WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1985-1986


Temporary Council Attached to the Department
Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Reduction Advisory Committee: DONALD THEILER (designee
of secre-
   tary of natural resources), chairperson; Roy CHRISTIANSON (designee of
administrator of Divi-
   sion of Energy, Department of Administration), JERRY MENDL (designee of
chairperson of
   Public Service Commission); WILLIAM NELSON (representative of papermaking
industry),
   JOHN BOSTON (representative of utility industry), KEVIN HENDRIK, RICHELLE
LISSE (representa-
   tives of interested persons) (appointed by governor). The committee advises
the Department
   of Natural Resources on its study of the costs of reducing sulfur dioxide
emissions, for which a
   final report is expected on December 31, 1985.
 Independent Organization:
 Wisconsin Conservation Congress, Executive Council. FRANCIS W. MURPHY (District
9), chairper-
 son; ROGER D. BRITTON (District 5), vice chairperson; RON ANTON (District
11), secretary-
 treasurer; PETER HAHN, MALCOLM TRAAHOLT (District 1); WILLARD D. LIND, LOREN
MILLER
 (District 2); WILL MAINES, HAROLD H. VONDERHEID (District 3); BERNARD JESKE,
JOHN KRIHA
 (District 4); ROGER BRITTON, GERALD LAHNER (District 5); MERLIN LINDOW,
HERBERT THEI-
 SEN (District 6); JOHN FERGUSON, HENRY LIEBZEIT (District 7); WILLIAM FISK,
Roy SEBALD
 (District 8); DAVID A. LADD, FRANCIS MURPHY (District 9); FRED BAERTSCHI,
JAMES BOYD
 (District 10); RON ANTON, HOWARD KOUBENEC (District 11); NORBERT MULLANEY,
LAW-
 RENCE WHIFFEN (District 12).
 Mailing Address: Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 7921, Madison
53707; location:
 General Executive Facility II, 101 South Webster Street.
 Telephone: (608) 266-2621; toll-free Poacher Hotline: (800) TIP-WDNR (847-9367).
 Publications: Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine (published bimonthly
and available at the
 following subscription rates: 1 year, $6.97; 2 years, $11.97; 3 years, $15.97,
from Wisconsin
 Natural Resources, P.O. Box 7191, Madison 53707); Wisconsin State Parks--Explore
and En-
 joy (guide) ($4.95 plus $1.05 postage and handling); A Fine Kettle of Fish
(cookbook) ($1.95);
 Wisconsin's Endangered Flora (free); Biennial Report; annual reports, hunting,
fishing, and
 trapping regulations; long-range comprehensive plans for outdoor recreational
and natural
 resources conservation and management; periodic air, water and solid waste
reports;
 brochures, fact sheets, booklets and guides on resource management and environmental
pro-
 tection programs; technical bulletins (lists available). Teachers may write
to the Education
 and Youth Programs Section for a list of available publications.
 Number of Employes: 2,556.01.
Total Budget 1983-85: $380,155,600.
Statutory Reference: Section 15.34.
  History: Although the present Department of Natural Resources, headed by
a Natural Re-
sources Board, was created by the Reorganization Act of 1967 (Chapter 75),
it was preceded by a
considerable number of agencies, each concerned with different but interrelated
natural resource
responsibilities. The first Forestry Commission was established by the Legislature
in 1867, and a
Board of Fish Commissioners was established in 1874. The Governor appointed
fish wardens in
1885 and game wardens in 1887. A Department of Forestry was organized in
1897 and a State
Park Board was created in 1907. A Conservation Commission, with the task
of recommending to
the governor ways of preserving the state's natural resources, was created
in 1911.
  Chapter 406, Laws of 1915, created a Conservation Commission of 3 full-time
commissioners,
which assumed the functions of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Fish and Game
Wardens,
Board of Forestry and the Park Board. It was succeeded in 1923 (Chapter 118)
by a single, full-
time Conservation Commissioner.
  In 1927 (Chapter 426) the Conservation Commissioner was changed back to
a conservation
agency headed by a 6-member, but part-time, commission. Under Section 23.09
of the statutes,
the new commission was directed "to provide an adequate and flexible
system for the protection,
development and use of forests, fish and game, lakes, streams, plant life,
flowers and other out-
door resources in the state of Wisconsin". The Conservation Commission
and department oper-
ated under this structure from 1927 to 1967.


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