FW ECOL 515: Natural Resources Policy (Fall 2023) : State government information

Administrative Rules page from the Wisconsin State Legislature.  Contains links to sites about Wisconsin administrative rules, including

• The Wisconsin Administrative Code, the compiled rules and regulations promulgated by the various Wisconsin state agencies.
  • Searching the Wisconsin Administrative Code Online, article by Amy Crowder, from the Wisconsin State Law Library's newsletter WSLL @ Your Service, July 2015
• Wisconsin Administrative Register:  this is the official publication of the updates and changes of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

Video tutorial on Researching Administrative Code from the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, published in October 2014.

Statutes Related:  links to Wisconsin state statutes and other related documents, from the Wisconsin State Legislature.

Executive Orders:  Executive Orders of the Wisconsin governors, going back to 1965.

Environmental Law: Wisconsin Law, Regs, and Cases: a research guide from the UW-Madison Law Library.

A Citizen's Guide to Participation in the Wisconsin State Legislature, prepared by the Wisconsin Legislative Council staff, 2023.

• Includes a link to the PDF guide How to Find Legislative Documents and Follow the Legislative Process, 2019, which focuses on tracking legislation the current legislature is considering.

About the Legislature: Follow the Process, from the Wisconsin State Legislature.

Legislative History Research in Wisconsin / Research Wisconsin Legislative History, from the Wisconsin State Law Library's set of Tutorials.

The UW-Madison Law Library has created a guide to creating a Wisconsin Legislative History. 

Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

• DNR Public Input Opportunities

Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP)

• Bureau of Land and Water Resource Management

Natural Resources Institute
Mission: "To empower individuals and communities to make informed decisions that benefit our shared natural resources."

Center for Land Use Education
Mission: "CLUE creates learning opportunities for individuals and communities to help them make sound land use decisions that result in an inclusive, equitable and sustainable Wisconsin. "

Wisconsin State Law Library  

• Environmental Law:  Resources list from the Wisconsin State Law Library.

The Wheeler Report: Covering the Wisconsin State Legislature (news, calendars)

Wisconsin Eye: Digital media, Wisconsin Capitol coverage.

Wisconsin State Agencies: list of agencies

State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Website Links and Telephone Numbers: list from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington DC.

• At the end of the list of states, there's an excellent list of other state government information links.

Hein Online Session Laws Library

• Subscription database; available on- and off-campus to UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff.
• Contains exact replications of the official bound session laws (acts) of all 50 states from inception, as well as Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. All states are available back to inception.

Wisconsin's Wolf Management Plan, from the Department of Natural Resources.

• The plan is a draft as of September 2023.