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by Forest Jahnke, Crawford Stewardship Project Programs Coordinator The Land I've yet to meet anyone who is not awed by the beauty of our area, with rolling hills, babbling brooks, and winding rivers cutting through a patchwork of forests, fields, and small towns. The next thing many people comment on — and the first thing I miss whenever I travel — is the water. It tastes so good. And indeed, we are blessed to live in a zone that recharges and draws from one of the most abun

Dear Friends and Neighbors, Well, what a year! The work to protect quality of life in our shared local communities remains vitally important in the face of absurd proposals like the twin 999.6 animal unit “not-CAFOs” from Illinois, and a 765kv transmission line coming from Minnesota with towers the height of the Statue of Liberty. Luckily, Crawford Stewardship Project (CSP) remains up for jobs like these! Did you know that your contributions are CSP’s primary source of fund

Note: a locally-hosted information event was held in Gays Mills on Sunday 2/22. Article in Vernon Reporter here . Many people are concerned about a new high-capacity transmission line that has been proposed to cut through Crawford County. The new towers would be the largest transmission towers in Wisconsin: existing line: 161kv, on 70’ wooden poles,100’ cleared easement beneath proposed line: 765kv, on 200' metal lattice towers, 250' wide cleared easement beneath There are

A new electric transmission line has been proposed that would cut across Crawford County. One possible route shows the line following an...