February

Hey Rosendale, in case you didn’t know, Here come the cows—The DNR approved a request by Rosendale Dairy to modify its wastewater permit, allowing dairy owners to expand its herd to 8,000 cows and 300 steer. Read More

DNR: Some valid concerns out of scope of review— Some of the concerns aired by those at December’s public hearing about modifying Rosendale Dairy’s wastewater permit were deemed irrelevant or outside the scope of matters addressed in the final draft. Read More

January

NR115, Wisconsin's revision to it's minimum shoreline zoning standards, passed the Legislature and is now waiting publication by the Legislative Reference Bureau, its final step before becoming official. Publication is expected early 2010. Learn more about NR115

January 5—Representative Joan Ballweg is helping to introduce to the state legislature a bill which would allow anglers to buy a one day fishing license. Currently on inland waters, the only option Wisconsin residents have is to purchase an annual license. Ballweg believes that this bill would give more people the chance to try fishing if one day fishing licenses were available. Neighboring states including Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois offer both resident and non resident one day fishing licenses. Read the bill AB-577.

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