The Wisconsin Supreme Court will take up a series of legal disputes that could have far-reaching ramifications for state regulators' power to protect public waters from pollution and overuse.

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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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An environmental-law center is suing the state Department of Natural Resources over the agency's refusal to hand over records related to diverting Lake Michigan water for the plant Foxconn Technology Group is building in southeast Wisconsin.

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A new report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum says the number of deer-hunting licenses sold in Wisconsin has dropped, raising concerns about funding for the state's conservation work.

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The state Department of Natural Resources' board has unanimously approved an emergency rule that requires deer farms to strengthen their fences as part of an attempt to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease.

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The state Department of Natural Resources' board is poised to vote on an emergency rule that would require deer farms to improve their fences in an effort to slow the spread of chronic wasting disease.

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A five-year study has turned a reclaimed Wisconsin frack-sand mine into a wild prairie.

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Some areas of state and federal properties in northern Wisconsin have been closed to the public as officials assess damage from recent flooding.

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An environmental group and the Ho-Chunk Nation are suing the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over its handling of a permit for a timber company out of Georgia that wants to build a $75 million frack-sand operation in the state.

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Foxconn Technology Group plans to invest in a $30 million recycling system meant to significantly reduce the amount of water it has to draw from Lake Michigan for its the manufacturing complex it's building in southeast Wisconsin, the company said on Tuesday.

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