Environment
State of the Parks: System overview
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An overview of the Wisconsin state parks program history, budget, properties, and user fees.
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An overview of the Wisconsin state parks program history, budget, properties, and user fees.
Summertime is in full swing. Many Wisconsin residents are busy with travel plans, recreational activities and hitting the state’s top tourist hot spots. Popular Wisconsin destinations for camping, hiking, swimming and picnics are the state parks
Trails, maps, snow reports, safety tips and statistics for snowmobilers, from librarian-blogger Ron Larson.
Despite the continued concern over preventable boating accidents and fatalities, Wisconsin lawmakers tried but failed in the last session to pass new laws mandating life jackets for children and cracking down on intoxicated boating.
WisconsinWatch’s resident librarian helps you find parks, gas prices and other vacation-planning tips.
There are far fewer accidents involving canoes and rowboats than motorized boats, but those that are reported are far more likely to be deadly.