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DNR maps 279,240 acres of lowland brush on 532 public properties.
Ackley Wildlife Area
Adams County Forest
Adell Scattered Wildlife – Sheboygan County
Albany Wildlife Area
Allen Creek Streambank Protection Area
Allenton Wildlife Area
Alta Springs Fishery Area
American Legion State Forest
Amnicon Falls State Park
Amsterdam Sloughs Wildlife Area
Ashland County Forest
Augusta Wildlife Area
Avon Bottoms Wildlife Area
Aztalan State Park
Bad Fish Creek Wildlife Area
Baldwin State Habitat Area – Western Prairie Habitat Restoration Area
Balsam Branch Wildlife Area
Baraboo Hills Recreation Area
Barron County Forest
Bass Hollow State Natural Area
Bass Lake Fen State Natural Area
Battle Bluff Prairie State Natural Area
Bayfield County Forest
Bean Brook Fishery Area
Bearskin State Trail
Beaver Brook Wildlife Area
Beaver Creek Rearing Station
Behning Creek Fishery Area
Belmont Mound State Park
Benson Creek Fishery Area
Beverly Lake Fishery Area
Bibon Swamp State Natural Area
Big Brook Fishery Area
Big Creek Fishery Area
Big Creek State Habitat Area
Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area
Big Rib River Fishery Area
Big Swamp Wildlife Area
Bill Cross Wildlife Area
Black Earth Creek Fishery Area
Black River State Forest
Black River State North Country Trail Area
Blackhawk Lake Wildlife Area
Bloch Oxbow State Natural Area
Bloomfield State Habitat Area
Blue Mound State Park
Bolen Creek Fishery Area
Borst Valley Wildlife Area
Brillion Wildlife Area
Brooklyn Wildlife Area
Brule River State Forest
Brunet Island State Park
Buckhorn Wildlife Area
Buena Vista Wildlife Area
Buffalo River Fishery Area
Burlington State Habitat Area
Burnett County Forest
C.D. (Buzz) Besadny Fish and Wildlife Area
Cadiz Springs State Recreation Area
Camp Lake Fishery Area
Campbell Creek – White Creek State Habitat Area
Carter Creek SHA
Carter Creek State Habitat Area
Casey Lake State Habitat Area – Western Prairie Habitat Restoration Area
Caves Creek Fishery Area
Cedar Creek Streambank Protection Area
Cedarburg Bog State Natural Area
Charles Pond State Natural Area
Chequamegon School District
Chequamegon – Nicolet National Forest – Medford – Park Falls District
Cherokee Marsh Fishery Area
Chief River Wildlife Area
Chimney Rock Wildlife Area
Chippewa County Forest
Chippewa Flowage
Chippewa Moraine State Ice Age Trail Area
Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area
Chiwaukee Prairie – Carol Beach State Natural Area
Chiwaukee Prairie – Carol Beach State Natural Area – Non – DNR Public Lands
Clam Lake Fishery Area
Clam Lake Wildlife Area
Clam Lake – Cumberland Point State Public Access
Clam River Fishery Area
Clam River State Habitat Area
Clark County Forest
Clay Corners State Habitat Area
Coffey Swamp State Natural Area
Colburn Wildlife Area
Collins Marsh Wildlife Area
Como Lake State Habitat Area
Comstock Bog – Meadow State Natural Area
Conover Rearing Station
Copper Falls State Park
Coulee Experimental State Forest
Council Grounds State Park
Cox Hollow Streambank Protection Area
Cranberry Lake Fishery Area
Crex Meadows Wildlife Area
Culbertson Springs Fishery Area
Cylon Wildlife Area
Dead Creek Springs Fishery Area
Deansville Wildlife Area
Deer Creek Wildlife Area
Delafield State Habitat Area
Delavan Lake State Habitat Area
Dell Creek Wildlife Area
Devil's Lake State Park
Dewey Marsh Wildlife Area
Diamond Lake State Natural Area
Dodge County Scattered Wildlife
Douglas County Forest
Douglas County Wildlife Area
Dover State Habitat Area
Drywood Wildlife Area
