Wisconsin Will Toughen Great Lakes Ships' Ballast Rules
The goal is to get invasive species out of Wisconsin port waters in the Great Lakes by preventing ocean-going ships from depositing them in discharged ballast water.
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What water, wetland protection is all about
"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.
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