Environmental Protection
- Hearing/Meeting
Wisconsin Invasive Species Council
The Wisconsin Invasive Species Council will meet to hear updates on the Species Assessment Group process and DNR Law Enforcement's Organisms in Trade (OIT) efforts.
- News
DNR Awards Grants To Rural Communities For Recycling Electronics
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded more than $85,000 in E-Cycle Wisconsin Electronics Collection Grants for 15 projects in 13 counties that will host an electronics collection site or event in 2022 or the first half of 2023. The grants will help fund three permanent electronics collection sites and up to 16 one-day collection events.
- News
Give Butterflies, Bees And Other Pollinators A Lift During Pollinator Week, June 20-26
In celebration of Pollinator Week, June 20-26, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages Wisconsinites to protect native pollinators by creating pollinator-friendly habitat, volunteering to monitor pollinator species and learning more about the bees, butterflies and birds buzzing in their own backyards.
- News
Drawdown Aims To Improve Waterfowl Habitat At French Creek Wildlife Area
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that local residents and users of the French Creek Wildlife Area near Portage will soon notice a significant change to the main flowage of the wildlife area due to an existing project aimed at improving prime waterfowl habitat.
- News
Wisconsin DNR Partners With Operation Fresh Start For Hands-On Job Training
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is partnering with Operation Fresh Start, a Madison-based nonprofit, for hands-on job training at state properties across Wisconsin.
- News
DNR Updates Information On Proposed Aquatic Plant Management Rules
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Program has completed its final edits to the proposed administrative rule chapter NR 107, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to the chemical, mechanical and manual management of aquatic plants. A public hearing was held Feb. 22, and a public comment period concluded on March 1.
- Hearing/Meeting
Wisconsin Council on Forestry Funding Committee Meeting
The Council on Forestry Funding Committee will hold a virtual meeting to discuss Council on Forestry priorities.
- Hearing/Meeting
Standards Oversight Council Team Meeting - DNR High Perf. Dry Storm Water Basins
This is a regular meeting of the team that is creating DNR technical standard 1011 High Performance Dry Storm Water Basins.
- News
Preliminary 2022 Spring Turkey Harvest Increases From 2021
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that preliminary totals show Wisconsin turkey hunters registered 39,007 birds during the 2022 spring turkey hunting season, a 5% increase from the 37,266 birds registered in the spring 2021 season.
- Hearing/Meeting
Wisconsin Urban Forestry Council Meeting
This is a meeting of the WI Urban Forestry Council.