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Votes at a glance: Natural Resources Board actions, Sept. 24, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal board actions taken at the Sept. 24 meeting: rule adoptions, scope approvals and land acquisitions. Each item lists the motion, mover/second and outcome as recorded in the meeting.
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board recorded the following formal actions on Sept. 24, 2025. This summary records motions, movers/seconders, vote outcomes and the motion text as stated during the meeting.
1) Adopt board order WM-17-24 (2025 wildlife management spring hearing rule) Motion: "Adopt board order WM-17-24." Mover: Robin Schmidt. Second: Rachel Barresa. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
2) Consent agenda (briefs and donation acknowledgements) Motion: Approve the consent agenda (includes approval of brief of action 08/13/2025 and multiple donation acknowledgements). Mover: Patty (last name not specified). Second: Deb (last name not specified). Outcome: approved (voice vote). Donations acknowledged totaled approximately $890,904.31 for the month as reported in meeting remarks.
3) Adopt board order DG-3-23 (revisions to NR 812, well construction subchapter 3) Motion: "Approve the board adopt board order DG-3-23." Mover: Doug Cox. Second: Rachel Barresa. Outcome: approved.
4) Adopt board order DG-4-23 (revisions to NR 146, licensing and registration) Motion: "Move approval to adopt DG-04-23." Mover: Robin Schmidt. Second: Patty (last name not specified). Outcome: approved.
5) Approve scope statement and conditional public-hearing notices for FWPDash2224 (property management housekeeping rule) Motion: "Move board order FWP-2224." Mover: Deb (last name not specified). Second: Rachel Barresa. Outcome: scope approved.
6) Approve scope statement WA-01-25 (hazardous waste manifests, import/export codes and spent refrigerant standards) Motion: "Move approval for the statement of scope for board order WA-01-25." Mover: Robin Schmidt. Second: Jeff (last name not specified). Outcome: scope approved.
7) Land acquisition: Tishkin Wildlife Area, Racine County (Ranke Homestead LLC) Motion: Approve acquisition of 34.39 acres for Tishkin Wildlife Area; bargain sale price $327,000 (appraised at $347,000; owners accepted lower price). Mover: Patty (last name not specified). Second: Rachel Barresa. Outcome: approved.
8) Land acquisition: Adams Station forestry ranger site (Crossroads Enterprise LLC) Motion: Approve acquisition of 7.62 acres for Adams Station; purchase price as recorded in board materials: $198,500. Mover: Rachel Barresa. Second: Jeff (last name not specified). Outcome: approved.
Notes: voting was by voice for many items; the meeting transcript contains the full roll call and recorded approvers. For each adopted rule, staff described outreach and stakeholder involvement; for the well-code items board members requested a briefing on how the department evaluates variances near landfills.
Provenance: evidence for each motion and vote appears in the meeting transcript at the segments cited below.
