DNR Many don't like politics in natural resources

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: December 9, 2003 | Copyright information

DNR

Many don't like politics in natural resources

Tuesday, December 9, 2003

How ironic that Natural Resources Board member Stephen Willett thinks, when the state is in fiscal crisis, it's political when needless expenses are cut ("Loss of airplane privileges has some DNR board members grumbling," Dec. 4). That is what the knowledgeable sport anglers and hunters think about a system in which the Natural Resources Board members have agendas and the Department of Natural Res...

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