Water Program Strategic Objectives

Pensaukee River, Wisconsin

Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources Water Division has conducted a critical evaluation of its underlying objectives, goals, and successes and has identified four strategic objectives related to the long-term protection and management of water. These objectives provide the framework for how the water program is organized and what the goals and performance measures are for water-related resource integrity. The overriding objectives for how Wisconsin's water resources are managed include:

• Protecting the Public Trust
• Implementing the Clean Water Act
• Sustaining Healthy Fisheries
• Providing Safe Drinking Water and Groundwater