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Bayfield County committee forwards resolution urging restoration of Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding
Summary
Bayfield County will ask the Wisconsin Counties Association to urge the state legislature to restore prior funding levels for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program; the committee voted to forward the resolution to the executive committee and full county board.
The Bayfield County Forestry and Parks Committee voted May 11 to forward a resolution asking the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors to request that the Wisconsin Counties Association urge the state Legislature to restore prior funding levels for the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program.
Administrator Jason Bodine said the 2026–27 state budget does not include funding for the Stewardship Program, prompting the resolution. Committee discussion led to a unanimous vote to forward the resolution first to the county executive committee and then to the full county board for consideration.
The motion does not itself restore funding; it directs county leadership to seek broader county association support to press the state Legislature for reinstatement of prior funding levels.
