Lunch Meetings

There was no public lunch presentation for today's meeting.

There was no public lunch meeting this month.

As one of the lunch presentations being run by the HEAT team of Health Dunn Right, Rick Remington of the Landmark Conservancy spoke on January 12 to HEAT members and interested participants. He spoke about land conservation, land trusts, and the work of Landmark Conservancy. 

The Health Dunn Right Environmental Action group held their November meeting with Klaus Mager of CItizens Climate Lobby Business Climate Leaders. Mr. Mager Klaus explained the benefit of two strong sustainability pieces of legislation introduced to the US Congress, the energy innovation and carbon dividend Act, which would create market incentives to reduce fossil fuel based inputs primarily by increasing the input cost of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides.

On May 12, 2021 Zach Raff, Assistant Professor of Economics, UW-Stout, provided an overview of CAFOs and Water Quality in Wisconsin to the Environmental Action Team of Health Dunn Right. Over the past 30 years, livestock operations in Wisconsin – primarily dairies – have become more and more concentrated. This concentration of the industry has led to the proliferation of CAFOs in the state, which provide operational cost savings but are associated with several forms of external costs, e.g., nonpoint source runoff.

Kate Beaton (Wisconsin Conservation Voters) talks to the Health Dunn Right Environmental Action Team about Clean Energy Resolutions in the Chippewa Valley.

This talk by Melanie Johnson of the Wisconsin DNR discussed PFAS contamination in Wisconsin and the 25 priority items that the DNR feels are essential to recover from the current contamination and prevent it in the future. 

In this meeting Dan discussed the current manure storage ordinance in Dunn County and the upcoming changes which were the subject of a county hearing. 

Michael Vickerman talks about political support for renewable policies, particularly renewable energy in Wisconsin.

Randy Eide, the director of the public works department in Menomonie, talks about the reduction of phosphorous and suspended solids in runoff water in Menomonie. He walks through several of the programs in place to prevent pollution from runoff water.