Since Governor Doyle announced plans for reauthorizing
the Stewardship Fund, newsrooms around the state have been buzzing
with stories about Stewardship. What follows is a list of Stewardship
reauthorization press as of April 19, 2007. For links to the text
of many of these articles, visit Gathering
Waters' Stewardship news page.
Newspaper articles
total: 30+
* Badger Herald
* Baraboo News Republic
* The Capital Times
* Chippewa Falls Herald
* Green Bay Press Gazette
* Holmen Courier
* La Crosse Tribune
* Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
* Kenosha News
* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
* New Richmond News
* Onalaska Life
* Portage County Gazette
* Pierce County Herald
* River Falls Journal
* Sawyer County Record
* Sheboygan Press
* Silent Sports
* Spectator Campus News
* Spooner Advocate
* St. Paul Pioneer Press
* Sun Prairie Star
* Wisconsin Outdoor News
* Wisconsin State Journal
* Wisconsin Trout
TV and Radio
news stories
Total: 6
Interviews by Mississippi Valley Conservancy on WLSU public radio
and WIZM radio in La Crosse. News coverage by Wisconsin Public
Radio, Wisconsin Radio Network and WBAY-TV.
Opinion articles
Total: 27
Opinion articles in favor of the program:
* John Torinus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Business
Section
* Tia Nelson, The Courier Waterloo
* Tia Nelson, Daily Jefferson County Union
* Tia Nelson, De Forest Time-Tribune
* Tia Nelson, The Fennimore Times
* Tia Nelson, Green Bay Press Gazette
* Tia Nelson, The Janesville Gazette
* Tia Nelson, The McFarland Thistle Community Life
* Tia Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sunday Crossroads
* Tia Nelson, Ozaukee Press Port Washington
* Tia Nelson, Shawano Leader
* Tia Nelson, Sparta Herald
* Tia Nelson, Sun Prairie Star
* Tia Nelson, The Waunakee Tribune
* Tim Jacobson, La Crosse Tribune
* Tim Eisele, The Capital Times Outdoors Section
* Joe Knight, Eau Clair Leader Telegram Outdoors Section
* Steve Hiniker, Mark Redsten, Carla Klein (Gov’s budget);
The Capital Times
* Keith Reopelle (Gov’s budget), Sheboygan Press
* William Lunney, The Capital Times
* Mike Fort, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
* Christy Stellner, La Crosse Tribune
Opinion articles expressing concerns about
Stewardship reauthorization:
* Senator Neil Kedzie, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sunday Crossroads
* Wisconsin Outdoor News
* Lyle Zimmermann, Sheboygan Press
Editorials
Total: 6
* Ashland Daily Press “Preserving Land for the Future,”
February 19
* Green Bay Press Gazette “Increased Funding on Land needs
Oversight,” February 18
* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Rescuing Wisconsin’s Paradise
from Peril,” February 24
* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Once gone, Wisconsin's natural areas cannot be replaced,” February 24
* Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Preserve land, yes, but this is too big a strain on taxpayers,” February 24
* Portage County Gazette “Stewardship Fund benefits all walks of life,” March 9
Letters to the editor
Total: 5
Letters to the editor in support of Stewardship reauthorization
were printed in the La Crosse Tribune, the Capital Times, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, Sheboygan Press
Press releases
Total: 20+
In the days following Governor Doyle's budget announcement, over
20 press releases were posted on the political news sites, Wheeler.com
and Wispolitics.com. For
a complete listing, click here.
For more information about Gathering Waters'
campaign to reauthorize
the Stewardship Fund contact
Vicki Elkin, Stewardship Campaign Director, by phone at (office)
608.441.8819 or (cell) 608.334.1473 or by email at stewardship [at] gatheringwaters.org.
Photo provided courtesy of
Gill Gribb
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