Citizens for U, Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

¶ 1. Citizens for U, Inc., challenges the Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) decision approving the petition to abandon a portion of County Highway U that provides public access to the Wisconsin River. Citizens for U contends the replacement public access is not equivalent or superior to that abandoned and therefore DNR's own regulations prohibit approving the petition. The circuit court affirmed DNR's decision and Citizens for U appeals.

¶ 2. We conclude Citizens for U filed a timely notice of appeal from the circuit court's order affirming the DNR decision, as modified after remand, and…