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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin charged with conserving and managing Wisconsin's natural resources. [3] The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board has the authority to set policy for the WDNR. The WDNR is led by the Secretary, who is appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin. [4]
The Wisconsin State Natural Areas Program is a conservation program created to highlight and protect areas with outstanding natural or archaeological resources in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. There are currently 687 State Natural Areas (SNAs) encompassing almost 400,000 acres (160,000 ha). [ 1 ]
The Wisconsin Point component is approximately 2,822 acres (1,142 ha) of estuarine wetlands, dry forest and Lake Superior water and lake bed. Wisconsin Point has exceptional habitat value and includes a bay mouth bar separating the waters of Lake Superior from Allouez Bay.
Residential natural resources education and conference facility owned and operated by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources [33] Trees for Tomorrow: Eagle River: Vilas: Lake Superior Northwoods: Natural resources specialty school, programs for families, schools, groups, teachers, adults [34]
This category contains Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources designated State Natural Areas (SNA's). Pages in category "State Natural Areas of Wisconsin" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
The Leopold Wetland Management District is named after Aldo Leopold, who is widely acknowledged as the father of wildlife conservation in America. Leopold is perhaps best known as the author of A Sand County Almanac , a book compiled of essays written on his farm in central Wisconsin .
The Wisconsin court of appeals ruled Tuesday to uphold a 2019 decision denying Kohler Co. a permit to build an 18-hole golf course.
Wisconsin currently has 51 state park units, covering more than 60,570 acres (245.1 km 2) in state parks and state recreation areas. Each unit was created by an act of the Wisconsin Legislature and is maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation.