CNOW for Dec. 15, 2025

Today's conservation notices:

• Support SB 628: The Water Pollution Notification Act

• Oppose LRB 3111: Politicians micromanaging our public lands

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Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support SB 628, which is before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs on Thursday.

Wisconsin families have a right to know if their drinking water might be contaminated. The one third of Wisconsinites who rely on private wells are rarely notified about nearby contamination. SB 628 would require the DNR to notify local health officials when they’ve identified groundwater contamination, giving those local health officials the tools they need to notify impacted people. This would ensure impacted people can take proactive steps to protect their families from drinking contaminated water.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose LRB 3111, which is circulating for co-sponsorship. 

Wisconsinites don’t want the state legislature micromanaging popular programs that ensure our families have beautiful places to swim, hike, boat, fish, and hunt. LRB 3111 proposes a constitutional amendment that would require the legislature to sign off on individual, community-based proposals that protect our most beautiful places.

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.