Crawford Stewardship Project

What Is Karst?

Learn about the karst geology under our feet and how it affects our drinking water. On Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m., October 6, a free workshop will be held in Viroqua at the Medical Office Bldg next to the hospital (Conference Room A) located at 407 S. Main St.

The Crawford Stewardship Project and the Alliance Concerned for Environmental Safety (ACES) are co-sponsoring the workshop as part of a regional effort to help residents learn about and identify karst geology where they live. Karst refers to the fractured, porous limestone and dolomite bedrock beneath us that is capable of quickly transporting surface water, and hence pollutants, into our drinking water. It is an important consideration in land use planning for our area.

The workshop will be given by Dr. Kelvin Rodolfo of rural Viroqua, Professor Emeritus of geology at the University of Illinois-Chicago . Following the presentation, Dr. Rodolfo will answer audience questions. He will also explain the Wisconsin Geological Survey's Interagency Karst Reporting Form that landowners can complete and submit for verification of karst features.

The karst workshop is free and open to all. For more information, call CSP at 608-735-4277.

			Crawford Stewardship Project works to protect the environment of Crawford County from threats such as those posed by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and to promote sustainable land use, local control of natural resources, and environmental justice. Crawford Stewardship Project is a nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible. Support CSP Send a check to: Crawford Stewardship Project P.O. Box 284 Gays Mills, WI 54631 csp.county@gmail.com
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	Ongoing Projects Sand Mining Crawford County CAFOs Water Quality and CAFO Monitoring Karst Geology Sustain Rural Wisconsin Network-SRWN Livestock Siting Law & State CAFO Permitting Crawford Stewardship Project is grateful for the generous support of the Wisconsin Community Fund. Order your Driftless Wisconsin poster today! "CAFOs are only profitable because so much of the cost and damage is externalized onto the environment, neighbors and wildlife. The monitoring, supervision, clean-up, restitution, fines are not happening, thus the true cost of CAFOs never find the way onto the balance books." Talking point from the CAFO Conference.	What Is Karst? Learn about the karst geology under our feet and how it affects our drinking water. On Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m., October 6, a free workshop will be held in Viroqua at the Medical Office Bldg next to the hospital (Conference Room A) located at 407 S. Main St. The Crawford Stewardship Project and the Alliance Concerned for Environmental Safety (ACES) are co-sponsoring the workshop as part of a regional effort to help residents learn about and identify karst geology where they live. Karst refers to the fractured, porous limestone and dolomite bedrock beneath us that is capable of quickly transporting surface water, and hence pollutants, into our drinking water. It is an important consideration in land use planning for our area. The workshop will be given by Dr. Kelvin Rodolfo of rural Viroqua, Professor Emeritus of geology at the University of Illinois-Chicago . Following the presentation, Dr. Rodolfo will answer audience questions. He will also explain the Wisconsin Geological Survey's Interagency Karst Reporting Form that landowners can complete and submit for verification of karst features. The karst workshop is free and open to all. For more information, call CSP at 608-735-4277.