State Department of Natural Resources Secretary-Designee Says Agency Will Continue to Research CWD
Friday, March 8th, 2019 -- 9:07 AM
(AP) -State Department of Natural Resources Secretary-designee Preston Cole is telling a legislative committee that the agency will continue to research chronic wasting disease.Cole didn’t offer any overarching strategies to the Senate sporting heritage committee during his confirmation hearing Thursday. He says “we’re going to let the science come to us.” He said he hopes there will be federal money in the next farm bill to address the disease. Sen. Duey Stroebel seemed flummoxed with that answer, asking Cole where the state is going with CWD. He asked rhetorically how Cole was going to stop the disease from spreading but didn’t press him for an answer.
Cole did say that he believes state agriculture officials should manage deer farm fencing. Right now the DNR regulators the farms’ fences and the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection regulates everything inside the fences. Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget doesn’t offer any new CWD policies or strategies.
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