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DNR may sell naming rights to state parks, among other things
It's not a budget, it's a blueprint for the destruction of our state. Another day, another list showing how Walker's "budget" will dismantle the things that made this state a good place to live and work. Might as well just give corporate naming rights to the state itself because it's not going to be "Wisconsin" anymore after this "budget" is passed...
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources might sell naming rights to state parks to help them operate without tax support as proposed under Gov. Scott Walker's biennial budget, DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp told lawmakers Tuesday.
Stepp said partnerships and sponsorship agreements with the private sector would be discussed over the next two years....
The governor's budget also cuts:
•$1 million annually, or 100 percent, of Walleye Initiative funding, for large walleye fingerlings to maintain the population of the fish in state waters.
•$4 million annually, or 21 percent, of recycling grants to local governments. The budget also eliminates funding for recycling and solid waste education and research.
•$1.2 million annually, or 100 percent, of grants to nonprofit conservation, recreation and timber industry groups.
•$350,700 annually, or 50 percent, of funding for removal of deer killed on roads.
The budget would reduce technical assistance for preventing pollution from farms while continuing borrowing for dairy operations to build structures such as storage lagoons. The spending plan would:
•Cut $1.8 million annually, or 71 percent of $2.5 million, for preventing manure and other material from running off the land and polluting state waters. The cut would not leave enough money to provide $500,000 for UW-Extension efforts required under a state law....
Stepp said partnerships and sponsorship agreements with the private sector would be discussed over the next two years....
The governor's budget also cuts:
•$1 million annually, or 100 percent, of Walleye Initiative funding, for large walleye fingerlings to maintain the population of the fish in state waters.
•$4 million annually, or 21 percent, of recycling grants to local governments. The budget also eliminates funding for recycling and solid waste education and research.
•$1.2 million annually, or 100 percent, of grants to nonprofit conservation, recreation and timber industry groups.
•$350,700 annually, or 50 percent, of funding for removal of deer killed on roads.
The budget would reduce technical assistance for preventing pollution from farms while continuing borrowing for dairy operations to build structures such as storage lagoons. The spending plan would:
•Cut $1.8 million annually, or 71 percent of $2.5 million, for preventing manure and other material from running off the land and polluting state waters. The cut would not leave enough money to provide $500,000 for UW-Extension efforts required under a state law....
LINK to WSJ
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and Wisconsin will be the worst state in the mid west, possibly the nation. Ugh..... he and his policies have just destroyed the once proud progressive standard to the lowest trash status. I just despise him. 
