DNR

With little shade in this logged section of Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest, the sun beat down on Schwarzmann as the retired state forester ...

"This was one of the worst logged tracts we have seen to date," Schwarzmann and Berghoff wrote in their survey. "Staff detected the error quickly" and marked the trees in different colors, SCS Global’s special audit said, excusing the error. "The auditor should have just seen this and said, 'I'm done, this is all I need.'" But the agency pushed back against the findings and asked for a fresh audit. [150-plus years](https://www.mtewood.com/Sawmill/History) of sustainable forestry of the Menominee Forest, which spans much of its reservation in Menominee County. "No one else was documenting what the DNR was actually doing in an objective and straightforward way." The DNR contends that its standards contain flexibility for logging near water in some instances, and it denies any violations. Last updated in 2010, the DNR’s entire [field manual for loggers, landowners and land managers](https://cf-store.widencdn.net/widnr/4/3/6/436ee708-c2b4-455b-9943-f503ca7b8d35.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Best-Management-Practices-for-Water-Quality---FR-093.pdf%22&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&Expires=1659484983&Signature=dFWjg3anYmUQsqDZt3l9rcgIVjOtoh3ZstH7Z6bT4fFYdkVlmjhbM-0jn~YZFY0s27ZrHQHJ3IGgqV1WvJJyq6HQGZ05znvTzNEbN8s45ZQQeackT9x1QR103EeyohVmOvFc81p4L82GbwE0FbzvnWgbY2mxNwJ-JErRDmSZX4aLafteB64gnY1jnQ5yq7Muabtk8uEWnHGF1i3R284e3uEknRkg~dsiREsSUxJcYsPJUQwVe3wbDxdUVV2NWZA6hUa7F3HKI6R5TDh-pHWlgAgFTry7mSTCzPGimP7RaK8tjg5rA0G-WkfpTk56LFEVW7tlSPEVjIp5rugTUAB6cA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJD5XONOBVWWOA65A) is up for an overhaul, with plans to incorporate new scientific findings, including considerations for climate change and storm resiliency, Kriegel said. "This gets at the heart of the controversy here." In 2021, 29 of Wisconsin’s 209 state land timber sales occurred near surface water bodies, according to the Department of Natural Resources. Wearing blue jeans, a short-sleeved button-down shirt and a look of dismay, John Schwarzmann stood near the shore of Whitney Lake in Vilas County, Wisconsin. But they are protesting the removal of trees near lakeshores, especially native oaks and pines.