CNOW for April 7, 2025

Today's conservation notices:

• Support AB 118: Supporting grazing on perennial grasslands

• Support LRB 0820: Prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression
• Oppose AB 161: Restricting the transition to clean, cost-efficient transportation and appliances

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support AB 118, which is before the Assembly Committee on Agriculture on Tuesday.

Managed grazing protects our water and builds healthy soil. Wisconsin should assist farmers in transitioning to managed grazing systems on perennial grasslands. AB 118 would create a new program for providing grants to farmers in making the transition to managed grazing.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 0820, which is circulating for cosponsorship.

Every Wisconsinite should be protected from discrimination. LRB 0820 explicitly extends Wisconsin’s nondiscrimination laws to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 161, which is before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs on Wednesday.

To make our air cleaner to breathe and help combat climate change, we need to quickly transition to clean transportation and appliances. AB 161 would work against this transition by prohibiting state agencies and local communities from phasing out the use of dirty, gas powered transportation and appliances.

Conservation Notices of the Week (CNOW) announces the pro-conservation positions on issues before the Senate, Assembly and/or Governor in the week ahead to state legislators. Others wishing to follow activities in the state legislature also receive CNOW, including legislative staff, conservation voters, and media. All of these issues are tracked on the Vote Tracker. Issues in the CNOW may appear in the Conservation Scorecard, to be released in the summer of 2026.

Save the date for Conservation Lobby Day, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.