Courtesy of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are inviting the public to attend an open house the week of Monday, April 3 to learn about resource management in their area.

DNR staff and WCC delegates will be on hand at these open houses, held in each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, to discuss local issues of importance, answer questions from the public and open a dialogue between the public, the DNR and the WCC about areas of interest and concern.

The WCC will also hold their delegates’ elections at each open house. Two of the five WCC seats will be up for election in each county.

Lincoln County’s open house will be held in the Tomahawk High School auditorium on Thursday, April 6 at 6 p.m.

Location details for each county open house are available on the WCC/DNR Open Houses webpage at www.dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/openhouses.

The open houses precede the annual WCC/DNR Spring Hearings.

In addition to the opportunity to engage with DNR staff and WCC delegates at these open houses, the public is also invited to participate in the annual spring hearings the following week, which focus on natural resource-related advisory questions and proposed rule changes.

The Spring Hearings will again be held in a virtual format, as has been done since 2020.

This year’s online questionnaire will be open for input from Monday, April 10 at noon through Thursday, April 13 at noon via the Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing webpage at www.dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc/springhearing.

About the Wisconsin Conservation Congress

The Wisconsin Conservation Congress is the only statutory body in the state where the public elects delegates to advise the Natural Resources Board and the DNR on responsibly managing Wisconsin’s natural resources for present and future generations. The Congress accomplishes this through open, impartial broad-ranged actions.

Learn more about the WCC and how to become involved in resource management decisions on the Wisconsin Conservation webpage at www.dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/wcc.