Land Use Resources & Community Planning
How we use land and the land use decisions we make today are perhaps the most important, long-term environmental issues facing Wisconsin.
Innovative thinking and foresight are ways businesses can facilitate the creation of greenspace in their development plans and how urban communities can create greenspace from previously ignored areas.
The vast majority of land in Wisconsin is, and will remain, privately owned. As a result, individual landowners, developers and local governments are the principal land use decision-makers.
In order to be successful in addressing environmental concerns, the DNR must work with others to help guide development patterns that maintain Wisconsin's character and minimize negative environmental effects.
This site provides information and resources for citizens and local governments interested in addressing land use issues. It also provides background information on "smart growth" and resources for those involved in their community's comprehensive planning efforts
Some of the pages contained in this website use portable document format (PDF) files
Related Sites
- Center for Land Use Education (CLUE)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Midwest Spatial Decision Support System Partnership
- Wisconsin Chapter American Planning Association (WAPA)
Contact Information
Statewide Land Use Team Leader
Sally Kefer
(608) 267-3128
Northeast Region
Shelly Allnes
(920) 303-5442
Northern Region
John Robinson
(715) 365-8976
Gary VanderWyst
(715) 762-4684
South Central Region
Russ Anderson
(608) 275-3467
Southeast Region
Mike Thompson
(414) 263-8648
Peter McMullen
(414) 263-8751
West Central Region
Tom Lovejoy
(715) 839-3747
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