CNOW Week of Sept. 16, 2019

This week's notices:

• Support AB 266: Natural Flood Prevention Demonstration Project
• Support LRB 3300: Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease
• Support LRB 0293: Funding Research on Chronic Wasting Disease
• Support LRB 4072: Deer Carcass Disposal

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support AB 266, which is before the Assembly Committee on Rural Development on Thursday.

As climate change continues to increase extreme weather events, Wisconsin communities need more tools, including wetlands, to help reduce flood risks and damages. AB 266 will fund the creation of flooding demonstration projects in Ashland County to help governments understand how restoring and protecting natural areas can help reduce flooding.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 3300, which is currently circulating for co-sponsorship.

Deer hunting is an important Wisconsin tradition passed down from generation to generation. In recent years, chronic wasting disease has continued to spread in Wisconsin and threaten the long term health of our deer herd. LRB 33000 would require the Department of Natural Resources to provide self-service chronic wasting disease testing kiosks where hunters may drop off deer carcass samples for testing. Making testing more convenient and accessible ensures that more of our deer are tested.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 0293, which is currently circulating for co-sponsorship.

Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible disease that causes the spongy degeneration of the brains of infected animals, including wild deer. This epidemic has continued to grow in our state over the last decade. LRB 0293 provides $1,000,000 GPR annually to the DNR for CWD testing, management, and research, a responsible investment to preserve our state’s deer hunt and multibillion-dollar hunting industry for generations to come.

Wisconsin Conservation Voters urges you to support LRB 4072, which is currently circulating for co-sponsorship.

Deer hunting is a proud tradition in Wisconsin, as well as being a multibillion-dollar industry. Currently, 56 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties have had cases of Chronic Wasting Disease. LRB 4072 would require the Department of Natural Resources to provide dumpsters where hunters may dispose of deer carcasses, to be placed in locations throughout the state as determined by DNR.

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