Judge denies key permit for Monroe County sand project; Meteor Timber sought to fill rare wetlands


Judge denies key permit for Monroe County sand project; Meteor Timber sought to fill rare wetlands


Meteor Timber sought to fill about 13 acres of a rare white pine-red maple swamp in western Wisconsin. Above, springs and seepages provide important habitats used by rare plants and animals in a hardwood swamp in the Black River State Forest in Jackson County.

A judge has declined to reinstate a key permit for a Georgia company seeking to build a controversial frac sand operation in Monroe County.

Monroe County Circuit Judge Todd Ziegler ruled Monday that the state Department of Natural Resources violated the law when it granted Meteor Timber a permit to fill 16.25 acres of wetlands for the $75 million project.

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Ken Notes: The only sure way to protect these lands is to get them into a land conservancy!

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