Title: Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Enforcement: Environmental Analysis Section Records
Inclusive Dates: 1968-1984

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Enforcement

Call Number: Series 2218; Tape 1245A

Quantity: 2.8 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 2 archives boxes) and 1 tape recording

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

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Abstract:

Records of Duane Gebken, chief of the Environmental Analysis Section, primarily concerning the section's responsibility to monitor Project ELF, a controversial submarine communications system to be located in the Chequamegon National Forest, and the Army Corps of Engineers' plans to deepen the navigation channel of the Missisippi River below Lock and Dam 26 at Alton, Illinois. The records of Project ELF, which was also known as Project Sanguine, 1968-1974, and Project Seafarer, 1975-1978, include documentation about several state government committees responsible for public safety concerns and the environmental impact of the project; fragmentary records of the Natural Resources Board documenting its participation in the controversy; correspondence from individuals and organizations such as the State Committee to Stop Project Sanguine and Stop Project ELF; a transcript of the 1983 legal case Wisconsin vs. Caspar W. Weinberger, and Judge Barbara Crabb's decision. The Lock and Dam 26 files include correspondence, memoranda, clippings, information on the suit brought by the Sierra Club to halt construction, and extensive comments from departmental personnel on the Corps of Engineers draft environmental impact statement.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02218

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Records on the Mississippi River study ordered by the suit (Great River Environmental Action Team, RDA 370/0095A) have been scheduled for permanent retention and remain in departmental custody.

Series 2218	Series: Project ELF records
Box   1 Folder   1A	Processor's notes
Box   1 Folder   1-18	1968-1973, Correspondence and reports
Box   1 Folder   19	1976-1981, Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   20	1977, Reports
	1982
Box   1 Folder   21-23	Correspondence
Box   1 Folder   24	Reports
	Environmental Monitoring Committee
Box   1 Folder   25-26	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   1-4	Minutes
Box   2 Folder   5-6	Proposals
Box   2 Folder   7-8	Natural Resources Board
Box   2 Folder   9	Stop Project ELF
	1983
Box   2 Folder   10	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   11	Environmental Review Committee
Tape 1245A	Natural Resources Board, meeting, November 16, 1983
Series 2218 Box   2 Folder   12	Stop Project ELF
Box   2 Folder   13-19	Wisconsin vs. Weinberger
	1984
Box   2 Folder   20	Correspondence
Box   2 Folder   21-22	Environmental Monitoring Committee
	Series: Lock and Dam 26	⇧
Box   3 Folder   1-6	1972-1974
Box   4 Folder   1-7	1975-1981