When the new legislature meets it should take recommendations of the Legislative Council’s Study Committee on sandhill cranes with a grain of salt.
The committee was established with the strong influence of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association which is trying to stuff a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes down the throats of Wisconsinites.
The study committee included the association’s vice president, plus representatives of the corn and potato growers’ associations. It would have been a miracle if they did not favor a hunting season on sandhill cranes.
Committee stacked testimony and findings in favor of hunt
The committee took selected testimony from Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Executive Director Bruce Ross and put it in the form of a Summary of Findings, which not everyone on the committee supported. In addition, the committee:…