The state Department of Natural Resources has pulled back a plan for monitoring shoreline changes that called for surveyors to take pictures of shoreline properties.

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By Paul Snyder A Madison zoning amendment designed to grease the skids for the Edgewater Hotel redevelopment is drawing fire for the precedent it would set for other projects. The amendment, presented by Alderman Mark Clear, would eliminate the city’s ...

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State environmental officials have revised new shoreline building rules. The Natural Resources Board in June approved the first changes to the regulations in more than 40 years. The Assembly Natural Resources Committee, though, asked for revisions. ...

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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on Friday approved revisions to state shoreline zoning requirements that will limit development near waterways. The rule revision will not take effect without the Wisconsin Legislature’s approval. The Legislature earlier this year rejected an earlier ...

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By Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County’s Lakes and Watershed Commission will hold public hearings next week on a new shore land management plan designed to create uniform erosion control rules between municipalities. Brian Standing, senior planner in the county’s Planning ...

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