Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Monday
, September 11, 2006.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
September 1, 2006
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Johnson, Ruth,
of Madison, as a member of the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2010.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
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The committee on Agriculture and Insurance reports and recommends:
Relating to animal feeding operations.
Modifications requested, Ayes 5, Noes 2.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kapanke, Kedzie, Brown, Olsen and Erpenbach.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Hansen and Miller.
Dan Kapanke
Chairperson
The committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care reports and recommends:
Relating to nutritional counseling certification.
No action taken.
Relating to required examinations for licensure as a professional counselor.
No action taken.
Relating to psychotherapeutic counseling by professional counselors.
No action taken.
Carol Roessler
Chairperson
The committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Relating to definitions, experience, educational courses, continuing education, conduct and renewal for real estate appraisers.
No action taken.
Ted Kanavas
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Groundwater Coordinating Council
August 2006
The Honorable, The Legislature:
The Groundwater Coordinating Council (GCC) is pleased to release its 2006 Report to the Legislature. The GCC was formed in 1984 to help state agencies coordinate non-regulatory activities and exchange information on groundwater. For the past 22 years, the GCC has served as a model for interagency coordination and cooperation among state agencies, the Governor, local and federal government, and the university. It is one of the few groups in the nation to effectively coordinate groundwater activities in its state from an advisory position.
This report summarizes GCC and agency activities related to groundwater protection and management in FY 06 (July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006) and provides an overview of the condition of the groundwater resource. See the
Executive Summary for highlights and the GCC's recommendations in
Future Directions for Groundwater Protection. The full report will be made available online at
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/dwg/gcc/rtl/gccreport.htm.
Highlights of the State's groundwater protection activities this past year include:
• The first year of implementation of the new groundwater legislation
2003 Wisconsin Act 310. The Groundwater Advisory Committee continued to meet regularly and made significant progress on groundwater management areas and other issues. DNR secured funding, hired staff and took several steps to implement the new law.
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• Key groundwater information and education publications were revised including
Groundwater: Wisconsin's Buried Treasure a Natural Resources Magazine insert, and the
Groundwater Study Guide, a popular DNR publication for teachers. Additionally, agency and UW staff supported teacher workshops, a groundwater festival for students, Farm Technology Days, county groundwater programs and other educational outreach opportunities.
• The UW Water Resources Library put online many UW and DNR monitoring and research final reports. The reports are included in the widely accessible UW Ecology and Natural Resources Digital Collection
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/ 1711.dl/EcoNatRes.Groundwater.
We hope you will find this report to be a useful reference in protecting Wisconsin's valuable groundwater resource.
Sincerely,
Todd Ambs
Chair
