Frac-tured hills: Professor’s book goes inside the fight against Wisconsin sand mines


Frac-tured hills: Professor’s book goes inside the fight against Wisconsin sand mines


MENOMONIE — Like the west-central Wisconsin residents he attended meetings with, Thomas Pearson became aware of frac sand mining as a citizen, concerned about a new industry that threatened to alter lives and landscapes.

His concern, as he watched the drama unfold, grew into a research project and then, over the course of several years, a book. “When the Hills Are Gone: Frac Sand Mining and the Struggle for Community,” was published in early November by the University of Minnesota Press....

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