Reminder of Monday hearings; questionnaire online next week
The public is reminded the Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is holding the annual spring hearings on Monday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
Additionally, an online opportunity for public input will be available from 7 p.m. April 14 through 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 16.
DNR staff and WCC delegates will be on hand at these spring hearings to discuss local issues of importance, answer questions from the public and open a dialogue between the public, the DNR and the WCC about areas of interest and concern.
The WCC will also hold their delegates’ elections at each meeting. Two of the five WCC seats will be up for election in each county.
Taylor County’s hearing will be held in the Medford Area Senior High library. The agenda calls for DNR staff presentations to start at 6:30 p.m., followed by the WCC elections at 7 p.m. That will be followed by remaining DNR presentations. A review of citizen resolutions that were introduced in the county and the DNR spring hearing questionnaire is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Finally, the public is invited to provide feedback on a variety of fish, wildlife and other natural resourcesrelated topics as part of the spring hearing process. The public is encouraged to provide input online from 7 p.m. April 14 through 6 p.m. April 16. For those who prefer to do so in person, a number of paper ballots will be available at each in-person meeting.
More information is available on the Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearing webpage, https:// dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing.
Other nearby meetings include Chippewa County’s at Chippewa Falls High School, 735 Terrill St. in the Auditorium; Clark County’s at the Greenwood High School cafeteria, 306WCentral Ave.; Lincoln County’s at the Lincoln County Service Center, 801 N Sales Street, Merrill County Board Room; Marathon County’s at D.C. Everest Middle School, 9302 Schofield Ave., Schofield Auditorium; Price County’s in the Price County Courthouse, 126 Cherry Street, Phillips County Board Room, and Rusk County’s in the Large Conference Room of the DNR Ladysmith Service Center, N4103 State Highway 27.
