DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) -- A Dunn County property that was purchased with intention to build a nuclear power plant, and for years saw misuse by the public.
“It would`ve been a disastrous idea to carry that out,” says Eleanor Wolf, former chair-person of the Lower Chippewa River Alliance.
“This area as well as the rest of the ownership had been horribly overrun with ATV traffic, garbage dump sites and things like that,” says Jess Carstens of the Wisconsin DNR.
The Tyrone property finally began to see potential when previous owners Xcel energy began managing the land they owned since the mid-1970s....
...moreKen Notes: Think about publicly owned: reclaimed sand mines, trails adjacent to power lines, low impact camping and hiking along our waterways, additional wetlands....
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