EDITORIAL: `Tree guy` Preston Cole is right choice to head DNR

Gov.-elect Tony Evers provided vital insight into his approach to governing when he tapped Preston Cole to head the state Department of Natural Resources. A forester by training, and a skilled administrator of environmental and public works programs, Cole is literally known as “the tree guy.”

He got that title years ago because his knowledge of Wisconsin’s woodlands and plants was so great that anyone who had a question about trees was directed his way. Over time, however, it became clear that he knew just as much about protecting air and water, balancing the interests of farmers and their neighbors, and finding common ground for rural and urban communities in a rapidly evolving state....

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Ken Notes: I applaud a "tree guy" at the helm. I hope that he is also a "business guy", because a team approach here will move eliminate the yo-yo effect that has been bad for the state in the past. I would also love to see a small farm bias which he may bring to the table...