Article: DNR to conduct hearings; Public allowed to discuss tournament fishing rules

The Department of Natural Resources will hold a series of public hearings on a controversial proposed rules package for fishing tournaments held in Wisconsin.

Last week, meeting in Allouez, the Natural Resources Board unanimously approved holding the hearings only after eliminating one of three proposed options for paying the estimated $76,000 annual cost of the tournament program. The option would have divided the cost among organizers, participants and the state's Fish and Wildlife account, which includes proceeds of license sales and a federal tax on hunting and fishing equipment.

"They do not want the Fish and Wildlife account used for the tournament program at all," Patrick Schmalz, ...

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