Lawmakers grill Wisconsin DNR chief over critical audit

Environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers expressed worries over the Department of Natural Resources’ handling of water regulation on Tuesday, although Secretary Cathy Stepp defended the agency and said officials were addressing longstanding problems.

Stepp and other officials appeared at a legislative hearing to respond to a critical state audit that found a drop in enforcement activity and other problems in the wastewater program for factories, municipalities and large farms....   ...more

Ken Notes: I mentioned earlier that we need to work together on this, not yell at Cathy. We need solutions in addition to the enforcement activity the DNR is being charged with neglecting. At the end of the day isn`t cleaner rivers and lakes the goal...