MADISON, Wis. — A Menominee Indian tribal member is asking the Wisconsin Legislature for tougher action to stop chronic wasting disease and to join the fight against a Michigan gold mine. Gary Besaw delivered the
Law change would not impact federally-owned wetlands under Corps of Engineers management.
Senate already passed bill; would only then need Gov. Scott Walker’s signature to lift CWD protection.
The Republican bill would remove woodchucks from the Wisconsin’s protected species list and establish a hunting and trapping season that would run from July through December with no bag limits.
The property tax to be eliminated began in 1931 to protect forests after they were devastated by clear cutting. The roughly $90 million a year generated from the tax pays for more than 600 workers
Baiting, feeding ban in CWD-affected counties the one remaining tool the DNR has to slow CWD spread.
Fitzgerald says Senate Republicans “have an open ear” to idea and said he thinks it’s being considering as part of state budget
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