Is the irony lost on anyone? The Stewardship Fund bought the Big Chip. Scottie wants to kill the fund. Yet here he is bragging about Wisconsin's great outdoor recreation. I need a barf bag.
Waukesha County, Republican pols failed to kill it.
The Calatrava Addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Sunset on the lakefront, summer 2018
Milwaukee River empties into Lake Michigan
Wisconsin wind farm, east of Waupun
86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
Skylight illumination in Milwaukee City Hall
The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
What water, wetland protection is all about
"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.
Lake Michigan in winter
Milwaukee skyline
James Rowen's Bio
James Rowen is an independent writer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He worked as the senior Mayoral staffer in Madison and Milwaukee and for newspapers in both cities. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.
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The fish were too smart to take Scotty's bait. What aren't teabaggers that wise?
Is the irony lost on anyone? The Stewardship Fund bought the Big Chip. Scottie wants to kill the fund. Yet here he is bragging about Wisconsin's great outdoor recreation. I need a barf bag.
From a 2006 DNR publication entitled Groundwater: Wisconsin't buried treasure: http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/html/supps/2006/apr06/using.htm
"Thousands of tourists travel Wisconsin each year to enjoy our fabulous water resources. They spent an estimated 11.8 billion dollars in 2005 alone.
So tourism, which brought in 5.3% more this year than last was still higher in 2005.
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