Barnes’ message is flood resilience and ag opportunities are priorities Monroe County RAINFALL MONITORS like these will be deployed in the Kickapoo and Little LaCrosse River water-sheds in Monroe County this spring. The devices have been purchased through a fundraising effort and donations from the community, and will allow almost real-time notifications in a flooding situation.
MONROE COUNTY - Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes returned to a meeting of the Monroe County Climate Change Task Force on Wednesday, Feb. 3. This was almost one year since the first time Barnes had addressed the group. His message this time was that flood resilience and opportunities for agriculture are top priorities of the Evers’ Administration’s Climate Change Plan.