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Wisconsin Council of Trout Unlimited NONPROFIT ORG. 2515 Bigler Circle U.S. POSTAGE News and Views from WI Trout Unlimited Verona, WI 53593 PAID www.WisconsinTU.org PERMIT NO. 1 MADISON, WI Wisconsin Trout April 2014 Final push needed to make license plate bill law By Henry Koltz erans and Military Affairs, chaired by Sen. Jerry Petrowski (Mara- State Council Chair thon). From there, Rep. Ott and Due in large part to the many many of WITU's 5,000 members calls and emails from Wisconsin swung into action, and com- TU members, the Wisconsin State menced calling, emailing, visiting Senate on April 1 approved a bill and writing letters, requesting that allowing for a Wisconsin TU li- AB-173 be scheduled for a vote. cense plate. All that remains is Sen. Petrowski did exactly that, Gov. Scott Walker's signature. and set AB-173 for a public hear- We reported in the last issue of ing before his committee on Feb- Wisconsin Trout that AB-173, ruary 12. Ott and WITU Chair Henry Koltz spoke on behalf of known by us as the Wisconsin TU To d d Fr a n k l i n License Plate Bill, sponsored by the bill. Sen. Bob Wirch, Mark Rep. Jim Ott (Mequon), had Meyer, Thomas Stulp, Jennifer KOLTZ ADDRESSES SENATE COMMITTEE Giegerich, Steve Born, Brandon passed out of the Assembly Trans- WITU Chair Henry Koltz explains TU’s mission to the Senate Committee on Scholz, Tony Goldburg, Scott portation Committee, which is Transportation, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs Febraury 12. WITU’s chaired by Rep. Keith Ripp (Lo- Menske, Ivan Nohavica, Rick Fr- di). From there, the bill was sched- ye, Kurt Weible, Staush Gruszyns- ki, Tim Fraley, Matt Krueger, After countless emails, calls, and Petrowski (Marathon), and Sen. uled for a vote by the Committee meetings with legislators, however, Paul Farrow (Pewaukee), and on Rules, chaired by Rep. Stracho- Todd Franklin, Topf Wells and Rep. Andre Jacque all appeared AB-173 remained unscheduled for made the case to schedule AB-173 ta (West Bend), and was then a vote, with just one day of hearing for a vote on April 1. Calls and passed unanimously 92-0 out of and signed in support of AB-173. No registrations were made in op- remaining (April 1, 2014). On emails kept pouring in, and finally the Wisconsin Assembly. March 26, 2014, Henry Koltz and word came down that our bill was Ott had also sponsored a simi- position, and that same day Sen. Petrowski called the bill for an ex- Brandon Scholz traveled to Madi- scheduled for a vote. lar bill for WITU in the previous son, and met with the offices of On April 1, 2014, AB-173 was legislative session, but it unfortu- ecutive vote, and it was passed out of committee unanimously 5-0. numerous senators, including the called for a vote at roughly 3:30 nately never passed into law. offices of Majority Leader Scott p.m. Then AB-173 was referred to Thereafter, AB-173 became avail- able for scheduling, and once Fitzgerald (Juneau), Sen. Michael Continued on page 23 the Senate Committee on Trans- Ellis (Neenah), Sen. Glenn Groth- portation, Public Safety, and Vet- again the State Council and Wis- consin TU members mobilized. man (West Bend), Sen. Jerry State Council banquet an overall success By Kim McCarthy to even larger crowds in the future as the word spreads that the council The State Council held its annual banquet is a first-class event with a meeting and State Council Banquet great prize package and a complete- February 1 at the brand new Osh- ly enjoyable atmosphere. kosh Waterfront Hotel and Conven- The council would like to offer tion Center. We found the new thanks to those members who made facility to be a fantastic venue for up this year’s Banquet Committee. both the meeting and the banquet, Bill Heart, Heidi Oberstadt, Henry and we will be returning to Oshkosh Koltz, Linn Beck, Mike Kuhr, Kim for our annual event again next McCarthy, Todd Franklin, and Jim Todd Franklin Todd year. Wierzba made up the 2014 commit- SMILING, HAPPY TICKET SELLERS The new facilities proved to be a tee. Each committee member skill- Nikki Benishek, Amy Snyder and WITU and TU Women’s Membership perfect match