conservation

The hearings allow DNR staff and Wisconsin Conservation Congress delegates to hear from the public about issues of local interest and statewide concern

Wisconsin has just added more than 30,000 acres across two counties to its protected agricultural lands, advancing its commitment to preserve the state's farming heritage and supporting conservation farming practices

Wisconsin is the first state in the country to run its conservation programs by county rather than by district

The Conservation Fund, which works to protect land and nature across the U.S. has announced it has now protected more than 1 million acres of working forests lands across the country

Two sections of land referred to as the Border Lakes Tracts and Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest addition got county board approval to move forward with conservation easements.

This week, Congress is picking up work on a new Farm Bill and hunters and anglers say billions of dollars in investments in private-lands conservation are at stake

Nearly 70,000 acres in Oneida, Forest, and Langlade counties will forever be protected as the Pelican River Forest.Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced during his State of the State that funding had been secured for the conservation easements for the Pelican River Forest and would be approved by the DNR this week.

At the end of September, the Environmental Law and Policy Center, along with 28 allied organizations, released a petition letter to the U.S. Forest Service.

Environmental groups across the country have worked for the last two decades to introduce members of underrepresented populations to the overwhelmingly white conservation world

Wisconsin’s DNR Secretary says word of some town opposition to the Pelican River Forest conservation easement proposal did not get to the Natural Resources board before they voted on the project last fall