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) — Gov. Tony Evers will call for allowing state environmental and agricultural officials to borrow nearly $70 million more over the next two...
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 Conservation Congress plans to ask outdoor lovers this spring whether state wildlife officials should again offer bounties for deer infected...
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...
The tragedy in Sparta over the weekend that saw a 9-year-old boy die after going through the ice has returned the focus to safety. Matthew Groppi...
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...
A couple of elk killed during the nine-day gun deer season this year likely won’t change how the Wisconsin DNR manages the small but growing herds....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin legislator who doubles as a firefighter ripped the state Department of Natural Resources for persuading his department to rescue a...
A new governor, a new direction for natural resources protection? That’s the hope from conservationists and environmentalists in Wisconsin, fatigued after fighting eight years of a...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials are refusing to release records detailing allegations an agency employee harassed female co-workers at a Milwaukee...
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — “Here’s our thistle! This is a rare, very rare plant,” retired wetland ecologist Pat Trochlell exclaimed as she stood at the edge...
For years, the boathouses that sit in the right of way in the waters around La Crosse have enjoyed a special historic designation status. Most of...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A subsidiary of Foxconn Development Corp. has been fined nearly $1,200 in connection with flooding at the company’s construction site caused by heavy...
Whatever minimal efforts Wisconsin is taking to combat the spread of chronic wasting disease clearly aren’t working. That’s apparently why there’s a big shift in how...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — About 100 North American game birds were sent from Wisconsin to Missouri as part of an effort to restore Missouri’s ruffed...