Barnes v. Department of Natural Resources

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Barnes v. Dept, of Natural Resources, 178 Wis. 2d 290, 506 N.W.2d 155 (1993), affirming the judgment of the circuit court of Dane County, P. Charles Jones, circuit judge. The petitioners, John F. Barnes, Terry Young, Erik Byrnildson, Mark Koeppl, Lu Kummerow, and the Fund for Animals (Barnes) had petitioned the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to add the bobcat to Wisconsin's list of threatened species pursuant to sec. 29.415(3)(c), Stats. 1991-92. 1 1n August 1991, the DNR advised Barnes that it declined to add the bobcat…