Wisconsin DNR Invites Public Input on Wildlife Management Strategy
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is drafting a new strategic plan for managing the state’s wildlife and habitat, and it wants to hear from the public before the plan is final.
The plan will guide how the DNR’s Wildlife Program sets priorities for its money and staff in the coming years, according to a DNR news release. The department is asking people to look over the draft objectives and say which matter most to them.
The input form is on the DNR’s Wildlife Management Strategic Plan Updates page, which also explains the planning process. The DNR says the form takes about 10 minutes. Participation is voluntary, and responses are anonymous. Submissions must be in by Friday, Feb. 28, 2025.
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New leadership
The planning comes as the DNR settles in under a new secretary. Gov. Tony Evers appointed Karen Hyun in December 2024, and she took office Jan. 27, WPR reported. The job had been open since Adam Payne resigned in October 2023. A former agency head told WPR it was the longest vacancy in the office in more than 50 years. Deputy Secretary Steven Little served as acting secretary in the meantime.
Evers has said the Republican-controlled Senate’s firing of his appointees made it harder to find a secretary. Republican lawmakers say they have approved the vast majority of his appointees.
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