MADISON - State Representative Todd Novak, 51st Assembly District, was recently selected as one of the Gathering Waters' Policymakers of the Year. The conservancy, also described as Wisconsin's Alliance for Land Trusts, selected Novak (R-Dodgeville), as well as Representative Joel Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay) and Representative Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton) as its Policymakers of the Year. Novak will receive the award for having championed the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program in the last state budget, vocally supporting stewardship during the budget process and having been an active participant in a working group that successfully negotiated a compromise restoring the stewardship funding to $33 million per year.