Assembly Speaker-elect Mike Sheridan, D-Janesville, appointed state Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, as the chair of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee Wednesday.
I am confident he will work to pass common sense conservation legislation that will benefit both our environment and our economy,"" Sheridan said in a statement.
Black served as chair of the committee from 1987 to 1994 and has long been one of the state Legislature's leading environmental advocates, once serving as a conservation representative for the Sierra Club.
""Two of the top priorities of the committee will be improving water quality in our lakes, rivers and streams and taking action to address global warming,"" Black said in a statement.
Black said he hopes to foster bipartisan solutions to environmental issues as chair of the committee in the next Legislative session that begins in January. When he previously chaired the committee, according to Black, issues were not voted on along party lines.
