What one frac-sand mining company is doing to help protect Wisconsin’s endangered Karner blue butterfly.
Posted on 31 January 2012 in Environment, Sidebar
What one frac-sand mining company is doing to help protect Wisconsin’s endangered Karner blue butterfly.
Posted on 31 January 2012 in Environment, Sidebar
Overview of permits required to operate a frac-sand mine.
Posted on 31 January 2012 in Economy, Environment, Sidebar
Resources to learn more.
Posted on 31 January 2012 in Environment, Front Page Featured, Latest
There’s a new wrinkle in Wisconsin’s fast-growing frac sand mining: It turns out that an endangered butterfly, the Karner blue, lives in the same region. And some companies may be failing to check for the butterfly as they move ahead with mining operations.
Posted on 31 July 2011 in Economy, Environment, Health & Welfare, Latest, Reuters
This western Wisconsin community is in the midst of a land rush — call it a sand rush — fueled by exploding nationwide demand for fine silica sand used in hydraulic fracturing of oil and natural gas. At least 16 frac sand mines and processing facilities are operating, and an additional 25 sites are proposed, in a diagonal swath stretching across 15 Wisconsin counties from Burnett to Columbia, the Center has found.
Posted on 31 July 2011 in Economy
Find out more about the hydraulic fracturing process and how Wisconsin “frac sand” is used to drill for gas and oil.