Voters support environmental issues at Conservation Congress meetings

Several environmental issues united Kenosha County residents who attended the Conservation Congress meeting this week.

Residents voted in favor of increased high-capacity well regulation, restored funding for state parks, a moratorium on certain permits for frac mining, pipeline opposition and increased rail safety measures. These votes are advisory only in and effort to gauge public opinion on various environmental topics.

The congress is a citizen’s group established under Wisconsin law as an independent adviser to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources...

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High-capacity wells... State park funding... Pipeline opposition... Frac mining... Rail safety