Froebel v. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

The issue in this case is whether the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) may be ordered to take specific remedial actions based on findings made in the context of an administrative hearing that the DNR's removal of an abandoned dam caused harm to the environment. The administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that he did not have the authority to compel the DNR to so act. The circuit court upheld this determination on judicial review, and the court additionally determined that it also did not have such authority. Kurt Froebel challenges this ruling on appeal. Because we conclude…