Wildlife Habitat
- Hearing/Meeting
Greater Prairie-chicken Virtual Open House
The DNR is drafting a new management plan for the Greater prairie chicken to outline four possible paths forward through 2032.
- News
PBS Wisconsin Wins Midwest Emmy Award For Nature Documentary Featuring Wisconsin's Public Lands
PBS Wisconsin received a 2021 Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Documentary Programs – Cultural, for Wisconsin’s Scenic Treasures: Southern Vistas featuring Wisconsin's public lands.
- News
DNR Confirms CWD In Wild Deer Harvested In Vilas County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms a wild deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Town of Lincoln in Vilas County. This is the first confirmed wild positive case of CWD in Vilas County.
- News
New Baiting And Feeding Ban In Effect For Clark and Jackson Counties
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received notification from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection that a farm-raised deer on a deer farm in Eau Claire County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The positive detection comes from the Town of Fairchild in southeastern Eau Claire County, within 10 miles of the Clark and Jackson County borders.
- News
Virtual CWD Response Plan Review Committee Meeting Dec. 14
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will host the Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan Committee meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Hearing/Meeting
PUBLIC MEETING ON THE CWD RESPONSE PLAN REVIEW
Over the course of upcoming meetings, the committee will develop and provide input on the plan’s implementation and actions to consider as it completes this second five-year review.
- Hearing/Meeting
Preliminary public hearing on Statement of Scope SS 101-21 (Board Order WM-09-21) relating to the 2021 Bureau of Wildlife Management housekeeping rule
This is a preliminary public hearing on Statement of Scope SS 101-21 (Board Order WM-09-21) relating to the 2021 Bureau of Wildlife Management housekeeping rule.
- News
DNR Asks Public To Report Black Bear Den Locations For New Research Study
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) asks the public to report any black bear den locations they find across Wisconsin to support a new research study.
- News
2022 Keep Wildlife Wild Poster Contest Now Open
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced today that the 2022 Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest is now open. Students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades enrolled in public, private, parochial or home schools in Wisconsin are eligible to participate.
- News
DNR Increases Efforts To Protect At-Risk Songbird
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that it will work with partners to increase efforts to protect the at-risk Connecticut warbler in northwest Wisconsin.