Speaker Presentations

08/13/2024 – Joe Aulik VA Benefits

05/02/2023 – GIS Mapping Links – The Wisconsin Geology GIS map handout (PDF) is here (click here). This PDF document is printable ad summarizes how to use the GIS mapping site (link 2 below) plus goes through some of the geology events I mentioned today. This PDF document is printable and summarizes how to use the GIS mapping site plus goes through some of the geology events I mentioned today. Several links within the PDF will show the “Wisconsin Geology GIS Interactive Map” and the “Brown County GIS Map”.

2021/2023 – The Golden Age of Brown County Enterprise

09/07/2021 – BIBLIOGRAPHY – US SUBMARINE WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-45

02/04/2020 – Jerry Sanders and Debbit Hinchcliffe – International Wolf Center

Diane Boyd’s comments on chronic wasting disease

Diane Boyd is the wolf biologist that Debbie and Jerry referred to when asked the question about wolves and CWD. She has been described as the Jane Goodall of wolves. She studied them extensively in Montana for a long period of time before being assigned different roles for Montana DNR. She was recently named the Wolf and Predator Director for Region 1 in Montana.

I usually avoid wildlife debates, but I was asked to comment on this complex issue by several people. Mr. Yamashita does not present any science to support his opinion. He states “in my mind…” and then goes on to express his opinion. I kept waiting for research results or science, but there is none. Science and common sense show that wolves and mountain lions are more likely to catch the compromised slower CWD infected animals, and some evidence supports the fact that predators may actually help slow the spread of CWD. Google it and read the science, not videos posted by biased sources. The facts about CWD: it is a protein prion disease that infects only animals in the cervid family (deer, elk, moose, reindeer). The disease is spread through bodily fluids: prions are shed in saliva, urine, feces, blood, and antler velvet from infected cervid hosts, and remain an infectious agent on the ground and in the environment through soil, water, and forage many years or decades after the dead deer/elk is gone. There is no treatment or cure. Predators and scavengers that eat CWD killed animals do not become infected with CWD. But they may pass some prions from their digestive tract in their scats for up to 2 days after ingestion. The amount of prions in predator feces is insignificant compared to the staggering number of prions that an infected deer or elk has throughout its body as it is walking around shedding the prions. The most important wildlife management tool to prevent the spread of CWD is limiting human-assisted cervid movement across the landscape (e.g. people shooting CWD infected deer/elk and transporting the carcass) and preventing artificial congregation of cervids in infected or potentially infected environments (feeding grounds, bait stations). In heavily affected areas of Wyoming, Colorado, and Wisconsin, more than 40% of free-ranging cervids are infected. Deer and elk travel amazingly long distances and transport their infection with them and spread it. Killing these cervids before they can migrate is one way to mitigate the spread of CWD, and that is why state wildlife management agencies may increase hunter harvest in CWD areas to kill more deer/elk in the hopes of slowing the spread of the disease. Yes, wolves and lions and coyotes travel long distances and can carry prions in their gut to be passed in their scat for 2 days. But this pales in comparison to a deer/elk that is infected and actively shedding thousands/millions of prions for months or even years into the environment to potentially infect other cervids.

09/10/2019 – Michael Schwartz – The Oral health Partnership

The Oral Health Partnership

06/04/2019 – David Lasee – Key Developments in Prosecution in Brown County

Key Developments in Prosecution in Brown County

10/23/2018 – Bob Srenaski – Brown County Justice System

RMC Brown County Criminal Justice Presentation (3)

12/11/2018 – Associated Bank

Investing for the Short & Long Term

06/06/2017 – Medical College of Wisconsin

MCW Green Bay Overview June 2017

05/23/2016 Bob Srenaski Russia

Russia presentation