From the Wisconsin Law Journal story:
In the latest court of appeals ruling, the court cited Wisconsin wetland permit statutes that “require the DNR to consider the entirety of a proposed project when addressing a wetland individual permit.”
This required the DNR to consider “whether the proposed project will result in other significant adverse environmental consequences … beyond the physical footprint of directly impacted wetlands.”
The Appeals Court also affirmed the ALJ’s (administrative law judge) findings that key information was missing about the project’s environmental impacts, including that the nutrients and pesticides applied as part of the project would not result in significant adverse impacts to wetland functional values.
“Disrupting wetland systems has far reaching impacts on groundwater, water bodies, hydrology and habitat. This decision will become valuable authority for future cases,” Friends of the Black River Forest Inc. added.
https://wislawjournal.com/2023/12/06/kohler-golf-course-permit-denied-as-appeals-court-upholds-lower-court/
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