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Check out our Fall 2017 Stewardship Newsletter!
(Click on photo to download PDF)
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Attention Hunters: The DNR has Chronic Wasting Disease Sampling kiosks
In various areas of the state, kiosks may be available as a sampling station option. The kiosks are set up as self-service 24/7 options for dropping off your deer head to be tested for CWD. A head can be brought to a kiosk up to five days after harvest if kept cool, longer if frozen. Some kiosks have freezers but not all. Kiosks may not be checked over a weekend so it is best to avoid using a kiosk at the start of a weekend if the weather is predicted to be warm.
When using a kiosk the following steps will need to be completed.
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A datasheet with the customer ID and harvest location identified will need to be filled out.
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The head will be cut off and placed in a bag with the datasheet.
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Antlers will need to be removed from bucks.
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Heads are picked up routinely by department staff and entered into the normal processing of all CWD samples.
More information can be found here.
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If you know of any drop off locations closer to our area or would like to volunteer to start one, please let us know!
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Show Your Support for a Statewide Moratorium on the Construction and Expansion of Industrial-Sized Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Wisconsin
With the support of various conservation groups and individuals, the Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network is leading action and unity against attacks on our natural resources.
As Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) have increased across the Wisconsin landscape from 50 facilities in the year 2000 to over 300 in 2016, it is more necessary than ever to put a stop to the Construction and Expansion of Industrial-Sized Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Wisconsin. Along with the increase of CAFOs, degradation of our Wisconsin landscape and waterways have become more apparent and is an issue concerning all Wisconsin citizens. It is time for all Wisconsin’s governing bodies to put the health, welfare, and safety of their constituents first by enacting policy and ordinances to protect their communities and residents.
Please encourage your local Town boards, County Boards, and any organization you are a part of to join us in supporting a Statewide CAFO Moratorium.
More information can be found here.
Please share widely.
Ways to share and be involved:
1. Take this resolution in support of a CAFO moratorium to your town boards, county boards and city councils and ask them to pass it: https://sustainruralwisconsin.org/resolution-in-support-of…/
2. Are you a County Board Supervisor, a City Councillor or a member of an organization? Consider becoming a co-sponsor of our moratorium request. Sign up here: https://sustainruralwisconsin.org/support-the-moratorium-s…/
3. Are you a citizen who thinks a CAFO moratorium is a good idea? Sign our petition: https://sustainruralwisconsin.org/sign-our-petition-in-sup…/
4. For additional ideas, check out the SRWN's advocate for a moratorium page: https://sustainruralwisconsin.org/advocate-for-a-cafo-mora…/
Check out SRWN's fact sheet: https://sustainruralwisconsin.org/fact-sheet/ for more information
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Upcoming Events
- Geology Field Trip with Phil Burgess, November 18th, Marquette, IA
See details on these and many more inspiring actions and events in our
CSP Community Calendar
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In the News
Driftless Bioregion
Wisconsin DNR names 240 new waters as impaired (11/16/2017)
http://www.news8000.com/news/wisconsin-dnr-names-240-new-waters-as-impaired/656822929
Tainter Creek Watershed Council applies for DATCP grant (11/15/2017)
http://www.swnews4u.com/section/1/article/36435/
Cheap bacon and bigger barns turn Iowa inside out (11/13/2017)
Big Ag moves into rural communities and upends the social and economic balance.
http://www.ehn.org/cheap-bacon-and-bigger-barns-turn-iowa-inside-out-2504936054.html
Federal Appeals Court Will Hear Argument Against Motorcycles, Helicopters, Firearms (11/09/2017)
https://www.wpr.org/conservation-group-seeks-court-injunction-halting-certain-activities-former-badger-ammo-site
CCSG battles to stop hog slaughter house in Vernon County (11/09/2017)
http://lacrossetribune.com/westbytimes/news/local/ccsg-battles-to-stop-hog-slaughter-house-in-vernon-county/article_e84e44e1-780b-5b4d-b3d8-f884676b748f.html
Viroqua Township residents question benefits of proposed hog slaughtering plant (11/08/2017)
http://www.swnews4u.com/section/1/article/36416/
Superfracking
What is superfracking?