Duck Creek PHG
Duncan Creek Fishery Area
Dunnville Wildlife Area
Eagle Lake Fishery Area
Eau Claire County Forest
Eau Claire School Forest
Eddy Creek Fishery Area
Eighteenmile Creek State Habitat Area
Eldorado Wildlife Area
Elk Creek Fishery Area
Emerald Valley State Habitat Area – Western Prairie Habitat Restoration Area
Emmons Creek Fishery Area
Engle Creek Springs Fishery Area
Enterprise Hemlocks State Natural Area
Eureka Maple Woods State Natural Area
Evansville Wildlife Area
Evergreen River Fishery Area
Extensive Wildlife Habitat – Dane County
Extensive Wildlife Habitat – Dunn
Extensive Wildlife Habitat – Jefferson
Extensive Wildlife Habitat – Rock
Extensive Wildlife Habitat – Sheboygan
Fischer Creek Recreation Area
Fish Lake Wildlife Area
Flambeau River State Forest
Florence County Forest
Footville Wildlife Area
Forest County Forest
Forest County – Miscellaneous State Lands
Fox Maple Woods State Natural Area
Gardner Swamp Wildlife Area
Genesee Oak Opening and Fen State Natural Area
George Lake State Habitat Area
Germania Wildlife Area
Gift Lands – Dodge
Gift Lands – Rock
Glacial Drumlin Trail
Glacial Habitat Restoration Area (Dnr – Fond Du Lac)
Glacial Habitat Restoration Area (Dnr – Winnebago)
Glacial Habitat Restoration Area (Non DNR – Fond Du Lac)
Glacial Habitat Restoration Area (Non DNR – Winnebago)
Goose Lake Wildlife Area
Governor Dodge State Park
Governor Earl Peshtigo River State Forest
Governor Knowles State Forest
Governor Nelson State Park
Governor Thompson State Park
Grand River Marsh Wildlife Area
Grantsburg Station
Green Bay West Shores Wildlife Area – Brown
Green Bay West Shores Wildlife Area – Marinette
Green Bay West Shores Wildlife Area – Oconto
Green County Statewide Wildlife Habitat
Green Lake State Habitat Area
Grindstone Creek Fishery Area
Haley Creek Swamp State Natural Area
Halls (Stockwell) Creek Fishery Area
Harrington Beach State Park
Hartman Creek State Park
Hauer Springs State Habitat Area
Havenwoods Forest Preserve and Nature Center
Hay Creek – Hoffman Lake Wildlife Area
Heritage Hill State Park
Hinkson Creek Fishery Area
Hoffman Hills Recreation Area
Holland Wildlife Area
Honey Creek Streambank Protection Area
Honey Creek Wildlife Area
Hook Lake/Grass Lake Wildlife and Natural Area
Horicon Marsh Wildlife Area
Hortonville Bog State Natural Area
Hub City Bog State Natural Area
Hulburt Creek Fishery Area
Hurley School Forest
Ice Age Trail – Firth Lake
Ice Age Trail – Dane County
Ice Age Trail – Marathon County
Iron County Forest
Jackson County Forest
Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area
Jefferson County DOT Scattered Wildlife
Jefferson Marsh State Wildlife and Natural Area
John A Lawton Fishery Area
John Michael Kohler State Park
Juneau County Forest
Karcher Marsh Wildlife Area
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Lapham Peak Unit
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Loew Lake Unit
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Mukwonago River Unit
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Northern Unit – Ice Age National Scientific Reserve
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Pike Lake Unit
Kettle Moraine State Forest – Southern Unit
Kickapoo Valley Reserve
Kickapoo Wildlife Area
Kiel Marsh Wildlife Area
Killsnake Wildlife Area
Kimberly Clark Wildlife Area
Kinnickinnic River Fishery Area
La Budde Creek Fishery Area
La Crosse Area Comprehensive Fishery Area
La Crosse River Fishery Area
Lake Helane State Natural Area
Lake Ivanhoe (Statewide Habitat – Walworth CO.)
