Industrial Sand Mining in Western Wisconsin: Resources for Environmental Monitoring and Advocacy

Welcome to the frac sand mining wiki. Included in the wiki is information, tools and resources related to the frac sand issue. This page serves as:

1) the landing page for projects, people and ideas related to the frac sand mining issue,
2) a learning experience for those interested in exploring what frac sand mining is and what people have done about it, and
3) a jump off spot for what could be done in the future regarding frac sand mining.

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Table of Contents

Background Information

info to be transcluded from [Industrial Sand Mining on Nonmetallic Mining wiki] (https://publiclab.org/wiki/nonmetallicmining#Industrial+Sand+Mining)

People and Places

The first permitting for Frac Sand mining in Wisconsin started in late 2006 (Pearson, 2015). Since then, thousands of people have participated in the fight against the frac sand mining industry's negative effects. Learn more about the groups involved and what they are doing on this page.

Cited References: Pearson, T. 2015. Contested Landscapes.

Particulate Matter

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Advocacy Leverage Points

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Action Oriented Resources

The Action Oriented Resources wiki compiles many tools people can use in fighting the frac sand issue. There are workshops on picking advocacy strategies, FAQs for setting up an environmental monitoring program, resources work working with the media, tools on reporting pollution and contact information for state and county regulators.

Research in progress and Wikis

power-tag to research notes and wikis tagged with "silica", "particulate matter", "dust", "wisconsin", and "frac sand"