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Weyerhaeuser is located at (45.423201, -91.415520 [ 7 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 0.95 square miles (2.46 km 2 ), of which 0.94 square miles (2.43 km 2 ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) is water.
Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area is a 707-acre (286 ha) unit of the Wisconsin state park system near Menomonie. A network of trails provides access to wooded hills, prairie, and wetlands. There are parking areas, picnic areas and a 60-foot (18 m) observation tower accessible by trail. [1]
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.
Wisconsin's State Natural Areas Program was created in 1951, the first such state-sponsored program in the United States, with guidance from early conservationists such as Aldo Leopold, Norman C. Fassett, Albert Fuller, and John Thomas Curtis. [2] Common SNA Sign Trempealeau Mountain SNA (viewed from Brady's Bluff SNA)
The state of Wisconsin purchased a further 2,714 acres (1,098 ha) from the Wisconsin Electric Power Company in 2010 and elevated the property to a state park and recreation area. [2] The Wisconsin and Michigan parks are managed by their respective state Departments of Natural Resources. The Wisconsin DNR notes "master planning for the property ...
The Wisconsin DNR announced Thursday it approved Enbridge's permit, surely setting off backlash from environmental groups. Wisconsin DNR approves permits for Enbridge's controversial Line 5 ...
Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest is a Wisconsin state forest of more than 225,000 acres (910 km 2) across Vilas, Oneida, and Iron counties in north-central Wisconsin. The state forest includes numerous lakes, rivers, and streams. The most prominent rivers are the Wisconsin, Flambeau, and Manitowish.
The Flag of Wisconsin. Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wi-SKON-sin) is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.