Monday, July 6, 2009

Need Your Help: Public Hearing Scheduled on AB 138, Natural Resources Board Appointment of DNR Secretary

Dear Conservationist:

This is it ! We all have worked hard and Assembly Bill 138 restoring the DNR Secretary appointment authority to the NRB has 68 cosponsors, including a majority of the Assembly and a majority of the Senate. The Governor is still sounding reluctant about signing the bill and that is why this public hearing is so important.

To get this critically important measure passed, we will need very strong support from the Assembly Natural Resources Committee, the full Assembly, the Senate Natural Resources Committee and the full Senate. We need to have AB 138 land on the Governor's desk with a two-thirds majority in both houses, a sufficient margin to override a potential veto.

The next key step is to have a huge turnout of citizens at the public hearing held by the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. Please plan on attending:

Public Hearing on AB 138---Tuesday, July 28th at
11:00 am in Room 417 North, State Capitol

Wisconsin citizens have repeatedly shown their strong interest in restoring the appointment authority of the DNR Secretary Board to the Natural Resources Board. Please make sure that your voice is heard at this public hearing! If you personally cannot make it, please arrange for a member of an organization that you are affiliated with to be there to either speak or register in favor of AB 138.

At last years public hearing on a similar bill, there were 142 conservationists in support of the measure. We will need the same large turnout in order to send the message to legislators and the Governor that this is the year this bill must become law.

It is important that every area of the state be represented so that committee members from throughout the state know that this is important to the voters in their legislative districts.

If you have any questions, please contact me by email: georgemeyer@tds.net or phone-- 608-516-5545.

See you on July 28th !

George Meyer
Executive Director
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation

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