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State Capitol Report: The Latest On The Meteor Timber Operation

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Meteor Timber plans to fill 16 acres of high quality wetlands, including 13 acres of rare, white pine-red maple swamp
Meteor Timber plans to fill 16 acres of high quality wetlands, including 13 acres of rare, white pine-red maple swamp in order to build a frac sand drying, storage and rail loading terminal. The company has proposed converting cranberry beds on the property into 33 acres of hardwood swamp and preserving 296 acres of wetlands on other property it owns nearby. Photo courtesy of Meteor Timber

A Milwaukee judge will rule this spring on whether the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources followed the law when it signed off on a project that would build a frac sand plant on rare wetlands in Monroe County. We check in with a WPR News reporter about the latest on this issue.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Breann Schossow Producer
  • Rich Kremer Guest

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