The roar of  "Save Our Parks!! Stop the Swap!!"  chants filled the Capitol Thursday, Nov. 16, as Wisconsin State  Park lovers, joined Friends of the Black River Forest (FBRF) and other environmental groups urging Gov. Evers to send the Land Exchange Agreement giving Kohler Andrae State Park acres to the  Kohler Company to use for its own profit back to the Natural Resources Board to review and nullify. The agreement signed by Scott Walker, DNR and the Kohler Company was based on illegal actions by the Natural Resources Board and ignored DNR procedures. FBRF contends that letting this agreement stand with no time limit,  could invite sell offs of our state park lands by future administrations.

FBRF and Sierra Club representatives presented their concerns to the Governor's staff presenting a petition and asking that he act on the Land Exchange Agreement. 

FBRF was successful in its contested case hearing in 2018, challenging the completeness and accuracy of the DNR - issued Wetland Fill Permit. The court concurred, reversing the permit, citing lack of impact information to groundwater and the DNR's reliance on the Kohler Company's assurances and promises rather than actual studies on impacts.

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