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The DNR and local fire departments have "responded to over 90 wildfires in the last week, burning an estimated 30 acres" as much of Wisconsin has not received rain in the last 10 days.
The DNR lists all of Wisconsin under a high fire danger, except for Vilas, Forest and Florence counties, which are at a moderate fire danger. So far in 2024, the DNR has responded to over 50 fires ...
The National Weather Service said that wind gusts could reach between 30 and 35 miles per hour, humidity will be low and fire fuels like grasses are ripe for burning. Wisconsin facing elevated ...
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 ]
More: What to expect for Wisconsin's wildfire season. On Sunday, April 14, most counties in Wisconsin had a high or very high fire danger. The DNR said burn permits will be suspended in several ...
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 alert issued Monday morning said that "breezy southwest winds and low relative humidities" give outdoor fires the potential to quickly spread.
Professor Lawrence Martin created a schema for dividing Wisconsin into geographical regions in his work "The Physical Geography of Wisconsin". [1] [2] Western Upland; Eastern Ridges and Lowlands; Central Plain; Northern Highland; Lake Superior Lowland; Three of these geographical provinces are uplands and two are lowlands.