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Critics say opportunities for outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing will be degraded under cuts to state science staff and land-buying authority proposed by the Legislature's budget committee.
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, said Friday that a Republican plan for state land purchases would allow for buying the "best of the best."
Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, asked Gov. Scott Walker to clarify his stance on the Confederate flag.
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton.
Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, said proposed cuts to the Department of Natural Resources' science bureau are 'unacceptable.'
The Legislature’s budget committee voted Friday to slow down conservation land purchases and eliminate half of the state Department of Natural Resources senior science staff as part of an overall reduction of 80 DNR positions.
Contact reporter Steven Verburg at sverburg@madison.com or 608-252-6117. Contact reporter Dee J. Hall at dhall@madison.com or 608-252-6132.
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Republican lawmakers have reached an impasse with Gov. Scott Walker on how to reduce borrowing for roads.
They include subjecting low-performing large school districts to a state-imposed reorganization, lifting the cap on school vouchers and changi…
Walker's travels have resulted in a vacuum of power being filled with leading lawmakers, experts said.
Agency leaders told employees more changes are to come. Governor and lawmakers will allow no more 'glitter and rainbows.'
DNR veteran Jack Sullivan says severe pending budget cuts played a role the timing of his retirement.
More than four years after the EPA listed 75 deficiencies, the DNR is issuing pollution permits that fall short of minimum standards.
Walker had promised to tame an "out of control" DNR.
Private foresters hired by owners of tax-subsidized forest land would be the watchdog against destructive logging practices.
Stewardship land buys would be crushed as highway borrowing rises, but Assembly Republicans may salvage part of the program.
Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal would turn the Natural Resources Board into an advisory panel to 'to strengthen leadership.'
The governor wants to cut 66 positions, force state parks to support themselves through fee increases and remove citizen control of DNR.
Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget would eliminate 66 DNR positions, freeze conservation land purchases and withdraw tax support to state parks.
Experts say it costs more to clean up problems in lakes and rivers than it does to use scientific methods of prevention.
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