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ACTION ALERT! Members of the Wisconsin Legislature are threatening state rivers and lakes by attempting to suspend rules written by the DNR for the Jobs Creation Act of 2003.

The Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) has scheduled a Public Hearing for June 24 in Minocqua:

11:00am at the Minocqua Community
Center Board Room
415 Menominee Street
Minocqua, Wisconsin

See the Hearing Notice.

The purpose of the Hearing is to suspend many of the rules that DNR has adopted pursuant to the Jobs Creation Act of 2003 to assure the protection of Wisconsin lakes and streams. JCRAR is going after the heart of the Act 118 rules, those rules defining "areas of special natural resource interest", "public rights features" and "priority navigable waters" and section NR 1.016 which defines the DNR's responsibilities to implement the public trust doctrine. They are also going
after the chapters that contain standards on boathouses, piers and shore protection.

Your attendance is needed at this Public Hearing to voice your support for retaining the rules written by the DNR for the Jobs Creation Act.

For more information about the Jobs Creation Act see:

Jobs v. environment? Panel eyes suspending DNR emergency rules - June 22, 2004 CapTimes
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation: The Legislature Needs to Keep Its Promise to Protect Wisconsin’s Lakes And Streams - June 21, 2004 WisPolitics
Editorial: Dirty work of Job Creation Act already begun - June 21, 2004 Tomah Journal
"The Job Creation Act of 2003 /2004" posted by Clean Water Action Council
"Environmental Deregulation" posted by Clean Water Action Council