Outstanding and Exceptional Resource Waters

Final List Approved by State Legislature

List of Outstanding and Exceptional Resource Waters [PDF 7.3MB]

Additional Information

Outstanding and Exceptional Resource Waters: Analysis of Effects on Marinette County, WI [PDF 7.3MB]. September 1995. A Legal and Socioeconomic Report to the Natural Resources Board

Justification to Recommend a portion of 100 Segments be Designated as Outstanding or Exceptional Resource Waters [PDF, 89KB]

Proposed Revisions

An October 2005 proposal to list additional waters in northern Wisconsin as Outstanding or Exceptional Resource Waters was taken to public hearing in early January of 2006.

Details on the proposal are included in the following documents.

The following are the revised documents based on the public hearings and comments received. These will be presented to the Natural Resources Board in June 2006.

The proposed rule and fiscal estimate may also be reviewed at the following Administartive Rules web site: adminrules.wisconsin.gov.

Wisconsin Administrative Code

Water Quality Standards for Wisconsin Surface Waters - Chapter NR 102 [PDF 58KB]

Existing Outstanding and Exceptional Resource Waters Lists and Map

For more information, contact Bob Masnado, DNR, (608) 261-4385

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Last Revised: Thursday May 29 2008