Environmental Protection
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Air Permit Public Involvement
Notice: Update personal bookmarks to the new links for the buttons below.The Clean Air Act and Wisconsin State Statutes call for public participation and input on air permit actions. The tables below can help the public find these opportunities.Air…
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External Advisory Groups
Collaboration is one of the core values of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Accordingly, the Remediation and Redevelopment Program works with groups of external stakeholders to address issues associated with the investigation,…
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Lake Management Tools
The Wisconsin Lake Modeling Suite (WiLMS) model is a lake water quality-planning tool. The WiLMS model structure is organized into four principal parts: front-end, phosphorus prediction, internal loading and trophic response. Models WiLMS 3.3.18 (…
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Wisconsin Wetland Permitting Dashboard
This dashboard summarizes impacts, restoration projects, and mitigation activities that have been permitted through the DNR Wetland Program. Initiated by the Wetland Study Council in 2020, this dashboard does not include wetland impacts or…
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Wisconsin Emissions Reduction Credit (ERC) Registry
The Wisconsin Emissions Reduction Credit (ERC) Registry assists facilities looking for emissions offsets to meet Nonattainment New Source Review (NNSR) permitting requirements. Facilities that voluntarily reduce emissions can use those reductions to…
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Lakes and Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Mapping Tool
In order to keep DNR servers up to date, DNR will be patching the GIS servers to the latest service level on the morning of Sunday, March 1. During this update, users may see unexpected issues with DNR’s web map viewers. We apologize…
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PFAS Contamination in Dane County
PFAS contamination has been detected throughout Dane County in soil, municipal wells, private wells, surface water and groundwater.Subscribe to updates about PFAS contamination in Wisconsin.Submit a question, comment or concern about PFAS in Dane…
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Consumption Advisories and PFAS
The DNR works closely with the Department of Health Services (DHS) to issue consumption advisories for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) where and when necessary. Fish consumption advisories are based on guidance from the Great Lakes…
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Cybersecurity
Resources for public water systems to prepare for and prevent cyberattacksA single cyber attack could cause disastrous health, fiscal, and reputational damage, all of which could be avoided when a water system operator, utility director and/or IT…
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Aquatic and Wetland Invasives Species Monitoring
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Aquatic Invasive Species Monitoring program is a collaboration of citizens, partners and the DNR to find, report, map and survey invasive species. The program is guided by species identified in NR…