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Rock County board backs renewal of Knowles-Nelson stewardship but removes dollar request
Summary
After public support from local conservation volunteers, the Rock County Board voted to endorse renewal of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, approving a resolution that dropped a specific dollar amount from the text and instead urged continued state funding for “worthy projects.”
The Rock County Board of Supervisors voted March 13 to endorse renewing the state Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program and to urge ongoing funding, approving a resolution that removed a specific dollar request from the original language.
The move followed public comments from local conservation volunteers who described past stewardship grants that funded parks, trails and habitat protection in Rock County.
The amended resolution asks state leaders to reauthorize and fund the program but omits a specific dollar figure that earlier drafts included. Supervisor William Wilson, who introduced the amendment that struck the dollar amount, said the…
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