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WGF Hosts Wisconsin’s Clean Energy Plan: Opportunities for WGF Impact Webinar
On May 12, 2022, Wisconsin’s Green Fire hosted a webinar with WGF Energy Work Group member Keith Reopelle, moderated by Energy Work Group co-chair Gary Radloff. In this 75-minute webinar, Keith discussed Wisconsin’s first clean energy plan (CEP). The CEP, released on April 20, 2022, puts Wisconsin on the path to 100 …
Read More >Wisconsin’s Green Fire Encourages Members to Participate in Wisconsin’s Energy Democracy Process
This blog post provides background information on parallel energy generation purchase rates. We encourage WGF members to submit comments to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on the Alliant Energy parallel energy generation case by Friday April 29th, and stay tuned to our website for updates on further opportunities for public comments …
Read More >Wisconsin’s Green Fire Thanks Governor Evers for Protecting Public Trust Doctrine
Rhinelander, WI – Wisconsin’s Green Fire thanks Governor Tony Evers for vetoing legislation that would allow private development on the beds of lakes and rivers without proper consideration of the public’s ownership and rights in Wisconsin’s waters. Wisconsin’s Public Trust Doctrine, which is embodied in our State Constitution, holds those lakebeds and riverbeds in trust …
Read More >Wisconsin’s Green Fire Joins Partners in Support of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA)
Wisconsin native species at risk. Credit: Wisconsin DNR
The Wisconsin Coalition for Recovering America’s Wildlife Act, made of over 30 Wisconsin-based conservation organizations including Wisconsin’s Green Fire, has signed a letter supporting the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA) as it moves to a floor vote …
Read More >WGF Comments on Enbridge Line 5 Re-Route draft Environmental Impact Statement
WGF 2022 Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement
In December 2021, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) released the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Enbridge Line 5 crude oil pipeline re-route in northern Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s Green Fire testified at the public hearing on February 2, 2022 and submitted Read More >
Wisconsin’s Green Fire and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation Seeking Stories of Extreme Weather in Wisconsin
America’s hunters, anglers, and other outdoorspeople have a keen eye; they know the best spot to cast a fly in the rapids, prime habitat for grouse, and the right place to catch a gorgeous sunset or spot a morel mushroom. This keen eye also makes them acutely aware of changes in the natural landscape around …
Read More >Wisconsin’s Green Fire urges participation in Conservation Spring Hearings April 11-14th
This spring, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) will hold the 2022 Spring Hearings virtually…
Read More >WGF Releases Statement on Federal Re-listing of Wolves
On February 10, 2022, a Federal Judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s November 2020 rule that de-listed wolves from protection under the Endangered Species Act was “vacated and remanded.”
Read More >WGF Releases 2021 Annual Report
Wisconsin’s Green Fire is excited to release our first ever Annual Report! Just in time for WGF’s 5-year anniversary, WGF’s 2021 Annual Report outlines some of WGF’s major accomplishments in 2021 and looks forward to our plans for 2022. The Report includes letters from WGF’s Executive Director Fred Clark, …
Read More >WGF Hosts Confessions of a Recovering Bureaucrat: A Conversation with Todd Ambs
On Thursday, January 27th, WGF’s Executive Director Fred Clark and Todd Ambs sat down for a free-wheeling and reflective conversation on Todd’s experiences in Wisconsin conservation.
There are few people in the history of Wisconsin conservationists who have served in as many roles as effectively as Todd Ambs. Todd retired in December as the Deputy Secretary …
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