Lake Kegonsa State Park
Lake Mills Wildlife Area
Lake Nebagamon State Habitat Area
Lake Noquebay Wildlife Area
Lake Pepin Wildlife Area
Lake Wissota State Park
Lakes Coulee Wildlife Area
Lakewood Rearing Station
Lampson Moraine Pines State Natural Area
Langlade County Forest
Lawrence Creek Wildlife Area
Lemonweir Bottomland Hardwood Forest State Natural Area
Liberty Creek Wildlife Area
Lima Marsh Rough Fish Station
Lima Marsh – Storrs Lake Wildlife Area
Lincoln County Forest
Little Plover River Fishery Area
Little Rice Wildlife Area
Little River State Habitat Area
Little Wolf River Fishery Area (Portage)
Little Wolf River Fishery Area (Waupaca)
Lizard Mound State Park
Lodi Marsh Wildlife Area
Loon Lake Wildlife Area
Lost Lake State Natural Area
Lower Wisconsin State Riverway
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resource Area – Shawano
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resource Area – Waupaca
Lower Wolf River Bottomlands Natural Resources Area – Outagamie
Lulu Lake State Natural Area
Lup Grants – Forest
Lyons State Habitat Area
Mack Wildlife Area
Manitowoc River Public Access
Marathon County Forest
Marinette County Forest
Martin Springs State Spring Ponds
Mary Lake State Natural Area
McCann Creek Fishery Area
McDermott Brook Fishery Area
McKenzie Creek Wildlife Area
McMillan Wildlife Area
Mead Wildlife Area
Meadow Valley Wildlife Area
Mecan River Fishery Area
Menard Island Resource Area
Menominee River State Recreation Area
Merrill City Forest
Merrill School Forest
Mill Bluff State Park
Mill Creek Fishery Area
Mirror Lake State Park
Miscauno Wildlife Area
Miscellaneous Fish & Wildlife – Rhinelander
Monroe County Forest
Monroe County – Non – CFL
Montana Lake Fishery Area
Mount Vernon Creek Fishery Area
Mountain – Bay State Trail
Mud Lake Wildlife Area – Columbia
Mud Lake Wildlife Area – Dodge
Mud Lake Wildlife Area – Door
Muddy Creek Wildlife Area
Mullet Creek Wildlife Area
Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area
Namekagon River State Habitat Area
Namekagon River – Trails End Road State Public Access
Natural Bridge State Park
Navarino Wildlife Area
Nevin Hatchery
New Munster Wildlife Area
New Wood Wildlife Area
Nichols Creek Wildlife Area
Niebauer Springs Fishery Area
No Branch Milwaukee R Wildlife and Farm Heritage Area
North Bend Bottoms Wildlife Area
North Branch Beaver Creek Fishery Area
North Branch Trempealeau River Fishery Area
North Country Nat'l Scenic Trail – Douglas
Northern Highland State Forest
Oconto County Forest
Ohmart Wetlands State Natural Area
Omer Springs Fishery Area
One Stone Lake Hemlocks/Little Rice Lake State Natural Area
Oneida County Forest
Onion River Streambank Protection Area
Osceola Hatchery
Ottawa Siata
Otter Creek Oak Barrens State Natural Area
Otter Creek Wildlife Area
Outagamie Wildlife Area
Paddock Lake State Habitat Area
Paradise Marsh Wildlife Area
Paradise Valley Wildlife Area
Parfreys Glen State Natural Area
Pattison State Park
Paul Olson Wildlife Area
Peat Lake West Wildlife Area
Pershing Wildlife Area
Peshtigo Brook Wildlife Area
Peter Helland Wildlife Area
Peters Marsh Wildlife Area
Pewits Nest State Natural Area
Pike Wild River
Pine Creek Fishery Area
Pine Island Wildlife Area
Pine River System Fishery Area
Pine – Popple Wild Rivers
Plover River Fishery Area
Plum Creek Watershed
Point Beach State Forest
Polk County Forest
Potato Creek Wildlife Area
Poygan Marsh Wildlife Area
Prairie River Fishery Area
Price County Forest
Princes Point Wildlife Area
