Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

DNR To Host Public Meeting On Using Dredged Material At The Demolition Landfill Solutions, LLC Landfill

DNR Accepting Entries For Air, Air, Everywhere Poetry Contest

Poetry Contest Is Open To Students In Grades 3-5

DNR Encourages Property Owners To Make Spongy Moth Treatment Plans Early

Pest Outbreak Likely To Continue And Spread

Littering Leads DNR, Partner Agencies To Case With Multiple Charges

Privileges Revoked, Restitution Ordered

Eight Applicants Receive DNR Urban Forestry Grants In Second Round Of Funding

Incidental Take Notice For Adams County

DATCP Reminds Poultry Owners of Increasing Threat of Avian Influenza

DNR To Host Second Public Meeting On Lake Michigan Lake Trout Population

Defendant Sentenced In Wisconsin Electronics Recycling Federal Fraud Case

Last Call For Comments: DNR Seeking Input On Proposed Wolf Management Plan Through Feb. 28

Gov. Evers Announces Passing of Former Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl

Governor orders US, Wisconsin flags to fly at half-staff as state mourns loss

DNR To Host Public Meetings For Proposed Fall Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons

DNR To Host Listening Session For Proposed Annual Glacial Lake Grantsburg Water Management Plan

Management Plan Aimed To Enhance Wildlife Habitat At Crex Meadows Wildlife Area, Fish Lake And Amsterdam Sloughs

DNR Natural Resources Board Honor Awarded To John Pohlman

Rebecca Wallace Memorial Award Honors Excellence In Environmental Work

Columbia County Handgun Range To Close Temporarily for Safety Adjustments

DNR Asks Public To Report Black Bear Den Locations

DNR Awards $6.5 Million In Grants To Help Restore And Protect Wisconsin’s Surface Water

DNR Seeking Public Comment On Proposed Green Tier Contract With Northern Engraving Corporation

Comments Accepted Until March 20, 2023

DNR Confirms CWD In Two Additional Wild Deer Harvested In Marathon County

Baiting And Feeding Ban Renewed

Wisconsinites Invited To Participate In WI Conservation Congress Resolution Process

Gov. Evers Announces Budget Initiatives to Do What’s Best for Kids, Support K-12 Schools

Governor’s plan aims to improve reading and literacy outcomes, expand access to mental health services and school nutrition, address staffing shortages to help keep class sizes small, and increase per pupil and special education aids

Incidental Take Notice For Door County

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.

DNR Urges Sober Riding As Snowmobile Fatality Numbers Climb

The DNR reports nine snowmobile fatalities so far in 2023 and urges all snowmobile operators to Sled Safe and Sled Smart.

2023 Sturgeon Spearing Season Opens Feb. 11

Season Forecast Now Available

Sled Safe: Five Snowmobile Fatalities Reported So Far In 2023

DNR Confirms First CWD Detection In Wild Deer Harvested In Waupaca County

Baiting And Feeding Ban Renewed, Public Meeting Set

DNR Shares Results From Summer 2022 Milwaukee Heat Mapping Campaign

DNR Seeking Public Comment On New Charter Supporting Climate Resilience

DNR To Host Virtual Listening Session For Proposed Wolf Management Plan

Gov. Evers Proposes More Than $106 Million Plan to Address PFAS Contamination Statewide

Governor’s three-pronged plan expands PFAS monitoring and testing, invests in PFAS cleanup efforts, defrays costs for homeowners and local communities

Multi-Year Invasive Species Case Concludes With Convictions

Help Protect Our Streams From Aquatic Invasive Species

Multiple State Agencies Responding To PFAS Contamination In Town Of Stella

New PFAS Fish Consumption Advisory Issued For Lake Wausau And Stevens Point Flowage

Elevated Levels of PFAS Found In Several Fish Species

DNR Seeking Data On Water Quality Of Lakes, Streams And Rivers

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Village Of Cambridge Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Crandon Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Requesting Public Feedback On Potawatomi Tower Design Plans

Survey Available Through Feb. 13

DNR Seeks Comments On Updated Surface Water Assessment Guidance

Public Comment Period Runs From Jan. 12 To Feb. 24, 2023

DNR Hosting Lake Michigan Fisheries Management Public Meeting On Jan. 23

Historic Cleanup And Completion Of Lower Fox River PCB Cleanup Project

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of Village Of Wauzeka Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

