E. J. VANOERWALL, DIRECTOR                                      ERNEST SWIFT--ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR 
FORESTS & PARKR--C. L. HARRINGTON                               FISH
MANAGEMIENT--OR. EOW. SCHNESERGLr 
COOPERATIVE FORESTRY-.F. G. WILSON                              GAME MANAGEMENT--W.
F. GRIMMER 
FOREST PROTECTION--NFIL M. LE MAY                               LAW ENFORCEMENT--A.
J. ROBINSON 
INFORMATION & EDUCATION--                                       FINANCE--C.
A. SONTLY 
   J. H. H. ALEXANDER                                           CLERICAL--MISS
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                                      MADISON 2 
                                    March 2, 1946               FILE REFERENCE:

 
         Mr. N. C. Fassett 
         Biology Building 
         University of Wisconsin 
         Madison 6, Wisconsin 
 
 
 
 
         Dear Mr. Fassett: 
 
              Your letter of February 28 refers to contemplated 
         action by certain groups to fill in University Bay, but 
         it is not clear who these groups may be. 
 
              In the light of legal procedures in such matters, 
         I see no occasion for writing a letter to Dean Baldwin. 
         Any fills are illegal except under the procedure specified 
         in Section 30.02 Wisconsin Statutes, under which a munici- 
         pality may enact an ordinance establishing a new shore- 
         line. After such an ordinance has been approved by the, 
         Public Service Commission, the work of filling may proceed. 
 
              Mr. Kanneberg advises me that municipalities normally 
         follow the procedure of first reaching an agreement with 
         the Public Service Commission before enacting the ordinance. 
 
              If such action by the City of Madison is contemplated, 
         both the university authorities and the conservation 
         department would undoubtedly be advised of the matter and 
         presumably a public hearing would be scheduled. For my 
         part, I do not have the slightest fear that the Public 
         Service Commission would ever approve of such action. 
                                        Very truly yours, 
                                        COOPERATIVE FORESTRY DIVISION 
 
 
                                        F. G. Wilson 
                                        Superintendent 
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