Wisconsin Supreme Court Denies Meteor Timber Appeal in Wetlands Case
A rare Wisconsin wetland will remain protected. Yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied a petition from Atlanta-based Meteor Timber, LLC., to re-hear its wetlands case. The company had sought to destroy a hardwood wetland forest in Monroe County to build a frac-sand loading depot on the site.
Meteor Timber did ultimately receive a DNR permit to fill in the wetland in 2017, prompting Clean Wisconsin and its partners to sue the agency. Last December, the Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision to block the company’s permit. That victory was the culmination of more than four years of legal work by Clean Wisconsin and Midwest Environmental Advocates, which represented the Ho-Chunk Nation. The appeals court upheld a 2020 ruling by Monroe County Circuit Court that determined the DNR violated state wetland protection laws when it issued the permit.
“This case is now over, but the struggle to protect Wisconsin’s waters, including wetlands, is not,” Feinauer says. “Clean Wisconsin will continue working to protect wetlands, rivers, lakes and streams by ensuring that DNR follows both the law and science when issuing permits. Every wetland we can protect is an enormous victory.”
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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