Land conservation and the protection of Wisconsin’s water and wildlife continue to remain a top priority for the Evers Administration.

Proposed changes to the Stewardship Program would decrease the Legislature’s power to anonymously halt conservation projects like the Pelican River Forest.

A review of past budget documents by Wisconsin Watch revealed the practice of secret vetoes under both Republican and Democratic control.

While the Oneida County Board discusses a resolution opposing the Pelican River Forest project, another local government passed a resolution in support of it.

The committee is charged with reviewing and possibly amending the county’s resolution in opposition to the Pelican River Forest project.

A resolution opposing the project is full of inaccuracies. An ad hoc committee will spend the next two months researching the project before returning to the full board with its recommendation.