OPINION: Sand mining threatens Wisconsin`s natural resources


OPINION: Sand mining threatens Wisconsin`s natural resources


Back in 2012, I made the short trek out to the beautiful bluff and hill country of western Wisconsin. I was there to cover a community meeting in Buffalo County, which was considering whether to allow a company called Glacier Sand to begin open pit sand mining operations there.

The meeting was held in a school gym, and, for such a small community, it was packed. Representatives from the company ran down all the ways that this massive operation would be good for the community`s economy, and how they would work to offset its environmental impact...   ...more

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