Natural Areas Preservation Council (NAPC)

In 1951, the state legislature established the State Board for the Preservation of Scientific Areas. This official body, now called the Natural Areas Preservation Council (NAPC) advises the Department's State Natural Areas Program on issues relating to the establishment, protection, and management of SNAs. It is composed of 11 members with backgrounds in conservation biology, botany, zoology, ecology, and geology. The laws establishing the Council and their official duties are found in Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 15.347(4) (exit DNR) and Chapter 23.26 (exit DNR).

• Current Council Members
• NAPC Documents

Council Members

Councilors are appointed for 3-year terms by their respective appointing institutions.

Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters

• Charles Luthin (Chair)
  Executive Director
  Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
  Madison, Wisconsin
  
  
• Susan E. Lewis (Vice Chair)
  Associate Professor of Biology
  Department of Biology
  Carroll University
  Waukesha, Wisconsin
  


• Michael Strigel
  Executive Director
  Gathering Waters Conservancy
  Madison, Wisconsin
  

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

• Rebecca Schroeder (Secretary)
  Chief, Conservation Section
  Bureau of Endangered Resources
  Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  
  

• Owen Boyle
  Regional Ecologist
  Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  

Milwaukee Public Museum

• Susan Sullivan Borkin
  Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
  Invertebrate Zoology Section
  Milwaukee Public Museum
  

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

• Dennis H. Yockers
  Associate Professor of Environmental Education
  Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education
  University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  

University of Wisconsin System

• Evelyn A. Howell
  Professor of Landscape Architecture
  Department of Landscape Architecture
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
  
• Patrick Robinson
  Environmental Restoration and Estuary Outreach Coordinator
  University of Wisconsin-Extension
  Green Bay
  
  
• Joy B. Zedler
  Aldo Leopold Professor of Restoration Ecology
  Department of Botany and Arboretum
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
  
• James P. Bennett
  Ecologist and Adjunct Professor
  U.S. Geological Survey and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
  University of Wisconsin-Madison
  

Natural Areas Preservation Council Documents

NAPC Mission and Core Values

• Mission Statement and Core Values & Principles [PDF]

Guidelines for State Natural Areas

• Use of Biological Controls on SNAs [PDF 111KB]
• SNA Designation Process [PDF 108KB]
• Control of Fire on SNAs [PDF 109KB]
• Acquisition and Management of Forested Landscapes [PDF 111KB]
• Landscape Scale SNAs [PDF 110KB]
• Guidelines for Collecting of Lepidoteran Specimens [PDF 109KB]
• Use of Pesticides on SNAs [PDF 112KB]
• Placing Plaques or Memorials on SNAs [PDF 108KB]
• Rare Species Augmentation [PDF 119KB]
• Trails, Roads, and Parking Lots [PDF 110KB]
• Alteration of Waterways [PDF 112KB]