Recommendations from a 2015 Lakeside Park Exploratory Committee placed festivals and food trucks high on a list of ideas to enhance the city s quality of life.
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FOND DU LAC - Water is inextricably linked to life, and the need to protect Wisconsin’s valuable natural resource is evident in far-reaching environmental lawsuits before the state Supreme Court that focus on protecting drinking water from agricultural pollution.
Runoff from barnyards, areas spread with livestock manure, eroding agricultural lands and streambanks, cattle accessing those streams and other poor land-use practices are all sources of contamination for waterways that flow through the state s 84,000 miles of river into 15,000 lakes and millions of wetland acres.
In one lawsuit, environmental groups, along with neighbors of Kinnard Farms, a concentrated animal feeding operation known as a CAFO, with 8,200 cows east of Green Bay, are challenging a permit that allows for expansion of the business.
By Robert Kennedy
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) â The Fox-Wolf River Basin should be looking much cleaner after Saturday.
Thatâs because about 1,000 volunteers were out picking up trash.
It was the annual Fox-Wolf Watershed cleanup.
Volunteers were stationed at 68 cleanup sites.
Heather Brockman, the cleanup leader at Alicia Park in Appleton, told FOX 11 they picked up quite a bit.
âWe found everything from bottles, cans, unfortunately cigarette buds, a broken cellphone and some weird plastic thing weâre not sure of, but it really helps to make sure that we keep it clean.â
Participants say the event not only helps the health of area waterways, itâs also a great way to meet new people.