By KATE GOLDEN Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism In the sand barrens of Wisconsin lives an endangered blue butterfly. Its range overlaps almost perfectly with the sand that’s become a lucrative part of a boom in natural gas drilling. And to kill a Karner blue without a permit violates federal law. But of the dozens…
Are frac sand miners failing to check for rare butterfly?
by County Line | Feb 1, 2012 | Front Page, Front Page Archived, News, News Archived