The Legislature's budget-writing committee is scheduled to consider Gov. Tony Evers' proposal to authorize more borrowing for clean-water projects.

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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 state Department of Natural Resources board has approved spending nearly $5 million to buy an easement for more than 14,000 acres of northern forest.

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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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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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