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The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) advises the WDNR and Natural Resources Board on managing the state's natural resources. The WCC is composed of citizen-elected delegates including five members of an executive committee, 22 members of a district leadership council, 360 county delegates (five per county), and the general public. [ 23 ]
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 ]
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.
The finance committee in April 2023 blocked the DNR's plan to spend $15.5 million from the program to acquire a conservation easement on 56,000 acres (22,662 hectares) of forest, which would have ...
The 2024 DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress spring hearings are April 8, and an online voting option on 49 advisory questions will be available.
The American badger is the state animal of Wisconsin. This is a list of mammals native to the U.S. state of Wisconsin. [1] [2] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
The Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame will hold a virtual ceremony April 17 to honor its 2024 inductees, Walter Bresette and Lewis Posekany.. The WCHF was established in 1985 to advance the ...
250 acres, includes logging and conservation museums, native Wisconsin wildlife, an observation tower and an arboretum [18] Marsh Haven Nature Center: Waupun: Dodge: Southern Savanna: 46 acres, located at the north end of Horicon Marsh [19] Maywood: Sheboygan: Sheboygan: Lake Michigan: 135 acre city-owned park with an arboretum, ecology center ...