisconsin’s Green Fire takes the bold step to ask members to consider voting a certain way.
It is just not how we operate. However, the referendum questions on the August 13th partisan primary ballot have serious ramifications for conservation efforts and further increase the …
Read More >Two Important WI Supreme Court Decisions
Two Important Wisconsin Supreme Court Decisions to Know About
(and an election date reminder for August 13, 2024)
Wisconsin State Capitol, by Warren LeMay via Flickr
There were two important Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions handed down on July 5, 2024.
1) Victory for Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding for land conservation
In a ruling impacting spending of state Stewardship …
Read More >Information for WI Voters – August 13 Partisan Primary
August 2024 Partisan Primary Constitutional Amendments:
Adding Obstacles to the Allocation of Federal Monies
Madison skyline from Lake Mendota. Credit: Michael Cain
As we head into the summer of 2024, much of the current political and media attention is focused on the November election and its impact on the future of our country. First, however, …
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