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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 Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages over 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of forest, range, agricultural, and commercial lands in the U.S. state of Washington. The DNR also manages 2,600,000 acres (11,000 km 2) of aquatic areas which include shorelines, tidelands, lands under Puget Sound and the coast, and navigable ...
Wisconsin DNR coordinates Snapshot Wisconsin, a citizen science project to identify animals photographed by camera traps. [27] [28] [29] Over 2,000 camera traps are hosted by volunteers across the state. [30] Snapshot Wisconsin was launched in partnership with NASA and UW-Madison; the data collected has been used in multiple scientific articles.
The Washington Natural Areas Program, part of the Washington Department of Natural Resources, manages dozens of natural areas owned by the U.S. state of Washington.These areas have received funding through the state's general fund since the Washington State Legislature enacted the Natural Areas Preserve Act in 1972. [1]
Location map of Wisconsin State Forests. A Wisconsin state forest is an area of forest in the U.S. state of Wisconsin managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources's Division of Forestry. They are managed for outdoor recreation, watershed and habitat preservation, and sustainable forestry.
A push for tree equity will increase Tacoma’s leafy canopy.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The state Commissioner of Public Lands serves a four-year term and oversees Washington's massive Department of Natural Resources — an agency in charge of nearly 6 million acres of forests ...