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Allison Madison on cutting winter road salt to protect water

By Zac Schultz | Here & Now

January 6, 2023

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Wisconsin Salt Wise program manager Allison Madison describes how decades of salting roads to melt ice has affected the state's freshwater sources and efforts to reduce its wintertime use on roadways.

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