Stewardship Fund
Rep. Dan Meyer moves this list of alternatives for budget paper 555: A6, B1, C3, D1, D2, D3, E1d, and E2d.
The motion would not reauthorize the program through 2019-2020 as Gov. Doyle proposed. Under the motion, it would expire 2009-2010.
He assured those listening that the motion "does not eliminate the program." Meyer said the motion is meant to have the state, "Take a time out, take a step back, and look where we're at."
He listed the number of woes state natural resources currently face, including CWD in the deer herd and VHS in the fish population.
"Why don't we take care of the natural resources we have instead of purchasing more and more land?" he asked.
Sen. Mark Miller said preserving land is essential to the state's tourism economy, and waiting until the next budget to reauthorize the program would be a dangerously short timeframe. Reauthorizing the fund today, he said, "would be a strong statement and a vote in favor of the continuing support of this program."
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