Dual-sport (off road) motorcycles, military helicopter training, dog trialing and training, and any number of undefined "special events" are activities that will continue to be allowed on state land at Badger. On Tuesday, October 22, the Natural Resources Board, the…
URGENT: YOUR RESPONSE MATTERS! On Tuesday, October 22, the Natural Resources Board (NR Board) will consider re-approving the original Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area at Badger, the same identical plan that was approved in December 2016. It is imperative…
On Friday, March 22, our attorneys with Perkins-Coie law firm filed a "post-hearing brief" summarizing the Alliance's arguments presented during the 4-day contested case hearing against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources held in January of this year. The hearing…
In December 2016, the Natural Resources Board approved the final Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area proposed by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The Master Plan allowed for a variety of "high impact" activities on the…
It seems fitting that the Alliance's year 2018 began and ended with a positive activity-- planting native seeds at the Hillside Prairie & Savanna! In between, we had a chock-a-block year filled with events, programs, volunteer work days and other…
As the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance celebrates 20 years of activism in Sauk Prairie, we also look forward to the next 20 years. In order to better understand how we can be relevant, vibrant and meaningful to the area and…
Sadly, nothing in the realm of legal challenges goes quickly. Earlier in the year, the Alliance requested that the federal court in Madison issue an injunction halting the high impact activities included in DNR's Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State Recreation…
Following a 30-minute review of the arguments from the Alliance and DNR regarding a request for a "stay" on high impact activities in the Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area, Judge Guy Reynolds offered his determination yesterday in…
On Wednesday, March 15th, Judge Guy Reynolds of the Sauk County Circuit Court in Baraboo will offer his oral decision about the Alliance's request for a "stay" on the high-impact activities included in DNR's Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area. We…
The local and regional media have been very attentive to the lawsuit filed by the Sauk Prairie Conservation Alliance ("David") against DNR ("Goliath") for their inclusion of high impact activities in their Final Master Plan for the Sauk Prairie State…