Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

First-Ever Invasive Carp State Case: DNR Investigation Shows Illegal Sales In Madison

Highly Destructive Bighead, Silver And Grass Carp Destroy Native Fish Habitats

AG Kaul Announces Cleanup Agreement for Wisconsin Public Service Corporation Superfund Site in Marinette

September 21, 2020

Enrollment Open For Landowners To Provide Public Access To Private Lands In Wisconsin

NRCS And DNR Partnership Promotes Voluntary Public Access And Habitat Incentive Program

State’s Wolf Population Up By 13%

Wisconsin now has more than 1,000 wolves.

DNR Notified Of Possible Separate Contamination Issue At Marinette Facility That Has Paused PFAS Treatment

Admiral’s Wharf Project Targeting December Groundbreaking

RACM approves $1.5 million loan for environmental cleanup.

A New Method To Count Wolves, A Better Fit For Wisconsin

Citizen Scientists Honored For Monitoring Wisconsin’s Natural Resources

99% of State Public Water Meets Standards

But new report finds more than 300 water systems unsafe, violate federal standards.

Emerald Ash Borer Confirmed In Oconto And Shawano Counties

Statewide Deer Hunter Diary Study To Be Conducted This Fall

2/3rds of State’s Fire Departments Stock Foam With PFAS

More than half have used the firefighting foam that contains the harmful substance.

Archery And Crossbow Deer Hunting Seasons Open Sept. 12

DNR Awards Brownfields Grant Valued Up To $35,000 To City Of Portage

DNR’s Brownfield Program Launches Interactive Map To Highlight Statewide Cleanup And Redevelopment Successes

Volunteers Search for Invasive Species Across Wisconsin to Protect Wisconsin’s Waters

The DNR Urges Hunters To Wear A Harness While Using Treestand This Fall

Second Lake Michigan Whitefish Virtual Meeting Sept. 22

C.W. Caywood Memorial Shooting Range Remains Closed After Safety Hazard

Lower Menominee River Area Of Concern Delisted

Significant Milestone Achieved To Clean Up Historical Pollution In The Great Lakes

ATV/UTV Operators: Ride Responsibly Labor Day Weekend

Historic Cleanup Of Lower Fox River Completed After 17 Years

Millions Of Yards of Contamination Cleaned From Riverbed

Fall Hunting And Trapping Season Forecasts Highlight Hunter Opportunities, Notable Changes To Limits And Zones

New Restrictions On PFAS-containing Firefighting Foams Effective Sept. 1

Elevated PFAS Levels Found In Ditch Downstream Of JCI/Tyco

Menomonee Valley Partners, Urban Ecology Center Complete Transformation of 24-Acre Brownfield

Multi-year campaign included creation of Three Bridges Park and Menomonee Valley UEC branch, expansion of Hank Aaron State Trail

DNR Seeks Input On Proposed ATV/UTV Route Connections In Northern Highland – American Legion State Forest

Sign Up To Participate In Gun Deer Hunt For Hunters With Disabilities

Ruffed Grouse West Nile Virus Test Results Now Available

Help Track Wisconsin’s Deer Populations By Reporting Deer Sightings

Watch For Salamanders, Snakes, Frogs And Lizards On The Road

Wisconsinites Encouraged To Apply For DNR Surface Water Grant Funds

DNR Public Notices Wastewater Discharge Permit for JCI/Tyco Facility in Marinette

Lake Michigan Whitefish Virtual Meeting August 18

DNR Launches New Website

Redesign Places Emphasis On Ease Of Use

Arsenic, PFAS Contaminated Water Spill in Marinette

A Johnson Controls subsidiary spilled contaminated water into Menominee River.

Bonus Antlerless Deer Harvest Authorizations On Sale In August

Warm Lake Waters Signal Coming Algal Blooms

Conditions are ripe for blooms of harmful blue-green algae.

Green Tier Program Celebrates Milestone Anniversaries

State’s Largest Brownfield Now Clean

After years of remediation, a highly-contaminated site in the Menomonee Valley is certified as clean by the DNR.

DNR Confirms Spill At JCI/Tyco Facility in Marinette

Tichigan Lake Boat Access Closed For Improvements August 3-14

Next Phase For DNR Cleanup Of Portage Canal To Start By Fall 2020

Carnivorous Plant Last Seen 40 Years Ago Among Finds by Rare Plant Detectives

Rare Plant Monitoring Program Makes Record-Setting Discoveries

EPA Approves Site-Specific Phosphorus Criteria For Multiple Wisconsin Lakes

WILL Drops Lawsuit After DNR Resumes In-Person Hunter Education

DNR reverses course after WILL lawsuit

DNR Assisting With Cleanup Of Manure Spill Near Pulaski

Climate Change May Help Asian Carp Thrive in Lake Michigan

Left unchecked, warming will eliminate some of the carp's competition for food, study says.

City Secures Funding To Redevelop, Expand Century City Park

Park will quadruple in size as of MKE Plays redevelopment.

DNR Hunter Safety Classes Resume July 13

Social Distancing, In-Class Limits And Room Setup Among New Safety Protocols

DNR Will Draft Regulations on Firefighting Foam Containing PFAS

The agency got the go-ahead from the state's Natural Resources Board.

