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On behalf of three conservation groups, ELPC filed a lawsuit this week to protect the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge. We argue that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Rural Utilities Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal laws by approving the Cardinal-Hickory Creek high-voltage transmission line. It would plow through the refuge near Cassville, WI, blocking a major north-south flyway for migratory birds such as cranes and eagle.
ELPC represents the Driftless Area Land Conservancy (DALC), Wisconsin Wildlife Fedeation, and National Wildlife Refuge Association in this lawsuit. DALC Executive Director Jennifer Filipiak said, “The transmission companies did not evaluate alternative crossings outside of the Refuge in their environmental impact statement, and we should not set a precedent that a simple land swap is all it takes to plow through a national treasure.”
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