Kohler Co. and an environmental group are at odds over the Wisconsin-based manufacturing company's plan to build a golf course on the shore of Lake Michigan.

A panel of Wisconsin Senate lawmakers plan on Wednesday to hear public testimony on a bill calling for changes to the state’s wetland-mitigation rules.

Two legislative committees have scheduled a joint hearing on a Republican bill that would allow developers to build on state wetlands without a permit.

Lawmakers on Wednesday heard public testimony on a bill that would let dredgers dispose of fill material in certain types of wetlands without first obtaining a permit. And some of the support, at least, is coming from a surprising source – environmental groups. If adopted by the full Legislature and signed by the governor, Senate Bill 320 would expand the exception ...

A panel of lawmakers is preparing to hear public testimony on a proposal that would expand the types of artificial wetlands that can be filled without a permit. Under current law, discharging fill or dredged material into a wetland requires either a general or individual permit. The state Department of Natural Resource’s rules allow exceptions to the permitting requirements for ...

A law Gov. Scott Walker signed this week provides immunity from civil liability for damage caused by structures used to protect and cultivate fish and wildlife in waterways and wetlands.

A group of citizens has gone to court in La Crosse County to try to block BNSF Railroad's plans to build tracks through the La Crosse River marsh.

Two Minnesota mining companies will pay $80,000 in forfeitures and fees for discharging sediment into a wetland complex, creek and the St. Croix River.

After years of expanding the public trust doctrine, the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Legislature are reversing course.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice on Friday settled its lawsuit against Green Bay concrete and aggregate contractor Triple P Inc., Green Bay, and James O. Peters Sr.

An Illinois resident who illegally filled wetlands during three separate years in Oneida County has agreed to pay $30,000 plus the cost of environmental restoration, the Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Monday.

The Platteville Golf and Country Club will pay $12,000 for the grading and filling of a streambed and wetlands without obtaining a permit from the state Department of Natural Resources, according to a news release from Attorney General’s J.B. Van Hollen office.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Friday announced Progressive Rail Inc., and its Wisconsin Northern Railroad division, must pay $49,000 in forfeitures, assessments, costs and fees for violating Wisconsin's storm water and wetland protection laws, according to a news release from the Attorney General's office.

Suamico property owner David Blohoweak has been ordered to pay $12,000 in forfeitures, assessments, costs and fees for illegally filling wetlands and building an artificial pond on the bank of a navigable stream without any permits from the Department of Natural Resources, according to a news release from the Wisconsin attorney general's office.

A property owner and a contractor have agreed to pay the state $12,500 to resolve a civil environmental lawsuit. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources had asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice to prosecute Stan Johnson and contractor Mark Schultz for violating state wetland protection laws on Johnson’s rural Fond du Lac County property, a 40-acre parcel of hunting land ...

Property Variances; wetlands The Walworth County Board of Adjustment (the Board) denied the variance request of Lauderdale Lakes Lake Management District (the District). On petition for a writ of certiorari, the circuit court upheld the Board’s denial. The District contends it demonstrated its entitlement to a variance and that the Board’s decision is contrary to the evidence and to controlling ...