AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoWolf Damage Funding: The Wisconsin DNR won approval to draft rules that would prorate and defer payments for wolf attacks on livestock and dogs until the end of June 2027, after rising depredation claims outpaced the Natural Heritage Conservation Bureau’s budget. Severe Weather & Flooding: A sixth straight day of powerful storms has battered the Midwest, with catastrophic flooding in Indiana and flash-flood threats stretching across parts of Illinois and Iowa, leaving hundreds displaced and many without power. Drought Watch: Michigan remains in drought, with 35% of land abnormally dry or worse, including the worst conditions in the western Upper Peninsula near the Wisconsin border. Great Lakes Wildlife: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will run a sea lamprey survey on Wisconsin’s Iron River from Aug. 25 to Sept. 2 to guide whether control measures are needed. Local Land & Water: Wisconsin’s Badger Lands—once the Badger Army Ammunition Plant—continues its complicated shift toward Ho-Chunk stewardship and ecological recovery. Community Climate Resilience: Wisconsin DNR is also recruiting volunteers to teach hunter education as instructor numbers decline. Data Center Debate: Bellevue approved a 12-month moratorium on new data center development, citing public health, land use, and environmental constraints. Wisconsin Weather: Milwaukee faces muggy, mostly cloudy conditions with patchy fog and only a small chance of storms near the border late Friday into Saturday.
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