Resources & Contacts

Contact your state representatives and senators:

To find your congressperson - Click Here

DNR Staff:

Terry Kafka is the primary contact person concerning the Richfield CAFO but is focused on the WPDES permit and the Environmental Analysis. See below for other contacts specific to other areas of concern.

P Terence M. Kafka
Ag Runoff Management Specialist
Wausau DNR Service Center
5301 Rib Mt. Dr.
Wausau, WI 54401

Phone: (715) 355-1363
Fax: (715) 355-5253
Email: terence.kafka@wisconsin.gov

To write letters regarding specific concerns about high capacity wells, air quality and the like the main contact for each is listed below. All contact information is available here: http://wi.gov/state/core/sowdir/directory_search.asp

WPDES Permit:
Tom Bauman (general), Andrew Craig (NMP), and Gretchen Wheat (Facilities Design), Madison

Air Management:
Jeff Johnson (Eau Claire), Dave Panofsky (Madison)

High Capacity Well Permit Review:
Paul Kozol (Madison)

Water Supply:
Steve Janowiak, Peggy Norris (Wisconsin Rapids)

Stormwater Permit:
Brad Johnson (Wausau)

Environmental Assistance:
David Panofsky (Madison), Jeff Johnson (Eau Claire)

Groundwater:
Jim Boettcher (Eau Claire)

Water Management and General Water Issues:
Scott Watson (Wausau), Bob Baczynski (Baldwin)

Environmental Assessment:
Russell Anderson (Fitchburg) and Tony Fischer (Wisconsin Rapids)

Wildlife:
Paul Samerdyke (Wautoma)

Resources

Listed below are links to various websites regarding the proposed dairy as well as other informative pieces of information. Should you find others please let us know so we can add them!

Richfield Dairy Information or Related Topics:

DNR Public Notice of Intent to issue a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (WPEDS): Permit Notice

DNR WPEDS Permit for the Richfield Dairy: Permit DNR Environmental Assessment: EA Reports

DNR Richfield Dairy Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet

Adams County Land and Water Conservation Department: Website

Overview of WI Livestock Facility Sitting Law: Report

Study conducted by the UWSP on the effects of ground water pumping: Study

Maps and Images: Google Earth • Plat Map • Site Design

General Information:

Additional resources on CAFOs - Many governmental and non-profit organizations have posted information about CAFOs and the dairy industry in Wisconsin.

Here are a few:

Friends of the Central Sands: click here

Wisconsin DNR CAFO homepage: click here

Midwest Environmental Advocates: click here

UW - Madison has many publications about farming in WI: click here

Family Farm Defenders: click here

Wisconsin Farmers Union: click here

Crawford Stewardship Project: click here

Pew Commission of Industrial Farm Animal Production: click here

Sustain Rural Wisconsin: click here

University of MO landmark study on the impacts of a CAFO by John Ikerd: click here

Questions Rural Communities Should Ask About CAFO’s by John Ikerd, University of MO - click here

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection CAFO Sitting Law - click here