New report celebrates progress, shares continued conservation key to protecting the Milwaukee River Basin

Applications For Wild Turkey, Pheasant and Waterfowl Stamp Funding Now Open

Accessible Cabin Reservations Open Jan. 10

Grants From Cherish Wisconsin Outdoors Fund Will Help Improve Public Lands In Juneau And Pierce Counties

DNR Secretary-Designee Payne Makes Leadership Team Appointments

DNR Now Accepting Brownfield Assessment Grant Applications

2022 Roundup: Gov. Evers Highlights 2022 Accomplishments

Senator Agard Applauds Appointment of Adam N. Payne to DNR Secretary

Celebrate Outdoors This Winter With Candlelight Events

2022 Roundup: Gov. Evers Completes 2022 72-County Tour of Wisconsin

Gov. Evers Appoints Adam N. Payne to Serve as DNR Secretary

Inland Trout Catch And Release Season Opens Jan. 7, 2023

Potawatomi Tower Public Information Session

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of Three Lakes Sanitary District #1 Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Rhinelander Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

Certificate Of Completion Of Reclamation Issued To Flambeau Mining Company

Prune Oak Trees In Winter To Help Prevent Oak Wilt

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Mineral Point Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

82nd Annual Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show Returns to Wisconsin State Fair Park March 9-12

Help Prevent The Spread Of Aquatic Invasive Species This Winter

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Oconomowoc Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Conservation Biologist Receives National Lifetime Achievement Award

Conservation Biologist Thomas Meyer Recognized With George B. Fell Lifetime Achievement Award

Proposed Revision To The No And Low Impact Broad Incidental Take Permit And Authorization

Gov. Evers Announces State Building Commission Approves $253 Million in Projects Across Wisconsin

Public Review And Comment Period For Proposed Wolf Management Plan Extended

Comment Period Extended Through Feb. 28

Injured Bald Eagle found in Franklin suspected to have been shot

Wisconsin DNR seeking tips in investigation

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Menasha Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Confirms CWD In Second Wild Deer Harvested In Shawano County

Baiting And Feeding Bans Renewed For Shawano, Waupaca And Marathon Counties

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of Village Of Mazomanie Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Seeks Tips From The Public On Illegal Elk Shootings In Jackson County

DNR Urban Forestry Program Announces 2023 Grant Recipients

Incidental Take Notice For Walworth County

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Ladysmith Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

Incidental Take Notice For Racine County

Kewaunee Co. CAFO Owner, Manure Hauler and Crop Consultant Charged with Conspiring to Submit Forged Report to DNR

Involving Alleged Illegal Pollution Discharge into Lake Michigan

Black Bear Harvest Authorization Applications Due Dec. 10

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of Village Of Lena Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of Village Of Lena Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Milwaukee Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

Incidental Take Notice For Columbia County

DNR Research Scientist Named Fisheries Biologist Of The Year

Wisconsin Ranks Number One During Fall Drug Take Back Day

November 23, 2022

AG Kaul Announces Civil Environmental Enforcement Action Against Didion Milling and Didion Ethanol

November 21, 2022

Incidental Take Notice For Sauk And Columbia Counties

Attorney General Kaul Announces $160,000 Judgment with United Liquid Waste Recycling, Inc for Hazardous Waste Violations

November 18, 2022

Gov. Evers Announces DNR Secretary Cole Retirement

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Kaukauna Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

Incidental Take Notice For Juneau County

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Jefferson Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

Wisconsin Fall Drug Take Back Collection Yields 54,040 Pounds of Unwanted Medications to Fight Opioid Epidemic

November 10, 2022

Proposed 2022 Wolf Management Plan Available Now

Public Comment Period Nov. 10, 2022-Jan. 10, 2023

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Dodgeville Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

Incidental Take Notice For Washington County

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Westby Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

DNR Seeking Public Comment For The Western Coulees And Ridges Regional Master Plan

Initial Comment Period Open Through Dec. 23, 2022

DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of City Of Fennimore Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project

Gov. Evers, DNR Announce First ARPA Well Compensation and Well Abandonment Grant Awards in Marathon, Portage, and Winnebago Counties

Grants will help expand access to clean drinking water for private well owners

DNR Crayfish Case Nets First Criminal Convictions Under Wis. Invasive Species Law