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Getting Started in Your Woods
Are you a new landowner, or new to forestry, and not sure where to start? We're here to help. Learn how to care for your woods, where to go for help from professional foresters, programs and incentives for landowners and other essential topics.…
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Wood Utilization and Replanting
Wood Utilization Urban wood utilization, the process of recycling dead tree material, is not a novel notion. However, with the introduction of emerald ash borer (EAB), it has become more prevalent. Before utilizing the ash in a community, review…
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Additional Resources
Content of this webpage is shared for informational purposes only. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources does not endorse and makes no representations, expressed, inferred or implied, concerning these organizations, programs or services.
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Detection and Management
Detection To understand the scale of your current or future EAB infestation, including the diversity and health of your urban forest, conduct a tree inventory. Tree inventories could be conducted quickly only for ash trees or more holistically for…
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Local Authority and Management Responsibility
In addition to having a good tree ordinance, a nuisance ordinance enables communities to enforce issues related to trees and public safety. A few examples are listed below. Review these guidelines for writing tree ordinances [PDF exit DNR] before…
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Frequently asked questions about solid waste
Where can I go to review files on a solid waste facility?Files on solid waste facilities are maintained in regional offices, the central office in Madison and some service center offices. The best office to view a file will depend on the…
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Solid waste management in Wisconsin
Solid waste is what most of us think of as "trash" or "garbage" we produce at home, work and play. Despite its name, "solid" waste can be solid, liquid or contained gas. Broadly defined, solid waste is any material no longer used for its originally…
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Household hazardous waste
Leftover products in any home can pose hazards when not stored or disposed of safely. Household hazardous waste is any product found in your home, yard or garage generated by normal household activities (for example, routine home a
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Management of hazardous waste in Wisconsin
Hazardous waste is a subset of solid waste that must be managed to protect human health and the environment. Federal and state laws regulate how businesses, institutions, governments and other nonhouseholds must manage hazardous waste.These…
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Wisconsin Natural Resources Board: Briefs of Action
Briefs of action (BOAs) are summaries of motions and votes at a Board meeting. Board meeting minutes were discontinued in March 2013; as of April 2013, each meeting's approved brief of action and meeting recording constitute the official Board’s…