CNOW for Sept. 28, 2023

Today's conservation notices:

• Oppose AB 318: Poisoning Our Ponds

• Support Sharon Adams, Dylan Jennings, Paul Buhr, Sandra Dee Nass and Jim VandenBrook for the Natural Resources Board

• Oppose SB 139: Setting an Arbitrary Wolf Population Goal in Statute

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose AB 318, which is before the Assembly Committee on Environment on Thursday.

Wisconsinites should have a right to know and influence what chemicals are being added to our water. AB 318 would allow individuals to add certain chemicals to shared waters without DNR oversight and without the consent of impacted neighbors.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support Sharon Adams, Dylan Jennings, Paul Buhr, Sandra Dee Nass and Jim VandenBrook, who are before the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage on Thursday.

Our Department of Natural Resources is charged with managing our fish and wildlife, protecting our lands, and ensuring that every Wisconsinite can breathe clean air and drink safe water. As the governing body responsible for setting policy at the Department of Natural Resources, it is critical that members of our Natural Resources Board have deep experience with this wide and critically important range of responsibilities. Sharon Adams, Dylan Jennings, Paul Buhr, Sandra Dee Nass and Jim VandenBrook are all highly qualified nominees who bring decades of that experience.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to oppose SB 139, which is before the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage on Thursday.

The main goal of wolf management in Wisconsin should be to move towards an outcome-based management plan where there is a healthy wolf population, while minimizing depredations. The DNR has engaged in a multi-year, diverse stakeholder process that brought together hunters, farmers, conservationists, and tribal governments to develop such a plan. SB 139 works against this goal by requiring the Department of Natural Resources to establish a numeric statewide wolf population goal in statute. This undermines the ability of the DNR to balance multiple goals and respond to the changing populations.

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