for the council event. fully handled an area of the Coordinator Heidi Oberstadt (right) were clearly enjoying themselves while Having plenty of space allowed us to banquet, and all of their efforts pro- selling raffle tickets at WITU’s annual banquet February 1 in Oshkosh. bring back the DNR-sponsored cast- duced a great event. ing class and allowed everyone to be The banquet is also an opportu- very comfortable as they moved nity to honor those members who through displays and fund-raising have given tremendous amounts of raffles and auctions. We were also time and effort to Trout Unlimited In this issue... able to present break-out sessions and the cold water resources. on membership and advocacy. Planning is already underway to State Council award recipients . .p. 4 The crowd of just under 200 make the 2015 event even better. helped the State Council raise al- Advisory trout season questions discussed. .p. 8 Next year’s banquet will be held Sat- most $15,000 to continue its work urday, February 7, 2015. If you hav- Westby Workshop April 12-13 . p. 10 for the coldwater resources in Wis- en’t been to a State Council banquet Chapter Reports . p. 12 consin. The council wants to express in a few years, you will be presently its great appreciation to all of our DNR to increase easement purchases . p. 18 surprised at what a quality event it members who were in attendance at has become. We hope to see many Farm bill pros and cons . p. 20 the event. We are looking forward of you at the next banquet. PagePage 2 Wisconsin Trout AprilJuly 2014 2006 Wisconsin TU Chapters, Presidents, and Websites Aldo Leopold (#375): Mike Barniskis, 805 S. Center St., Beaver Dam, WI 53916 (920) 356-0081; [email protected] Antigo (#313): Scott Henricks, 213 Mary St., Antigo, WI 54409-2536 (715) 623-3867; [email protected] WILD RIVERS Blackhawk (#390): Gordon Long; 4850 Cardamon Ln., Rockford, IL 61114 (815) 877-8614; [email protected]; Bayfield Douglas NORTHWOODS www.BlackhawkTU.org Iron Central Wisconsin (#117): John Tucker; N5424 Sunny Hill Rd., PO Ashland Box 20, Saxeville, WI 54976 (920) 622-5401; Vilas [email protected]; www.cwtu.org, Burnett Washburn Coulee Region (#278): Jim Cox, North 4311 Cty. Rd. M, West Salem, Sawyer Price Florence WI 54669 (608) 397-9448; [email protected]; Oneida Forest www.CouleeRegionTU.org MARINETTE Polk Rusk Fox Valley (#193): Joe Bach, 3213 S. 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Crawford Northwoods (#256): Laura MacFarland, 3116 Tremolo Trl., Rhine- COULEE Dane SOUTHEASTERN Jefferson Waukesha Milwaukee REGION Iowa WISCONSIN lander, WI 54501 (715) 482-0394; [email protected] Grant SOUTHERN WISCONSIN Oconto River (#385): Dale Halla; W2811 Zastrow Rd., Cecil, WI 54111 (715) (715) 745-2099; [email protected]; Rock Walworth Racine Lafayette Green www.WisconsinTU.org/OcontoRiver HARRY & Kenosha Shaw-Paca (#381): Dave Ehrenberg, 324 East Fourth St., Manawa, LAURA NOHR WI 54949 (920) 740-0981; [email protected]; BLACKHAWK www.WisconsinTU.org/ShawPaca Southeastern Wisconsin (#078): Jim Wierzba, 2817 W. Country Club Dr., Mequon, WI 53092 (262) 238-0282; [email protected] www.SEWTU.org Southern Wisconsin (#061): Steve Wald; (608) 836-3338 [email protected]; www.swtu.org Wild Rivers (#415): Dick Berge, 67725 E. Deep Lake Dr., Iron River, WI 54847 (715) 372-5228 (H); [email protected] www.wisconsintu.org/wildrivers Wisconsin Clear Waters (#255): Bob Swanson, PO Box 822, Eau Claire, WI 54702-0822 (715) 354-3745; [email protected] www.WisconsinTU.org/ClearWaters Visit WITU online at: Wisconsin River Valley (#395): Patrick Esselman, pesselman@char- ter.net; www.wrvtu.org www.WisconsinTU.org Wolf River (#050): Tim Waters, 409 Second St., Menasha, WI 54952; (920) 751-0654; [email protected]; WolfriverTU.org State Council Leadership Contact TU National when you State Chair: Henry Koltz, 2300 N. Communications: Chris Long, 5460 change addresses or chapters Mayfair Rd., Ste. 1175, Milwaukee, Reeve Road, Mazomanie, WI 53560 WI 53226 (414) 331-5679 (H); 608-658-7901; [email protected] TU National manages WITU’s mailing list, so update your address by calling 1-800-834-2419 or e-mailing [email protected].