Gile Flowage land purchase, hatchery funding, school referendums

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent land purchase around Gile Flowage, challenges in funding fish hatcheries in Wisconsin, and the implications of school referendums on local education funding.

1100 acres of land around the Gile Flowage purchased by Iron County, finding funds to keep fish hatcheries open a challenge in Wisconsin, referendums highlight difficulties with Wisconsin school funding

Topics covered

• land purchase
• fish hatchery funding
• school referendums
• Wisconsin news
• Iron County

Keywords

• Gile Flowage
• Iron County
• fish hatcheries
• Wisconsin school funding
• referendums

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Iron County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin school

Places: Gile Flowage

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