The Wetland Study Council will meet to discuss the wetland assured delineator program, integrated watershed management, and other topics as time allows.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that more than 80% of Wisconsin’s lakes and rivers recently assessed are healthy, continuing a trend of improved surface water quality across the state.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the department is launching its Healthy Watersheds, High-Quality Waters initiative to protect the state’s waters.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is responsible for safeguarding clean waters. Still, the public is an active participant in helping identify protection and restoration priorities and implementing solutions.
The Wolf River basin lies in northern and central Wisconsin and drains 3,690 square miles. It includes all of Waupaca County and parts of Forest, Langlade, Marathon, Menominee, Oneida, Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago…
The Headwaters Area includes portions of the Upper Wisconsin, Upper Green Bay and Wolf River basins. Headwaters are the upper reaches of a basin or watershed and thus contain smaller streams and rivers tributary to larger waterbodies. This area…
The Upper Rock River basin lies in south-central Wisconsin's eastern ridges. At the north end of the basin, the east, south and west branches of the Rock River come together in Horicon Marsh. From the city of Horicon, on the south edge of the marsh…
The Upper Green Bay basin consists of 18 watersheds in northeastern Wisconsin, including all of Florence, Marinette and Oconto counties and a major portion of Forest County and smaller regions of Brown, Langlade, Menominee, Outagamie, Shawano and…
The Upper Fox River basin is located in east-central Wisconsin. It includes all of Marquette County. Portions of Adams, Calumet, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Winnebago and Waushara counties make up the remainder of the basin. The total area of…
The basin is divided from the Lower Chippewa basin for management purposes and includes portions of Iron, Ashland, Sawyer, Rusk, Price, Vilas, Chippewa and Taylor counties. Over 3,000 stream and river miles flow through the basin and with 156,200…