Sierra Club Great Waters Group actively advocates on a myriad of conservation issues that affect our land, water and air. Our members are active on issues of transportation equity, rail safety, Ending coal and fossil fuel power generation, local sustainable communities and lots more. Read all about it here.
As Expected, Sheboygan Grants Permit to Troubled Kohler Golf Course
January 22, 2021
Kohler's Plan Takes Land from State Park to Devastate Lakeshore Environment
On December 15, the City of Sheboygan Plan Commission met to decide whether to grant Kohler Co. a conditional use permit (CUP) to develop a rare wetland and old-growth...
Friends of the Black River Forest Win Important Victory on Kohler-Andrae
September 18, 2020
PRESS RELEASE
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has handed Friends of the Black River Forest a victory in the group’s challenge to a 2017 decision by the Department of Natural Resources to give land in Kohler-Andrae State Park to Kohler Co. to...
Back 40 Mine proposal threatens Menominee River, Lake Michigan
August 10, 2020
The Menominee River has been declared one of the nation’s 10 most endangered rivers. It's threatened by the Back 40 mine, a proposed open pit metallic sulfide mine deeper than the height of Wisconsin’s tallest building, Milwaukee’s U.S. Bank tower...
Week of Climate Action runs Aug. 3-7
August 3, 2020
Join us virtually for a Week of Climate Action starting Monday, Aug. 3! We will learn how dirty coal plants are costing us dearly in terms of our health, our economy and the environment.
Take Part in Conservation Congress Online April 13-16
April 12, 2020
The annual Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearings are the public’s opportunity to weigh in on hunting, fishing and environmental questions, including one on opposition to the Back Forty mining proposal. In-person hearings have been...