Teleconferencing from Madison offered for Riverway Master Plan testimonies, request to table approval denied
By ERIN MARTIN
An effort to have approval of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Master Plan delayed from next Tuesday until October has apparently met with a rapid demise.
A letter by State Senator Howard Marklein and State Representatives Travis Tranel, Todd Novak, Lee Nerison, and Ed Brooks was sent to Natural Resources Board Chair Terry Hilgenberg on July 19. The letter asked the state Natural Resources Board to table approval of the Riverway Master Plan at their August 2 meeting on the grounds that the Ashland meeting effectively disenfranchises citizens from participating through distance.
“We’ve already been notified that they are not going to table the item,” Marklein said...
For the complete article, please see the July 28, 2016 issue of the Muscoda Progressive or Boscobel Dial.
Future of portion of rustic sandy road – a local issue for discussion
By WENDELL SMITH
A portion of a piece of sandy, sometimes two-track, rustic road between Muscoda and Blue River was in the news again last week.
Last spring, when the Department of Natural Resources released a new master plan for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway, at least one portion of the plan sparked interest among a group of local people. Much of High Bank Road that parallels the Wisconsin River bottoms between the villages was listed for possible closing to vehicle traffic.
At an information meeting held at Boscobel during the spring, a contingent of local individuals who find pleasure while using the road, objected to the proposed closing. It was noted that the road had been used for generations of nature lovers, bird watchers, fisher-folks and hunters. The dusty road obviously occupies a spot in some local hearts.
A second draft of the master plan was recently released. In that plan, the amount of High Bank Road proposed for closure has been reduced.
For the complete article, please see the July 28, 2016 issue of the Muscoda Progressive or Boscobel Dial.
