MADRAVENSPEAK

“Defenders of the shortsighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things sometimes seek to champion them by saying ‘the game belongs to the people.’ ” — Teddy Roosevelt (1916)

This week’s column begins an exploration of the Public Trust Doctrine and how the current “North American Wildlife Model” of farming for killing privatizes our wildlife for killing, while excluding the majority “non-consumptive” public. Please read this and network! More to come in two weeks.

Wildlife is a public trust. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is entrusted with natural assets to be cared for in the interest of all citizens as a long-term benefit. The Wisconsin DNR is in flagrant violation of that trust.

The Public Trust Doctrine (PTD) holds that navigable waters…