WI DNR says Kohler can take wetlands
[Updated from 1/17/18]: The DNR approved the golf course wetland permit - - a key step in the process. Further approvals, including the award of adjoining state parkland and other outcomes, are likely to follow. Also likely to follow - - litigation. The initial version of this post incorrectly said DNR had approved the parkland transfer. Not yet - - and the DNR's oversight Board will reviews parks' management master planning next Friday, perhaps providing an easier route for what Kohler wants.]
Losing wetlands and a nature preserve
along Lake Michigan?
From Walker and the DNR, thumbs up.
The Journal Sentinel lays out the massive environmental costs.
Readers of this blog know I have been following for years the proposed flattening by a Walker donor of a nature preserve for a high-end golf course adjacent to Kohler Andrae State Park - - a plan also enabled by a Rube Goldberg annexation and headed for more facilitation by the DNR's oversight board next week - - so readers here will not be shocked to learn the DNR, driven by Walker-appointed pro-business managers, says today that the golf course plan meets what's left of Wisconsin environmental standards and law:
Big win for Walker's 'chamber of commerce mentality' governance.
For everyone else, a further loss of water and property rights.
Losing wetlands and a nature preserve
along Lake Michigan?
From Walker and the DNR, thumbs up.
The Journal Sentinel lays out the massive environmental costs.
Readers of this blog know I have been following for years the proposed flattening by a Walker donor of a nature preserve for a high-end golf course adjacent to Kohler Andrae State Park - - a plan also enabled by a Rube Goldberg annexation and headed for more facilitation by the DNR's oversight board next week - - so readers here will not be shocked to learn the DNR, driven by Walker-appointed pro-business managers, says today that the golf course plan meets what's left of Wisconsin environmental standards and law:
The DNR issued a final environmental impact statement and its responses to public comments about the project, which would disturb wetlands and require the use of five acres of a popular state park on Lake Michigan.
The 18-hole course would be built mostly on Kohler Co. land, but the developers are seeking an easement to build a maintenance facility and to run traffic through a portion of the Kohler-Andrae State Park near Sheboygan
Big win for Walker's 'chamber of commerce mentality' governance.
For everyone else, a further loss of water and property rights.
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