EXECUTIVE BRANCH

recognition of individual and group achievement, and social exchange for
urban and rural citizens.
Grain and Warehouse Commission. Much of the grain produced in Wis-
consin and the upper Midwest is shipped to market via the St. Lawrence
Seaway, through the City of Superior. For that reason, the agency of Wis-
consin state government charged with enforcing the laws relating to quality,
storage and shipment of grain was located in Superior. Upon request, the
commission provides inspection and weighing services to all grain ware-
houses in Wisconsin, located in other parts of the state. The commission's
main tasks are inspection, weighing, chemical analysis, and registration of
grain.
Conservation Department. Providing an adequate and flexible system for
the protection, development and use of forests, fish, game, lakes, streams,
plant life, flowers and other outdoor resources in the State of Wisconsin is
the responsibility of the Conservation Department, which is the operating
agency of the Conservation Commission.
The Conservation Department is financed from the segregated conserva-
tion and reforestation funds. The major sources of revenue are: fish and
game license fees, park and forest sticker fees, the forestry mill tax, federal
aids for forestry, fish and game and outdoor recreation development, opera-
tional revenues derived from sales (of timber cut from state forest lands, of
tree nursery stock and of overpopulated species of rough fish). Conservation
fund revenue is further augmented by transfers as a result of the Outdoor
Recreation Act Program  (ORAP) which is financed by a 10 tax on each
package of cigarettes sold in Wisconsin.
There are 4 major programs operated by the Conservation Department:
fish and game protection and management, forest protection and manage-
ment, state parks and recreation areas, and education and advertising.
Department of Resource Development. The 1965 Wisconsin Legislature
combined the administration of all water resources programs in the Depart-
ment of Resource Development. After full consideration of the increasing
problems of water pollution, the Legislature found that what was needed
was:
a comprehensive action program directed at all present and potential
sources of water pollution whether home, farm, recreational, municipal,
industrial or commercial in order to protect human life and health, fish
and aquatic life, scenic and ecological values and domestic, municipal,
recreational, industrial, agricultural and other uses of water.
The Department of Resource Development was given general supervision
and control over all waters of the state-surface water and ground water,
water quality and water flow, whether in public lakes and streams or in pri-
vate ponds and reservoirs. The department was charged with the responsibil-
ity of setting standards of water quality and insuring compliance with anti-
pollution orders.
DEFENSE
When the original states adopted the Constitution of the United States of
America, they assigned to the federal government the responsibility of pro-
tecting the Union from attack and invasion. "The Congress," they provided,
"shall have Power To declare War." Nevertheless, the maintenance of law
and order within the state, the restoration of law and order at times of nat-
ural disasters or enemy attack emergencies, and the defense of the state
against armed insurrection or invasion remain prime objectives of state gov-
ernment. In the field of defense, the state governments co-operate very
closely with the federal government. The active state militias have long since

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