F&W ECOL 515: Natural Resources Policy (Spring 2021) : State government information

Major Wisconsin State Agencies

UW Environmental Resources Center

Misson: "To empower individuals and communities to make conscious, well-informed decisions about their environments and the social processes involved in caring for them."
Center for Land Use Education

Mission: "CLUE creates learning opportunities for communities to help them make sound land use decisions that result in a sustainable Wisconsin."

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.

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.

Includes a link to the PDF guide How to Find Legislative Documents and Follow the Legislative Process, 2017, which focuses on tracking legislation the current legislature is considering.

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

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

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.