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Board approves sale of former Bowler ranger station parcel to village of Bowler
Summary
The DNR board approved sale of a 7.04-acre former ranger-station parcel in Shawano County to the village of Bowler for $58,000, retaining a stream-bank easement for public fishing and habitat management; the tribe was consulted and declined acquisition.
Terry Bay, director of the DNR’s Bureau of Facilities and Lands, asked the board to approve the sale of 7.04 acres (formerly the Boulder/Bowler Ranger Station) in Shawano County to the village of Bowler for the appraised value of $58,000, with a retained stream-bank easement for the North Branch of the Baraboo River to preserve public fishing access and habitat-management authority. Bay said the property had been acquired by the state in 1939 with later expansions and is no longer needed after a consolidation of ranger services in a new facility nearby.
Questions and clarifications: board members asked whether tribal government had been contacted about the parcel because it lies within historic Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation boundaries; Bay said tribal representatives visited the property but opted not to pursue acquisition when the village indicated interest. Members also asked how proceeds will be used; Bay said sale proceeds go back to the forestry real-estate fund that originally purchased the land.
Action: board member Doug moved approval; Deb seconded; the motion carried by voice vote.
