Wisconsin DNR

The board tasked with overseeing the state’s department of natural resources met in northern Wisconsin Wednesday, where conversations took both anticipated and unanticipated twists from wolf management to internal politics.

James Kroll was hired by then Gov. Scott Walker in 2012 to critique the state of the Wisconsin's deer management program. Ten years later, Kroll reports back to the Natural Resources Board.

A Bubbler Talk listener sent us a question asking why Wisconsin's only urban state forest, Havenwoods, was created.

Conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court block a citizens group from challenging a DNR land swap.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a Republican-appointed member of the state Department of Natural Resources policy board can remain on the panel even though his term ended more than a year ago.

People concerned about the public health risks posed by PFAS faced disappointment after a Wisconsin Natural Resources Board vote Wednesday. The board approved some limits on two of the most studied forever chemicals, but action fell far short of what the DNR and residents with contaminated wells were pushing for.

The Department of Natural Resources policy board voted 6-1 on Wednesday to set the limits for PFAS chemicals in drinking water at 70 parts per trillion and voted unanimously to set the limits at 8 ppt for most surface waters that can support fish.

Todd Ambs recently stepped down as deputy director of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources. He shares his views on the proposed PFAS regulations and the state of natural resources management in the state.

Ferry Bluff Eagle Council volunteers have been keeping track of bald eagles that winter in the Prairie du Sac area along the Wisconsin River since 1988. The group not only provides valuable data to state and federal wildlife agencies, but its work has also cultivated public awareness and community buy-in that having eagles "in the neighborhood" matters.

Kewaunee County has a private well contamination problem and now an already large dairy farm there might be allowed to get even bigger. The prospect is raising concern around the state.