
Gov. Evers’ budget seeks to end the practice of anonymous objections to land conservation projects
Anonymous objectors can hold up popular land conservation projects in Wisconsin. Tony Evers’ budget will seek to end the practice.
Anonymous objectors can hold up popular land conservation projects in Wisconsin. Tony Evers’ budget will seek to end the practice.
A member of the Joint Finance Committee has objected to the Pelican River Forest project and the committee has not yet scheduled a hearing.
Funding for the Pelican River Forest is held up indefinitely until the Joint Finance Committee holds a hearing.
Polling shows that nine out of 10 Wisconsinites support the Knowles-Nelson stewardship initiative.
The future of the Pelican River Forest is unclear after an anonymous objection by a lawmaker on the state’s Joint Finance Committee.
Lawmakers on the state’s finance committee are objecting to what would be the largest land conservation effort in Wisconsin history, threatening to halt the project altogether.
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