http://www.truckerswheel.com/superfracking/
Organic Valley goes all renewable in deal to bring low-cost solar to rural residents (11/01/2017)
http://host.madison.com/business/organic-valley-goes-all-renewable-in-deal-to-bring-low/article_1b7b393f-6f9d-597d-bfd7-c9c68ab4809e.html
DNR hears about "fugitive sand" at Tomah hearing (10/26/2017)
http://lacrossetribune.com/tomahjournal/news/local/dnr-hears-about-fugitive-sand-at-tomah-hearing/article_7b5c7956-cbc1-5da6-a503-9f28cd47cf9b.html
In the 21st century, a boom in folk schools (10/22/2017)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/in-the-st-century-a-boon-in-folk-schools/article_4e323a57-d823-56c9-9382-0b22c24b17ff.html
Vernon County Manure Spill Could Impact Local Trout Fishing (10/10/2017)
DNR Reported More Than 1,100 Fish Were Killed After Manure Spill In Otter Creek
https://www.wpr.org/vernon-county-manure-spill-could-impact-local-trout-fishing
Manure spill kills fish in stream in Vernon County that is tributary of the Kickapoo River (10/06/2017)
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2017/10/06/manure-spill-kills-fish-stream-vernon-county-tributary-kickapoo-river/741108001/
Upper Midwest
As ethanol cropland grew, carbon releases undercut climate goal, study says (11/16/2017)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/as-ethanol-cropland-grew-carbon-releases-undercut-climate-goal-study/article_56c3b952-a62d-5f7e-92f8-d63fa1c6423a.html
Greasing oil’s path (11/09/2017)
As environmental concerns halted pipelines elsewhere, Wisconsin government leaders quietly made it easier to condemn private property for a potential Canadian oil line expansion
https://projects.jsonline.com/news/2017/11/9/greasing-oils-path.htm
Opening a Wisconsin spigot? (11/09/2017)
As Michigan ponders shutting down aging twin pipes along the bottom of the Great Lakes, a Canadian pipeline company continues to expand oil flows through the Badger state
https://projects.jsonline.com/news/2017/11/9/opening-a-wisconsin-spigot.html
Analysis Of Recent Sales Showed Farmland Within A Few Miles Of A CAFO Sold For At Least $400 More Per Acre (11/09/2017)
https://www.wpr.org/researcher-wisconsin-farmland-close-cafos-worth-more
National environmental firm to represent Wisconsin tribe in mine suit (11/07/2017)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/national-environmental-firm-to-represent-wisconsin-tribe-in-mine-suit/article_b8d72f19-647f-5e75-a874-15e6d4573bd2.html
Meyer Would Support More Fencing For Farms That Test Positive For CWD (10/30/2017)
https://www.wpr.org/dnr-secretary-voices-support-double-fencing-deer-farms
Jim Goodman: Future of small organic dairy farms is threatened (10/29/2017)
http://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/column/jim-goodman-future-of-small-organic-dairy-farms-is-treatened/article_a544d24f-09f4-501a-853f-06166c0ef7a1.html
Walker proposal to alter large farm regulation alarms environmentalists (10/27/2017)
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/walker-proposal-to-alter-large-farm-regulation-alarms-environmentalists/article_ac4b1c52-6f01-59e6-87df-785b295083f4.html
Town of Lincoln Puts Moratorium on Livestock Expansion (10/27/2017)
https://doorcountypulse.com/town-lincoln-puts-moratorium-livestock-expansion/
Recommendations To Increase Penalties For Poaching Wild Ginseng, Increase Spending For Park Improvement Given At DNR Board Meeting (10/26/2017)
https://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-dnr-board-talks-ginseng-being-open-business
Wisconsin Agency Settles Suit Over Dairy Industry Regulation (10/19/2017)
The state Department of Natural Resources has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging the agency is over-regulating large livestock operations.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wisconsin/articles/2017-10-19/wisconsin-dnr-settles-cafo-lawsuit
US agency's bid to allow trumpeter swan hunting draws fire (10/15/2017)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/environment/us-agency-s-bid-to-allow-trumpeter-swan-hunting-draws/article_56046715-1241-570c-9d6f-4619bbfe99c0.html
Tribal leaders, Environmental Groups Urge Lawmakers To Drop Mining Bill (10/13/2017)
Sponsor Of Pro-Mining Bill Suggests Previous Lawmakers 'Got It Wrong'
https://www.wpr.org/tribal-leaders-environmental-groups-urge-lawmakers-drop-mining-bill
Judge throws out industrial well permits scientists said would harm public waters (10/12/2017)
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/judge-throws-out-high-capacity-well-permits/article_2c5476fe-6345-5087-98ef-e17e3d436b5c.html#utm_source=host.madison.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail%2Fbreaking-news%2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=
Please also give the case summary from Midwest Environmental Advocates a read: http://midwestadvocates.org/issues-actions/actions/friend-of-the-court-brief-in-clean-wisconsin-v-dnr/
Proposed rule to boost coal could upend markets, cost Wisconsin consumers (10/06/2017)
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/proposed-rule-to-boost-coal-could-upend-markets-cost-wisconsin/article_c83e9274-d199-57ed-a93e-0c5c70f595cd.html#tncms-source=home-featured
North America/Turtle Island
Regreening the Planet Could Cut as Much Carbon as Halting Oil Use – Report (10/18/2017)
http://regenerationinternational.org/2017/10/18/regreening-planet-cut-much-carbon-halting-oil-use-report/
Demand Real Organic Food from Real Organic Farmers
Sign the Proxy Asking Major Retailers to Offer Genuine Organic Choices
https://www.cornucopia.org/2017/11/demand-real-organic-food-real-organic-farmers/
Tell Congress: Don't let Big Ag poison our drinking water!
