MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The board of the state Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday authorized the agency to start drafting new water quality standards for...
Quick notification about groundwater pollution hasn’t been happening in Wisconsin, according to State Rep. Jill Billings of La Crosse. So, she’s co-sponsoring a bill to require...
A disease impacting wildlife spurred an unprecedented gathering in Madison. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is spreading among deer populations. The fatal disease was first found in...
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wants to test dozens of wastewater treatment systems for a specific type of chemical. La Crosse has made the list....
Big changes could come to Minnesota’s $500 million deer hunting industry. Todd Froberg, the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) landowner assistant specialist, said it is...
The city of La Crosse wants to get the lead out–that is, out of the marsh, near Myrick Park. Now, city leaders are talking with the...
The Wisconsin DNR asked for help tracking an illness slithering among snakes. Snake Fungal Disease was found 11 of Wisconsin’s 21 snake species. The fungus leaves...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A legislative committee has decided to allow Wisconsin wildlife officials to lift restrictions on the state’s elk hunt. Current regulations allow an...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An administrative law judge has invalided a key environmental permit for the Kohler Company’s new luxury golf course along Lake Michigan in...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The leader of the Wisconsin Senate’s sporting heritage committee spent more than three hours interrogating Gov. Tony Evers’ pick for Department of...
Bringing science back to the DNR. That’s very important to Preston Cole, the man who’s been nominated to head Natural Resources in Wisconsin under Gov. Tony...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources board has approved spending nearly $5 million to purchase an easement on more than 14,000 acres...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Natural Resources board is scaling back black bear hunting permits for 2019. The board on Wednesday unanimously approved...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will take up a series of legal disputes that could have far-reaching implications for state regulators’ power to...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has restored Wisconsin’s authority to protect water quality after ruling it was improperly given up in a settlement with a...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources is getting its first female commissioner. Sarah Strommen was appointed to the lead the agency on Thursday, four...
Conservation groups are applauding Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tony Evers’ pick to head the state’s DNR. They find promise in Preston Cole heading the state’s third-largest agency, especially...
Predictably, Wisconsin Gov.-elect Tony Evers faces criticism over his first cabinet appointments. The four appointments announced Wed. at a ceremony are all from Milwaukee,. While Republicans...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An environmental law center is suing the state Department of Natural Resources over the agency’s refusal to hand over records related to...
Noodle away, Wisconsin catfish enthusiasts. Hand angling, or noodling, as it’s commonly known, is now legal in the state with new emergency regulations adopted by the...
