Photographs, 1957-circa 1997.

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Photographs, 1957-circa 1997.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173703209

Black and white photographs and negatives and some color photographs transferred from the department's "duplicate and dormant" photograph file. The photos document Wisconsin natural resources including state parks and forests, various rivers and streams, and outdoor recreation including hunting and fishing as well as DNR personnel, facilities, and activities such as law enforcement; management of fish, forest, and wildlife resources; conservation education and camps; Conservation Congresses; response to natural disasters such as fires and floods; and air and water pollution control and other environmental protection activities.

1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes); plus.additions of 4.0 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6926614

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. Dept. of Natural Resources.

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The Department of Natural Resources was created by the Reorganization Act of 1967 (Chapter 75) which combined the Conservation Department (WIHV86-A1163) and the Department of Resource Development (WIHV86-A114) to form the new Department. At that time many other councils and committees whose purposes and functions related to conservation and natural resource development were attached to the Department. The Department is responsible for implementing the laws of the state a...

Wisconsin. Conservation Dept.

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Chapter 426, Laws of 1927, created the Conservation Department. From 1915-1927, a full-time Conservation Commission (WIHV86-A1162) had directly administered the state's conservation programs. Under the 1927 reorganization, the Commission became a part-time, policy-making body directing the work of the new Conservation Department which was given responsibility for the administration and implementation of the state's conservation programs. The Department was merged into the new Depart...