CNOW for Feb. 10, 2026

Today's conservation notice:

• Oppose AJR 133: Death to the separation of powers
• Oppose SB 275 & AB 276: Limiting DNR’s ability to advance environmental protections
• Oppose SB 276 & AB 275: Incentivizing special interest group attacks on environmental protections
• Oppose SB 277 & AB 274: Expiration dates on environmental protections
• Oppose SB 289 & AB 277: Corporate bottom lines over environmental protections
• Oppose SB 420: Preventing local governments from passing rights of nature ordinances
• Oppose SB 665: Setting an arbitrary wolf population goal in statute
• Oppose AB 955: Politicians micromanaging health-based standards
• Oppose AB 995: Extending delays to setting health-based standards

• Oppose AB 1033: Endangering our lakes

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Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AJR 133, which is before the Assembly on Thursday.

The Wisconsin Constitution establishes three co-equal branches of government to ensure appropriate checks and balances over policies that impact our families and environment. AJR 133 would concentrate power in the hands of the Wisconsin legislature by proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the Wisconsin legislature to kill any health-based standards, without oversight from the executive branch.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose SB 275 & AB 276 which are before the Senate on Wednesday and the Assembly on Thursday. 

Our Department of Natural Resources needs to be able to advance health-based environmental standards that ensure our water is safe to drink, or food is safe to eat, and our air is clean to breathe. SB 275 & AB 276 place new limitations on the DNR’s ability to promulgate these standards, leaving our communities vulnerable to emerging contaminants.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose SB 276 and AB 275, which are before the Senate on Wednesday, and Assembly on Thursday. 

Wisconsin shouldn’t incentivize special interest group challenges to health-based environmental standards. SB 276 & AB 275 would allow special interest groups to recover attorney fees and costs from attacks on environmental standards.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose SB 277 and AB 274, which are before the Senate on Wednesday and Assembly on Thursday. 

Permanent health-based environmental standards ensure our water is safe to drink, or food is safe to eat, and our air is clean to breathe. SB 277 & AB 274 would put expiration dates on these protections, threatening our health and the health of future generations.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose SB 289 & AB 277 which are before the Senate on Wednesday and the Assembly on Thursday. 

Corporations shouldn't have control over our process for setting environmental standards. SB 289 would let corporations block new environmental standards by focusing solely on the cost to businesses while ignoring the health, environmental, and long-term economic benefits of stronger protections.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose SB 420, which is before the Senate on Wednesday. 

Local governments are at the forefront of strategies that ensure Wisconsin is home to clean air, safe water, healthy soils, and rich biodiversity. SB 420 would undermine local control and limit local governments’ ability to protect our environment by preventing our cities, towns, and villages from enacting ordinances they see fit.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose SB 665, which is before the Senate on Wednesday. 

Wisconsin now has an adaptive, science-based wolf management plan focused on supporting a healthy wolf population and minimizing depredations. SB 665 works against this plan by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a numeric statewide wolf population goal. This undermines the ability of the DNR to balance multiple goals and respond to the changing populations.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 955, which is before the Assembly on Thursday.

To protect our families from environmental contamination, our state agencies need the ability to efficiently and effectively advance health-based standards, based on the latest science. AB 955 would disrupt this process by requiring explicit statutory authority for any new administrative rule.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 995, which is before the Assembly on Thursday.

Under current law, it already takes too long to set health-based standards for contaminants from polluted air, water, and soils. These standards are important for protecting Wisconsinites. AB 995 makes the process even longer by adding an additional 6 months to the timeline for rule finalization.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 1033, which is before the Assembly Committee on State Affairs on Wednesday. 

Healthy lakes are central to healthy habitats and Wisconsin’s $11.2 billion outdoor recreation economy. AB 1033 endangers the health of our lakes by placing insufficient restrictions on wakesurfing and other enhanced-wake activities, which can damage lakebeds, shorelines, and aquatic habitats.

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