Quincy Bluff and Wetlands State Natural Area
Radley Creek Fishery Area
Rat River Wildlife Area
Ray Morrison Memorial State Habitat Area
REM – Areas – Onion River
REM – Bear Lake
REM – Beaver Dam Lake
REM – Bone Lake
REM – Camp Creek
REM – Doty Creek
REM – Elk Creek
REM – Gilbert Creek
REM – Hickey Creek
REM – Knapp Creek
REM – Laing Creek
REM – Leer and Griffen Creek
REM – Little Green Lake
REM – Little Roche – A – Cri
REM – Little Silver Creek
REM – Love Creek
REM – Maple Creek
REM – Milancthon Creek
REM – Mill Creek
REM – Peterson and Sannes Creek
REM – Pompey Pillar Creek
REM – Rathbone Creek
REM – Roelke Creek
REM – Rullands Coulee Creek
REM – S Br Pigeon River
REM – S Branch Trempealeau River
REM – Upper Turtle Lake
REM – Washington Coulee
Remnant Areas – Portage County
Rib River Fishery Area
Rice Beds Creek Wildlife Area
Richard A Hemp Fishery Area
Richard Bong State Recreation Area
Ridges Sanctuary State Natural Area
Ridgeway Pine Relict State Natural Area
Rocky Run Creek Fishery Area
Romance Prairie State Natural Area
Rome Pond Wildlife Area
Round Lake State Habitat Area
Rowan Creek Fishery Area
Rush Creek Natural Area
Rusk County Forest
Rusk – Miscellaneous OSL
Sand Creek Fishery Area
Sand Creek Fishery Area (Streambank Protection Fee Area – Monroe)
Sand Creek Fishery Area – Polk
Sandhill Wildlife Area
Sauk Prairie State Recreation Area
Sawyer County Forest
Sawyer Creek Fishery Area
Scattered Forest Land – Outagamie
Scattered Forest Lands – Iron
Scattered Forest Lands – Oneida
Scattered Forest Lands – Polk County
Scattered Forest Lands – Vilas
Scattered Wildlife – Chippewa CTY.(HALLIE)
Scattered Wildlife – Clark
Scattered Wildlife – Dunn County
Scattered Wildlife – Jackson
Scattered Wildlife – Juneau
Scattered Wildlife – Ozaukee
Scattered Wildlife – Washington
Schacte Creek State Habitat Area
Schuet Creek Fishery Area
Shaky Lake State Natural Area
Sharon State Habitat Area
Shaw Marsh Wildlife Area
Shawano Lake Fishery Area
Sheboygan County Marsh
Sheboygan Marsh Wildlife Area
Silvernail Wildlife Area
Sinnissippi Wildlife Area
Snake Creek Fen State Natural Area
South Beaver Creek Wildlife Area
South Branch Oconto River Fishery Area
South Shore Lake Superior Fishery Area
Spread Eagle Barrens State Natural Area
Spring Creek Fishery Area
Spring Creek Wildlife Area
Spring Lake Fishery Area
Springstead Muskeg State Natural Area
Spruce Grouse Swamp State Natural Area
St Louis River Streambank Protection Area
ST. Croix Stream Bank Protection Fee Program
ST. Croix Western Prairie Habitat Restoration
State Natural Area – Oneida
State Owned Islands – Barron
State Owned Islands – Bayfield
State Owned Islands – Burnett
State Owned Islands – Lincoln
State Owned Islands – Oneida
Statewide Fish Habitat Areas – Dane
Statewide Habitat Areas – Lincoln County
Statewide Habitat Areas – Adams
Statewide Habitat Areas – Dunn
Statewide Habitat Areas – Jackson
Statewide Habitat Areas – Marquette & Green Lake County
Statewide Habitat Areas – Oconto
Statewide Habitat Areas – Sauk
Statewide Habitat Areas – Waupaca
Statewide Habitat Areas – Winnebago
Statewide Natural Area – Rhinelander
Statewide Natural Areas – Bayfield County
Statewide Natural Areas – Iron County
Statewide New Hatcheries – Sheboygan
Statewide Public Access – Kewaunee
Statewide Public Access – Racine
Statewide Public Access – Waukesha
Statewide Public Access – Waupaca County
Statewide Small Lakes Creation
Statewide Spring Ponds – Langlade
Statewide Spring Ponds – Marathon
