Environmental Protection
- Hearing/Meeting
Public Listening Session for Phosphorus multi-discharger variance Reauthorization
The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA), in partnership with the DNR, is undertaking an evaluation of regulatory requirements associated with phosphorus surface water quality standards and economic impacts of the standards to municipal and…
- Hearing/Meeting
DNR Bear Advisory Committee Meeting
Topics at the upcoming meeting will include a review of the 2023 bear harvest season, bear abatement program, a bear research update and development of the committee's proposed harvest targets for the 2024 bear season. Members of the public who…
- Hearing/Meeting
Public Listening Session for Phosphorus multi-discharger variance Reauthorization
The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA), in partnership with the DNR, is undertaking an evaluation of regulatory requirements associated with phosphorus surface water quality standards and economic impacts of the standards to municipal and…
- Hearing/Meeting
Public Meeting on the Draft Sharp-tailed Grouse Management Plan
This meeting is an opportunity to provide comments on the draft 2023-2033 Sharp-tailed Grouse Management Plan, recently released by the DNR.
- News
New Baiting And Feeding Ban For Calumet County Effective Oct. 13
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was recently notified by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) that a farm-raised deer on a deer farm in Outagamie County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). This positive result is within 10 miles of the Calumet, Waupaca and Winnebago county borders, and will enact a new baiting and feeding ban to go into effect in Calumet County on Oct. 13, 2023.
- Hearing/Meeting
Sound Forestry & Policy Committee Meeting
The Wisconsin Council on Forestry's Sound Forestry & Policy Committee will meet to discuss forests and food.
- News
Incidental Take Notice For Lafayette County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare frog, which may result from Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County’s sanitary sewer main extension. Incidental take refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants that does not put the species' overall population at risk.
- News
DNR Seeking Public Comment On Green Tier Application For Badger Corrugating Company
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking public comment on the proposed Green Tier application for Badger Corrugating Company in La Crosse. If accepted, the proposal would allow the facility to join Tier 1 of the Green Tier program.
- News
DNR Seeking Public Comments On Central Sand Hills Regional Master Plan
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking comments on the next phase of the Central Sand Hills Regional Master Plan process.
- Hearing/Meeting
Issues & Trends: Vapor Intrusion In Wisconsin - 2023 Updates Webinar
The Remediation and Redevelopment (RR) Program’s next webinar in the Issues & Trends series will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, from noon -1 p.m