Historic wetland acreage information in Wisconsin The earliest information available on Wisconsin's wetlands comes from the original government land survey of the state begun in 1832 and completed in 1866. The surveyors mapped about five …
NOTES ON WATERWAYS PERMITSFor each project type below, if an exemption or a general permit is available, you will find a link to a checklist of requirements. If your project does not meet exemption eligibility criteria, review the general permit…
NOTES ON WATERWAYS PERMITS For each project type below, if an exemption or a general permit is available, you will find a link to a checklist of requirements. If your project does not meet exemption eligibility criteria, review the general permit…
This information is specific to DNR Waterways Program regulations and is designed to help answer questions regarding cleaning up debris in lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands.
If you are starting a new project or repairing a pre-existing project, please follow these steps to verify your project location, and to determine if you are eligible for a general permit.
NOTES ON WATERWAYS PERMITS For each project type below, if an exemption or a general permit is available, you will find a link to a checklist of requirements. If your project does not meet exemption eligibility criteria, review the general permit…
NOTES ON WATERWAYS PERMITSFor each erosion control project type below, if an exemption or a general permit is available, you will find a link to a checklist of requirements. If your project does not meet exemption eligibility criteria, review the…
CAUSES OF EROSION Streams are continually downcutting into their valley, carrying sediments downstream particle by particle. The current moves from side to side, undercutting banks and causing the stream channel to meander. The ice of frozen lakes…
The Lake Michigan and Lake Superior shorelines are critically important spaces for fish and wildlife habitat and recreational use. Great Lakes shorelines have many coastal influences that make them more like oceans than our thousands of inland lakes…