Areas of Special Natural Resource Interest (ASNRI)

• State natural areas designated or dedicated under Subsection 23.27 to 23.29, Wis. Stats. (PDF, Exit DNR). more info.
• Trout streams as designated by the department under Chapter NR 1.02(7), Wis. Adm. Code (PDF, Exit DNR). more info.
• Outstanding or exceptional resource waters under Section 281.15, Wis. Stats. (PDF, Exit DNR). more info.
• Waters or portions of waters inhabited by any endangered, threatened, special concern species or unique ecological communities identified in the Natural Heritage Inventory. more info
• Wild rice waters as identified by the department and the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. more info
• Waters in areas identified in a special area management plan (SAMP) or special wetland inventory study (SWIS) under Chapter NR 103.04, Wis. Adm. Code (PDF, Exit DNR). (Special area management plans exist for the City of Superior, Douglas County and Chiwaukee Prairie, Kenosha County. A Special Wetland Inventory Study exists for the area bordering the bay of Green Bay.)
• Waters in ecologically significant coastal wetlands along Lakes Michigan and Superior as identified in the Coastal Wetlands of Wisconsin (DNR-CMP project). more info
• Federal or state waters designated as wild or scenic rivers under Sections 30.26 and 30.27, Wis. Stats. (PDF, Exit DNR).