The Land & Water Resources Department strives to protect and enhance the natural, cultural, and historic resources of Dane County; provide the county's residents with a broad array of accessible, high quality resource-based recreational services and facilities; and support residents, communities, local governments and other agencies and organizations in their resource management and protection activities.   

We believe that everyone deserves to live in a community with healthy land and water resources and with access to natural resources. Read our commitment to equity and inclusion.

Our four divisions (Administration, Land Conservation, Parks, and Water Resource Engineering) provide the structure to help us to achieve our goals in our main program areas:

• Agriculture
• Erosion & Stormwater
• Habitat Improvement
• Lake Management
• Parks
• Real Estate Services
• Youth and Education
• Watershed Management