Statewide Spring Ponds – Oneida
Statewide Spring Ponds – Shawano
Statewide Wildlife Habitat – Green
Statewide Wildlife Habitat – Trempealeau
Straight Lake Wilderness State Park
Stream Bank Protection Fee Area – Crawford County
Stream Bank Protection Fee Area – Wood County
Stream Bank Protection Fee Program – Dane
Stream Bank Protection Fee Program – Green
Stress Springs State Spring Ponds
Sugar River Wetlands State Natural Area
Swamp Lake Public Access
Swan Lake Wildlife Area
Tamarack Rearing Station
Tank Creek Fishery Area
Taylor County Forest
Ten Mile Creek Streambank Protection Area
Ten Mile Creek Wildlife Area
Terry Andrae State Park
The 400 State Trail
Theresa Wildlife Area
Thorp Pond State Natural Area
Thunder Lake Wildlife Area
Tichigan Wildlife Area
Tiffany Wildlife Area
Tom Lawin Wildlife Area
Tomahawk School Forest
Totagatic Lake Wildlife Area
Totogatic Wild River
Totogatic Wildlife Area
Tower Hill State Park
Town Corner Wildlife Area
Town of Arthur State Habitat Area
Town of Morse State Habitat Area
Tozer State Spring Ponds
Trempealeau River Meadows State Natural Area
Trout Creek Fishery Area – Iowa
Trout – Nace Creek Fishery Area
Trump Coulee Rearing Station
Turtle Flambeau Scenic Waters Area
Tuscobia State Trail
Uhrenholdt Memorial Timber Demonstration Forest
Underwood Wildlife Area
Upper Fox River Public Access
Upper Neenah Fishery Area
Upper Wolf River Fishery Area
Van Loon Wildlife Area
Vernon Wildlife Area
Vilas County Forest
Wagon Landing Statewide Spring Pond
Washburn County Forest
Washington Creek Wildlife Area
Waterloo Wildlife Area
Waubesa Wetlands State Natural Area
Waunakee Wildlife Area
Wausaukee River State Habitat Area
Weirgor Springs Wildlife Area
Whalen Creek Fishery Area
White Mound County Park – Plain Honey Creek Watershed
White River Fishery Area – Bayfield
White River Fishery Area – Waushara
White River Marsh Wildlife Area
White River Sedge Meadow
White River Wildlife Area – Ashland
Whitefish Dunes State Park
Wild Rose Demonstration Forest
Wildcat Mountain State Park
Willow Creek Fishery Area – Waushara County
Willow Flowage Scenic Waters Area
Willow River State Habitat Area – Western Prairie Habitat Restoration Area
Willow River State Park
Wind Lake Fishery Area
Wind Lake State Habitat Area
Winding Creek Rearing Station
Wolf River Bottoms Wildlife Area
Wood County Forest
Wood County Wildlife Area
Woodboro Lakes Wildlife Area
Woods Flowage Fishery Area
Yellow River Fishery Area
Yellowstone Lake State Park
Yellowstone Wildlife Area
Special rules that apply
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink during firearm deer seasons
When and where a firearm deer season is in progress, it is illegal to hunt any game, except waterfowl, unless at least 50% of the hunter’s outer clothing above the waist is colo…
Required
Blaze orange or fluorescent pink on ground blinds on DNR lands during firearm deer seasons
It is illegal to: Use a ground blind during any open deer season or special deer hunt with firearms unless a minimum of 144 square inches of solid blaze orange or fluorescent pi…
Required
No baiting small game
It is illegal to bait any small game (including coyote and bobcat) for the purpose of hunting.
Required
Non-toxic shot for migratory and upland game birds on national wildlife refuges and federal waterfowl production areas
Only non-toxic shot may be possessed or used for hunting migratory and upland game bird species, including wild turkey, on all national wildlife refuges and federal waterfowl pr…