If you would like to write a letter to the DNR to save Kohler-Andrae State Park or to Kohler Company urging them to drop their plans for yet another luxury golf course for elite users only, below are some talking points you can use, and below that is an email address and a couple of... Continue Reading →
Going the way of the Pequod
Taking their orders from the Captain Ahabs of industry and organized labor, key Wisconsin Democrats meekly surrendered on the Felony Trespass Bill, making environmental protest illegal. In the meantime, the State's environment is sinking faster than the Pequod. What if the protectionism being granted to big oil had been applied to whaling, an industry once... Continue Reading →
Sierra Club Partners with Friends of the Black River Forest to Save Kohler-Andrae
MADISON, October 14, 2019 – At an awards ceremony held in Milwaukee last Saturday, Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter announced that it is forming a coalition with Friends of the Black River Forest in opposition to Kohler Company’s proposed golf course development north of Kohler-Andrae State Park. Friends of the Black River Forest president Mary Faydash,... Continue Reading →
Habitat Destruction Begins at Home (Why, Mr. Kohler? Part 2)
Naturalist Jim Buchholz is worried about the wildlife in and around Kohler-Andrae State Park. Before retiring in 2013, Buchholz had served as park superintendent of Kohler-Andrae for twenty-five years, and he knows the area well. On May 11, 2019, as part of Sierra Club's Wisconsin Loves Parks day, Buchholz took Sierra Clubbers from Great Waters... Continue Reading →
“Why, Mr. Kohler, Why?” (Part 1)
Kathleen Rammer still wants to know why – why did Herb Kohler Jr. go back on his word? He made her a promise on Christmas Eve, 2013, “Before this all started,” Rammer said. Before Kohler Co. proposed to build a championship, Pete Dye golf course on top of a globally rare wetland and clear cut a... Continue Reading →
Town Halls Reveal Republican Indifference to Environmental Issues
The problem with facts, from the Republican standpoint, is that they have a well-known liberal bias. That’s why our Wisconsin Republicans try to avoid them whenever possible. But with so many parts of our state in environmental crisis, the Republican avoidance of truth has become destructive to both our health and our property values. I... Continue Reading →
The Bold Grab of Kohler: State Parkland for a Private Golf Course
The DNR is giving away some of your state parkland so Kohler can build another golf course.
God’s Army Destroys Hopes for Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Tuesday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election cast a familiar pall over the hopes of Democrat and progressive citizens of Wisconsin. We had hoped that the skin-of-their-teeth election of Tony Evers, Mandela Barnes, and Josh Kaul to some of the top political jobs in our state signaled a turning of the tide. But the skin-of-his-teeth election of... Continue Reading →
Don’t Ban the Drive-thru: Just Don’t Use It
In the endless winter of 2019, it’s not uncommon to see the line of idling cars at fast-food joints snaking all the way around the building, tailpipes spewing clouds of exhaust. The drive-thru is one way our car culture seduces us into choosing convenience in its most extreme form over our own best interest –... Continue Reading →
“Privatization” and Your Wisconsin State Parks (The Bold Grab of Kohler, Part 2)
A park ranger with the DNR patch on her uniform became impatient with me as we checked out the map of Kohler-Andrae state park. The ranger, who proved to be none other than Carolyn Morgan, the J.M. Kohler-Terry Andrae superintendent, raised a forefinger and said, “You’re not listening to me.” Morgan is the only park... Continue Reading →
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