## **Industrial Sand Mining in Western Wisconsin:** Resources for Environmental Monitoring and Advocacy This page is an introduction to frac sand issues and airborne particles, aimed at connecting concerned community groups, hardware developers, and scientists. You will find resources to: * connect with projects and people facing frac sand issues and particle pollution * learn about particle pollution, health, and regulations * explore options for addressing frac sand mining in your community ****** ### Table of Contents **Frac Sand Mining** | ----------------------|--------------------- [Background Information](https://publiclab.org/wiki/nonmetallicmining#Industrial+Sand+Mining) | This page gives information about the history of frac sand mining, what it is, what it is used for, and the environmental and human health concerns that surround it. [People and Places](wiki/wisconsin) | The first permitting for Frac Sand mining in Wisconsin started in late 2006 ([Pearson, 2015](http://wisconsinfracsand.blogspot.com/)). Since then, thousands of people have participated in the fight against the frac sand mining industry's negative effects. Learn more about the groups involved and what they are doing on the Wisconsin wiki page. [Particulate Matter Monitoring](/wiki/pm) | The PM Monitoring wiki includes information that explains how particles form in the air, how they affect human health, how they are regulated, and how they can be monitored. The wiki delves deep into different ways particles form with a focus on nonmetallic mining and [silica dust](https://publiclab.org/wiki/silica-monitoring). [Advocacy Leverage Points](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-advocacy-leverage-points) | This wiki discusses regulations surrounding frac sand mining and highlights local government leverage points towns and community groups can use to address frac sand issues. From here you can also link to the [Frac Sand Legislation wiki](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-legislation), which discusses national and state regulations and legislation related to air quality that are particularly relevant to frac sand issues. [Action Oriented Resources](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-action-oriented-resources) | The Action Oriented Resources wiki compiles many tools people can use in addressing frac sand issues. There are workshops on selecting advocacy strategies, guidelines for setting up an environmental monitoring program, resources for working with the media, tools for reporting pollution and contact information for state and county regulators. ***** ### Recent activity related to frac sand mining: [notes:frac-sand] ***** #### Outline of Wiki Documents [Background Information](https://publiclab.org/wiki/nonmetallicmining#Industrial+Sand+Mining) [People and Places](wiki/wisconsin) [Particulate Matter Monitoring](/wiki/pm) - [Silica dust](https://publiclab.org/wiki/silica-monitoring) - [Regulations on PM Monitoring](https://publiclab.org/wiki/pm-monitoring-regulations) - [Collecting Data on Particulate Matter](https://publiclab.org/wiki/pm-monitoring) - [Visual monitoring](/wiki/visual-pm) - [Filter-based monitoring](/wiki/filter-pm) - [Optical monitoring](/wiki/optical-pm) - [Passive monitoring](/wiki/passive-pm) - [Public Lab PM monitoring tool development](/wiki/pm-dev) - [Passive monitoring tool](https://publiclab.org/wiki/SEM-stub-pm) [Advocacy Leverage Points](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-advocacy-leverage-points) - [Frac Sand Legislation](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-legislation) [Action Oriented Resources](https://publiclab.org/wiki/frac-sand-action-oriented-resources) - [Identify Advocacy Pathways Workshop](https://publiclab.org/wiki/choosing-advocacy-pathways) - [Start your own Environmental Monitoring Study](https://publiclab.org/wiki/start-enviro-monitor-study) - [Strategize a media campaign](https://publiclab.org/wiki/creating-a-media-campaign) **** ####Research in progress and Wikis Related to: [Silica](https://publiclab.org/tag/silica), [Particulate Matter](https://publiclab.org/tag/silica/tag/PM), [Passive-pm monitoring](https://publiclab.org/tag/passive-pm), [Wisconsin](https://publiclab.org/tag/wisconsin)....
| Author | Comment | Last activity | Moderation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| warren | "Also -- just a thought -- there are a few others testing this out too, so if you could take some contextual photos of how you set it up, what it's ..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh, that's great to hear. Good luck and we'll talk soon i hope! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| bkleist | "@warren, I have gotten ahold of Dr. Pierce, and he said that the camera has come in, and is ready to be deployed!!! We are hoping to set it up as s..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| bkleist | "@warren, I believe that it has, but I have not been able to get ahold of my research professor lately. I just sent him another email, and will let ..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi, @bkleist -- has the game camera worked out better for you at all? Wishing you good luck! " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Sorry to hear about the short lifespan of your timelapse deployment. Tony did some trials with the Mobius last spring and learned that it has a bat..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Oh, that's really too bad -- I'm really hopeful that the game "trail camera" we're sending (today!) will help. I don't know how long 8 fresh AA bat..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "thanks! I've had some trouble getting the illumination aligned with the very tall illumination arm I made. Its complicated as well by the cable of..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi! A few of us tested out a <$100 trail cam which worked really well -- it has a lot of the features you might need: https://publiclab.org/not..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| richardbowman | "Hi @matthew, great that you've got some images :) Looking at your graticule, I think your illumination might be misaligned - the blue-yellow gradi..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Flatfield and scale images: " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Here are some image sets including a flat field calibration and scale from the PSL imaging. 20160923_PSL_Sphere_SET.zip " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Here are some image sets including a flat field calibration and scale from the PSL imaging. 20160923_PSL_Sphere_SET.zip " | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| gretchengehrke | "Hi @bkleist, Interesting stuff! What is your electricity situation and need for being inconspicuous like where you have the camera? I wonder if a ..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| stevie | "Hi @bkleist Thanks for posting on this! I know of a few other people who are interested in using cameras to watch for blasting events. So I'm reall..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Hi Ben, I haven't used the motion detection feature of the Mobius but it should work well if you can place the camera where a blast will cause eno..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| richardbowman | "Brilliant - I've wanted to make a carry case for absolutely ages, but other things keep getting in the way. I'll be excited to see what you come u..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "a note to myself: I found this article on calibrating microscopes useful background. http://www.agarscientific.com/media/import/Calibration-of-Micr..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "thanks Richard! I'll try the new files soon. I'm excited to contribute some mounting files to the project and a carrying case. Will get on those in..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| richardbowman | "Hey, nice work :) I have also had problems with the legs getting detached during printing, and discovered there was a bug in my OpenSCAD code - it..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "sure, its here: https://publiclab.org/wiki/visual-pm monitoring options are given an overview on this page, to put it in some context: https://pub..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hi @stevie, @mathew, you mentioned a wiki section on method nine -- would you mind linking me to it? Thanks! Method 22 sounds really interesting too. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| James_Pointon | "Well, they do say that one picture is worth more than a thousand words. It's great for the people of Wisconsin that no mining started. " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Followup on automating this process https://publiclab.org/notes/SimonPyle/05-13-2016/automating-imagej-for-particle-image-analysis " | Read more » | almost 8 years ago |