Almost 20 million people visited Wisconsin's state parks, forests, trails and recreation areas in 2024, according to the DNR.

MADISON - The Wisconsin State Park System is celebrating a big milestone in 2025: 125 years since the opening of the first state park in northwestern Wisconsin, Interstate State Park. Here's what ...

This year is a landmark for the Wisconsin State Park System. It’s the 125 th anniversary of the first park — Interstate State Park — opening in the Badger State. To celebrate the milestone, the ...

More: Wisconsin legislators lay out priorities. Here's what to know from leaders of both parties. Under current law, an annual state park admission sticker is valid for the calendar year that it's ...

Patty Loew and Dan Small explore Wisconsin's National Park System, including the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore ...

The Friends of Devil's Lake State Park group is hoping to increase volunteer opportunities and conservation efforts at the ...

For more than 40 years, Jim Buchholz helped people make the most of Wisconsin's state park system as a Department of Natural Resources park ranger and, later, as a park superintendent. Buchholz is ...

Some new Wisconsin laws will take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Changes will impact state park stickers, create a tax for EV electricity use and establish provisional licenses for certain physicians.

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), has kicked off 2025 and the 125th anniversary of the Wisconsin State Park System. The DNR hosted the ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is now accepting artwork entries from high school students for the 2026 ...