Other Views: Killing state magazine is a bad idea

Many people have asked me about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal, in his 2017-19 budget, to eliminate the magazine I used to work for, Wisconsin Natural Resources.

The nearly 100-year-old magazine, which I edited for five years until mid-2016, is entirely subscriber-funded with a subscriber base of nearly 85,000 and a pass-along readership of about 400,000. About half its subscribers are people who buy conservation patron licenses; a recent survey found that 88 percent of these license holders read the magazine.

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Ken Notes: I have to agree. I hope a private concern can take up the torch and keep this going...