“(T)he United States is a country that is fundamentally built on lies about itself.”~ Jeremy Scahill, author of Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield, on Democracy NOW! Aug. 21, 2018 

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s mission statement starts off: “To protect and enhance our natural resources: our air, land and water; our wildlife, fish and forests and the ecosystems that sustain all life.”

Sounds pretty. Sounds worthy. It is fundamentally a lie.

DNR policy is exactly the opposite of its mission statement.

Chris Norcott, the photographer who framed the above photo, has spent a lot of time with black bears. He commented on how tender bear mothers are with their cubs, and said, “Black bear cubs are said to have a 50 percent chance of survival during their first year so their mother has a challenge ahead of her to keep her cubs alive in the wild.” (Norcott…