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Bill would require outreach, risk assessments and reimbursement plans for legacy-funded land projects after contested tree removal case
Summary
Senate File 106 would add requirements to projects funded by Outdoor Heritage and Clean Water funds — including risk assessments, notice to adjacent landowners and plans to reimburse damages — after testimony about a disputed tree-removal incident on a private neighbor’s land. The committee laid the bill over for revision.
Senate File 106, introduced by Senator Drazkowski, would add bidder/recipient requirements for projects funded by the Outdoor Heritage Fund and Clean Water Fund to address impacts on adjacent private landowners. The bill was discussed in the Senate Environment Committee and laid over for further work.
The author said the bill responds to a constituent dispute in Brown County in which a Pheasants Forever contractor removed trees that an adjacent landowner, Eric Sellner, said were on his mother’s property. Sellner testified to the committee describing a multi-year dispute, sheriff and county attorney involvement that did not result in criminal charges, and civil litigation that he said cost him and his family substantial funds. “They got what they wanted and wouldn’t even compromise with us to regain some of the security…
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