Nov 13, 2012 | Green Bay Press-Gazette
Badger Diggings: Wisconsin abundant in 'frac sand'
"We tried all kinds of things with it," said Witt. "You'd cut the weeds down, you couldn't even grow hay." Turns out, nowadays, it can help "grow" something a lot more surprising, and valuable: abundant - and cheap - natural gas.
Guest column: Sand strategy proved a good one
Steve Witt has lived atop the sands of Monroe County for over 60 years, and remembers when the stuff wasn't good for anything but growing pine trees.
Turns out our sand is valuable
Steve Witt has lived atop the sands of Monroe County for more than 60 years and remembers when the stuff wasn't good for anything but growing pine trees.