Bear Hunting Application Period For 2021 Season Opens July 1

Forest Regeneration Project Scheduled For Havenwoods State Forest

UWM Freshwater Sciences dean Val Klump named to Great Lakes Advisory Board

WILL Sues DNR For Illegally Canceling In-Person Hunter Safety Courses

State agency cancels all in-person courses citing COVID-19

DHS Announces COVID-19 Population Health Studies

Two studies will help public health experts understand the virus and inform public

EPA Administrator Wheeler awards first-ever Trash Free Waters grant for the Great Lakes in Milwaukee

Agency selects Harbor District, Inc. to receive grant to keep trash out of Lake Michigan

Wisconsin Leads 22-State Coalition on PFAS

They support federal standards to prevent ‘forever chemicals” from polluting drinking water.

Johnson Continues Push for Delist Gray Wolf Amendment

State Campgrounds Reopening June 10

Restrooms open, but playgrounds and concessions remain closed.

National Dam Safety Awareness Day Is May 31

Wisconsin State Parks To Adjust Operations

State Parks To Lengthen Hours, Reopen Select Restrooms And Extend Campground Closures

Manufacturer Finds No PFAS In Most Wells

Fire fighting foam maker tested wells in Marinette County. DNR says more tests needed.

PFAS Found In Sediment and Surface Water At Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern

PFAS Are Highest In The Kinnickinnic River

Anglers called to prevent the spread of New Zealand mudsnail, protect Wisconsin’s waters

Extreme Fire Danger For Sunday, May 3

Red Flag Warning In 12 Central Wisconsin Counties

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DNR Now Hiring State Conservation Wardens

Governor Evers Signs Emergency Order Relating to Suspending Rules for DNR-Certified Operators

200-Acre Wildfire In Juneau County

Second Fire In Town of Armenia

State DNR Forges Ahead on ‘Forever Chemicals’

Despite pandemic, regulators continue work on enforcement standards for PFAS in drinking water.

How to Enjoy State Parks Safely

Visit parks and natural areas, DNR Secretary says, but keep your distance.

DNR Supports Groundwater Awareness Week With Focus On Sustainability

14 DNR Wardens Honored For Lifesaving, Valor And Meritorious Service Acts

Metro Groundwater Has Rising Radium Levels

Study finds high radium levels in southern Wisconsin’s well water, including Brookfield, Sussex, Waukesha.

Governor Evers announces $40.5 million in harbor grants

Funds cover port construction and maintenance projects

Gov. Evers Announces $29 Million Harbor Grant to Port of Marinette in Support of Future Ship Building

Gov. Evers Announces $4.9 Million Harbor Grant to Support Wisconsin Agricultural Exports

State Seeks to Regulate Coal Ash

DNR seeks federal EPA approval to regulate utilities' coal ash landfills, ponds.

Johnson Controls Must Expand Inspection of PFAS Pollution

DNR requiring the company to look further for pollution from forever chemicals.

AG Objects to Relaxed Lead Pipe Rules

Kaul joins other Attorneys General in objection to new EPA rules for lead pipe removal.

DNR, OCI Urge Wisconsinites To Consider Flood Insurance After Record Rain And Snow In 2019

Extreme Rainfalls Threaten State’s Aging Dams

Since 2008, 14 of state’s 4,700 dams have failed. Experts discuss the challenges.

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Push $10M Clean Water Fund

Trust fund would support clean water projects, though a cash source for the fund remains uncertain.

$29 Million Partnership to Clean Up Harbor

DNR, city, county, MMSD want to take harbor off the list of polluted waterways.

DNR, EPA Sign Agreement to Proceed on Milwaukee Estuary Cleanup to Eliminate 32-Year-Old Area of Concern Designation

Great Lakes Legacy Act Agreement Accelerates Contaminated Sediment Cleanup in Milwaukee

DNR Working On New PFAS Rules

GOP controlled assembly rejects legislation enabling tougher regulation of "forever chemicals."

Hot Debate, Limited Action by Senate

Limited bills on homeless, clean water passed, nothing on dark stores tax loophole.

Democrats Introduce “Raising the Bar on Clean Water” Legislative Package

The package consists of five bills which repeal a multitude of regressive Republican water policies.

Shilling/Billings Water Pollution Notification Act Receives Public Hearing

New Season of Wisconsin Foodie Debuts New Host Chef Luke Zahm

New Episodes of Wisconsin Foodie Air Thursdays on Public Television Starting January 16

What Are PFAS Chemicals?

And why so harmful? About those ‘forever chemicals” getting so much attention.

Another Walker Appointee Gets Top EPA Job

Kurt Thiede, former deputy secretary of state DNR, will run federal EPA’s regional office in Chicago.

Senate Debates PFAS in Firefighting Foam

Republican plan to ban it far too narrow in scope, Democrats argue.

DNR Revising Permits to Protect Species

Would affect construction projects nearby or within habitats of rare or threatened species.

DNR Issues Wastewater Discharge Permit for City of Waukesha Water Diversion Project

DNR Announces New Chief Conservation Warden

Statement of Bevan K. Baker

Statement provided to media on December 23rd, 2019

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