Total Lobbying Effort

Hours Lobbied on Each Matter

• Legislative Bills/Resolutions

  Lobbying Effort On Legislative Bills And Resolutions

  Assembly Bill 50

  Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  7.00 (8%)				7.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 22

  Relating to: groundwater management, approval of high capacity wells, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (5%)			5.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 76

  Relating to: replacement, reconstruction, and transfer of an approved high capacity well, recommendation of special groundwater measures by the Department of Natural Resources, and metering requirements and grants for certain high capacity wells.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  3.00 (3%)	5.00 (5%)	3.00 (5%)		11.00 (4%)

  Assembly Bill 226

  Relating to: local assistance for remediating contaminated wells and failing wastewater treatment systems and award limits for contaminated well grants. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  1.00 (1%)				1.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 338

  Relating to: sale of public lands owned by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to the state; county management of certain state lands; merit scholarships for certain University of Wisconsin System students; the obligation of moneys for land acquisition under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; and making an appropriation (at the request of the state treasurer). (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  3.00 (3%)	2.00 (2%)	3.00 (5%)		8.00 (3%)

  Senate Bill 270

  Relating to: sale of public lands owned by the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands to the state; county management of certain state lands; merit scholarships for certain University of Wisconsin System students; the obligation of moneys for land acquisition under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; and making an appropriation (at the request of the state treasurer). (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (5%)	3.00 (5%)		8.00 (3%)

  Assembly Bill 388

  Relating to: the discharge of dredged or fill material into artificial wetlands and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (5%)	1.00 (2%)		6.00 (2%)

  Senate Bill 395

  Relating to: the regulation of nonferrous metallic mining, prospecting, exploration, and bulk sampling, repealing administrative rules relating to wetlands, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	6.00 (6%)	4.00 (6%)		10.00 (4%)

  Senate Bill 421

  Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	1.00 (1%)	1.00 (1%)		2.00 (< 1%)

  Assembly Bill 537

  Relating to: amounts obligated under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program for water infrastructure projects in state parks. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	3.00 (3%)	2.00 (3%)		5.00 (2%)

  Assembly Bill 547

  Relating to: permitting and mitigation requirements for nonfederal and artificial wetlands and state assumption of the federal regulatory program governing the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (5%)	7.00 (10%)		12.00 (4%)

  Senate Bill 600

  Relating to: permitting and mitigation requirements for nonfederal and artificial wetlands and state assumption of the federal regulatory program governing the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters. (FE)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  		2.00 (3%)		2.00 (< 1%)

• Budget Bill Subjects

  Lobbying Effort On Budget Bill Subjects

  Natural Resources: Departmentwide

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  18.00 (20%)				18.00 (7%)

  Natural Resources: Environmental Quality

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  14.00 (15%)				14.00 (5%)

  Natural Resources: Forestry, Parks and Recreation

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  18.00 (20%)				18.00 (7%)

  Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  5.00 (5%)				5.00 (2%)

• Administrative Rulemaking Proceedings

  Lobbying Effort On Administrtive Rulemaking Proceedings

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Phosphorus site-specific water quality criteria methodology and procedures

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  5.00 (5%)				5.00 (2%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Runoff management and nonpoint source performance standards and concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) rule revisions to incorporate by reference those performance standards

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  5.00 (5%)	15.00 (15%)	10.00 (15%)		30.00 (11%)

  Department of Natural Resources (NR)

  Forest tax programs (MFL and FCL)

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	5.00 (5%)			5.00 (2%)

• Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Lobbying Effort On Topics Not Yet Assigned A Bill Or Rule Number

  Natural resources issues

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	7.88 (8%)	6.70 (10%)		14.58 (5%)

  Natural Resources Issues Environmental Issues Water Stewardship Fund Land Protection Wetlands Forestry Parks DNR Administration DATCP DNR High Capacity wells Phosphorus Nitrates Pollution Lakes

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  4.50 (5%)	9.85 (10%)	6.70 (10%)		21.05 (8%)

  Land sales, Stewardship Funds and Program,

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	4.93 (5%)	3.35 (5%)		8.28 (3%)

  Wetland and Waterway General permits, connectivity, culverts, bridges, arches

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	4.93 (5%)	3.35 (5%)	1.30 (10%)	9.58 (4%)

  sulfide mining, conservation funding

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  	4.93 (5%)	3.35 (5%)		8.28 (3%)

  Funding from the Stewardship Program Funds. Lobbying members for Stewardship Funds to help purchase property around the state.

  2017 January - June	2017 July - December	2018 January - June	2018 July - December	Total
  			11.70 (90%)	11.70 (4%)