Wisconsin's New State Parks Director Wants to Add GPS Mapping and WiFi to State Owned Properties

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 -- 8:01 AM

(Bill Wise, WRN) Wisconsin's new state Parks Director Steven Schmelzer wants to add G-P-S mapping on all state-owned properties, and expanded WiFi service.

Schmelzer says he wants to improve the experience for people visiting Wisconsin state parks.  He’s taking over at a time people are using the parks at record rates.  There have been more than nine-and-a-half million visits this year alone, an 18 percent increase over 2020.

Schmelzer is in charge of 49 Wisconsin state parks, more than 500 boat launches, 15 state forests, 44 state biking trails, and more than five thousand campsites.  He assumed his new duties July 19th.

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