Tribal Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Program Phone Numbers:
• Circle of Flight: 715-588-4178
• Deer Registration: 715-588-4245

Air Quality Program: 715-588-4213
Conservation Law Department: 715-588-4172 (see law enforcement section)
Environmental Protection: 715-588-4295
▪ solid waste management
▪ environmental quality issues
▪ underground storage tank inventory & management
▪ solid waste enforcement
▪ indoor air quality
▪ environmental education

Fisheries & Fish Culture: 715-588-4492
▪ Raises fish for stocking reservation waters, conducts fish population studies involving electro fishing, creel surveys, etc.
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: 715-588-4178 Implements Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI).

Environmental Response (Brownfields): 715-588-4290
▪ Handles soil and groundwater contamination concerns within the reservation boundaries including environmental assessments and cleanups.

Tribal Forestry Program: 715-588-4262
▪ Responsible for managing 44,957 acres of trust lands by conducting timber stand improvement, timber sales, and tree planting.

Water Resources: 715-588-4162 or 715-588-4163
▪ Monitors water quality on the reservation; conducts fish flesh studies, encourages responsible lakeshore development, and manages reservation wetland resources.

Wildlife Management: 715-588-4167
▪ Conducts population estimates of deer, grouse, hare, bear, waterfowl, osprey, eagle, and various furbearers

Wild Rice Enhancement Program: 715-588-4238
▪ Gathers harvest information such as health of wild rice water/beds, restoration locations an