Environmental groups challenge 2011 law limiting state DNR’s rules to protect groundwater. //end headline wrapper ?>Wisconsin Supreme Court. Photo by Dave Reid.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a pair of cases that could decide whether state environmental regulators have the authority to place limits on farming in Wisconsin to protect groundwater.
In the first case, environmental group Clean Wisconsin and Kewaunee County residents contested the DNR’s approval of a wastewater discharge permit as part of Kinnard Farms’ request to expand its concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) by adding a second site and more than 3,000 dairy cows.