The DNR Sticks It To Wildlife Federation

When one so-called 'sportsman's' group it likes makes the only application for a grant (see rules, wired), the DNR can't wait to give it the money.

But not when the DNR can spend more taxpayer dollars, and play petty politics:

The Department of Natural Resources has rejected the only bid it received - from current tenant Wisconsin Wildlife Federation - to run the MacKenzie Environmental Education Center in Poynette.

Instead, the agency will run the facility itself, according to a Thursday statement.
And contrary to its stated intentions when it opened the bid process in February, the DNR will very likely increase its spending on the center, an agency official acknowledged.

This is not the first time Walker administration water carriers have gone after the Federation.