Case Study: Portage County

1. The meeting was the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Annual Spring Fish and Wildlife Public Hearing and Wisconsin Conservation Congress Annual Spring County Conservation Meeting. The meeting for Portage County was held on April 9, 2018 at Franklin Middle School, in Stevens Point. The meeting primarily covered new hunting, fishing, and other outdoor-activity proposed regulations or proposed law changes. These proposals ranged from specific location regulations, extending/shrinking of seasons for different wildlife harvesting, regulations on different hunting equipment, and possible law changes for agricultural and livestock practices.
2. Attendees of the meeting represented many stakeholder groups. These groups included a wide range of ages and both genders. Some specific groups included hunters, hunter education instructors, fishermen, agricultural farmers, bee farmers, students, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR) representatives, Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WI CC) representatives, and other …show more content…
While I was not able to see if others changed their minds based on these points, I personally believe that some were more effective than others, but the premise behind the tactic was effective. I feel this way because people could present more powerful cases. Another stakeholder strategy was to share anecdotes or personal knowledge of the event. This built the credibility of the person speaking and caused people to trust their opinion. One example of this was a bee-farmer/keeper in the audience, whom the citizens asked to explain a regulation dealing with pesticide application and honeybees. While this specific citizen was not a facilitator, her explanation and discussion was sought by the audience on how to vote on a specific question, primarily due to her communication strategy of building

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