https://us.e-activist.com/page/3890/action/1?ea.tracking.id=Email&ea.url.id=17106
With OK From EPA, Use Of Controversial Weedkiller Is Expected To Double (10/13/2017)
https://www.wpr.org/ok-epa-use-controversial-weedkiller-expected-double
How Treating Dirt Well Could Fight Climate Change (10/12/2017)
http://regenerationinternational.org/2017/10/12/treating-dirt-well-fight-climate-change/
‘This is very alarming!’: Flying insects vanish from nature preserves (10/12/2017)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/10/18/this-is-very-alarming-flying-insects-vanish-from-nature-preserves/?utm_term=.083dec2b5e1b
Green in the Desert: Local Farmer Captures Carbon to Grow Food, Feed Community (10/10/2017)
http://regenerationinternational.org/2017/10/10/green-desert-local-farmer-captures-carbon-grow-food-feed-community/
GOP Lawmakers Make The Case For Industrial Hemp (10/10/2017)
Wisconsin Was A Leading Producer Of Hemp During World War II
https://www.wpr.org/gop-lawmakers-make-case-industrial-hemp
Soil Holds Potential to Slow Global Warming, Stanford Researchers Find (10/09/2017)
http://regenerationinternational.org/2017/10/09/soil-holds-potential-slow-global-warming-stanford-researchers-find/
Greater Yellowstone's Coming Plague (10/08/2017)
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IMMINENT, IS GOVERNMENT MISMANAGEMENT THREATENING THE HEALTH OF GYE'S ELK HERDS AND HUMANS?
http://mountainjournal.org/a-wildlife-plague-is-coming-to-yellowstone
A Wayward Weedkiller Divides Farm Communities, Harms Wildlife (10/07/2017)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/07/555872494/a-wayward-weed-killer-divides-farm-communities-harms-wildlife?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app
Courts Thwart Administration’s Effort to Rescind Obama-Era Environmental Regulations (10/06/2017)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/climate/trump-administration-environmental-regulations.html?_r=0
Farmers Can Be Profitable AND Sequester Carbon to Help Climate Change (10/05/2017)
http://regenerationinternational.org/2017/10/05/farmers-can-profitable-sequester-carbon-help-climate-change/
Global
Conservation Groups Slam Trump's 'Reprehensible' Reversal on Elephant Trophies Ban (11/16/2017)
The Interior Department said Wednesday it will allow hunters to import their elephant trophies from Africa
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/16/conservation-groups-slam-trumps-reprehensible-reversal-elephant-trophies-ban
'Biggest Pile of Money on the Planet' To Dump Fossil Fuels Holdings (11/16/2017)
In 'astonishing' move, Norwegian government advised to divest its sovereign wealth fund of all its shares in oil and gas industry
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/16/biggest-pile-money-planet-dump-fossil-fuels-holdings
Fears of Radiation Leak Soar After North Korea Nuclear Site Collapse Kills 200 (10/31/2017)
The disaster is believed to have resulted from Pyongyang's hydrogen bomb test, which sparked earthquakes and landslides
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/31/fears-radiation-leak-soar-after-north-korea-nuclear-site-collapse-kills-200?utm_term=Fears%20of%20Radiation%20Leak%20Soar%20After%20North%20Korea%20Nuclear%20Site%20Collapse%20Kills%20200&utm_campaign=A%20Low%20Point%20in%20U.S.%20History%20%7C%20Your%20Week%20In%20Review%20&utm_content=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_medium=email&cm_mmc=Act-On%20Software-_-email-_-A%20Low%20Point%20in%20U.S.%20History%20%7C%20Your%20Week%20In%20Review%20-_-Fears%20of%20Radiation%20Leak%20Soar%20After%20North%20Korea%20Nuclear%20Site%20Collapse%20Kills%20200
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Stay involved and keep in touch!
Visit us at crawfordstewardshipproject.org and find us on facebook
Thank you for being the informed and active citizens you are. We'll keep you posted!
Crawford Stewardship Project Coordinators:
Forest Jahnke, Program Coordinator
forestjahnke@crawfordstewardship.org (608) 632-2183
Meg Wise, Community Outreach Coordinator and Water Quality Program Coordinator
mwisecsp@crawfordstewardship.org (608) 632-9410
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