Attorney General Josh Kaul has restored the state Department of Natural Resources' power to consider, when granting permits, whether high-capacity wells might drain area water bodies.

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The Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Gov. Tony Evers' pick to lead the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 14 months into the job he began last year.

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Gov. Tony Evers' pick to head the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has won bipartisan support, setting up a confirmation vote before the full state Senate as soon as next week.

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Republican legislators are poised to vote on whether to recommend the state Senate confirm Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' pick to lead the Department of Natural Resources.

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The state Department of Natural Resources' secretary has decided not to reinstate a permit for a $75 million sand-processing plant in Monroe County.

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Fans of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are hoping for better times under a new governor.

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The leader of the Wisconsin Senate's sporting heritage committee spent more than three hours interrogating Gov. Tony Evers' pick for Department of Natural Resources secretary during a confirmation hearing on Thursday, peppering him with questions about his management style and how tough he would be on polluters.

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The new state Department of Natural Resources Secretary, Preston Cole, is bringing a former water administrator back to the agency.

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Gov.-elect Tony Evers provided vital insight into his approach to governing when he tapped Preston Cole to head the state Department of Natural Resources. A forester by training, and a skilled administrator of environmental and public-works projects, Cole is literally known as "the tree guy."

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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' board will get an in-depth look this week at dramatic cuts Republican lawmakers made to the agency's stewardship program, the key mechanism for preserving land in the state.

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