Facilities and Lands
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Donating/Gifting your land
Protecting your land through gift and estate planning is a great way to make a lasting contribution to future generations while providing you with potential federal and state tax advantages. A gift of land may qualify you and your heirs for…
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Land acquisition funding
Funding for the Department of Natural Resources land acquisition programs comes from multiple sources. These include:
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Conservation easements
In its basic form, an easement is a way to convey some of the land rights associated with ownership to another party. Utility, highway and driveway easements are examples of how both parties use the land in a specific way. Similarly, a conservation…
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Land Rights Conveyances Application
Online Application ProcessTo expedite the rights conveyance request process, the Department of Natural Resources Real Estate program offers a public online application to collect contact and conveyance information required to begin a rights…
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Land rights conveyances
Limited Use of State LandIn the management of DNR properties, it is sometimes necessary to allow limited use of state-owned land such as easements, access permits, power lines, pipelines and fiber optic cable. Limited use of DNR land may be approved…
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Land acquisition
Traditionally, Wisconsin citizens have recognized the need to protect Wisconsin's natural resources and have provided the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) with the ability and funding to purchase land.
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Property Planning
A property plan, also called a “master plan,” establishes the level and types of public uses and the authorized resource management and facility development that may take place on a DNR property. Property plans are developed according to guidelines…
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Land sales
On occasion the Department of Natural Resources may offer state surplus lands for sale as determined by the Natural Resources Board under the authority of s. 23.15, Wis. Stats. [exit DNR] Subscribe to DNR Land Sales if you are interested in…
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Real estate program
The Department of Natural Resources Real Estate program purchases land to manage and protect natural resources and to provide recreational opportunities to all the people of the state. Various landscapes such as wetlands, forests, prairies and…
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Western Prairie Ecological Landscape
This planning effort covers the Western Prairie Ecological Landscape and includes extensive grasslands, remnant prairies, savannas, the lower St. Croix and the Kinnickinnic River corridors and various coldwater and coolwater streams. Large blocks of…