Scott Walker Celebrates Earth Day by Proposing To Fire 57 Environmental Agency Employees

Mother Jones: Fifty-seven employees of the state Department of Natural Resources began receiving formal notices this week that they might face layoff as part of Gov. Scott Walker's budget for the next two fiscal years... The DNR's scientific staff conducts research on matters ranging from estimating the size of the state's deer herd to to studying the effects of aquatic invasive species. Work is paid for with state and federal funds... All told, Walker's budget would cut 66 positions from the DNR. Of this,......

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