Badger coach Brett Bielema announced on Monday that cornerback Mario Goinees has been released from his scholarship and has left the program. Goines started six games at cornerback for UW in 2008. Goines was held out of Spring practice to concentrate on academics. His departure leaves the Badgers with just four scholarship cornerbacks that saw game action last season. Those players are sophomore Aaron Henry, who missed last season with a knee injury, junior Niles Brinkley, and sophomores Antonio Fenelus and Devin Smith. Fenelus and Smith saw action on special teams in 2008.
Forestry hearing Appleton
July 21, 2009 By
The head of a Congressional panel wants to make sure that the federal government is striking the right balance between preserving national forests and supporting the timber industry.
Congressmen Joe Baca (D-CA) was in Appleton Monday for a hearing on forest management, at the Radisson Paper Valley hotel. He says key issues in the debate include preserving forests and managing the industry, while still effectively using the resource. Baca says he also wanted to see how the industry is impacted by foreign competitors.
Baca is the chair of a House subcommittee on forests, which held the hearing at the request of Congressman Steve Kagen (D-WI). The Appleton Democrat says national forest policies can have an impact on other land. Kagen says, when we fail to properly manage federal forest land, it can have a negative impact on state and county lands.
Kagen says Wisconsin's national forests can play a role in turning around the economy, because of the timber that is available.
