NWS Annual Reports
- 2024 NWS Annual Report
- 2023 NWS Annual Report
- 2022 NWS Annual Report
- 2022 Newport Naturalist Interpretive Report
- 2021 NWS Annual Report
- 2021 Newport Naturalist Interpretive Report
- 2020 NWS Annual Report
- 2020 Newport Naturalist Interpretive Report
- 2019 NWS Annual Report
- 2019 Newport Naturalist Interpretive Report
- 2018 NWS Annual Report
- 2018 Newport Naturalist Interpretive Report
- 2017 NWS Annual Report
- 2017 Newport Naturalist Interpretive Report
- 2016 NWS Annual Report
- 2016 Newport Naturalist Interpretive Report
NWS Publications
- The Ferdinand Hotz Legacy
- Newport: Out of Wilderness Into Wilderness
- Geology of Newport State Park
- Your Dark Sky Park
Newport Dark Sky Park Accreditation
Wisconsin DNR Documents
regarding Newport State Park
2024: DNR Final Decision on Master Plan Variance to accommodate Equestrian Trails at Newport
(supporting documents related to this decision are summarized here)
2023: Proposed Master Plan Variance for Newport State Park
to accommodate proposed horse trails
2018: Northern Lake Michigan Coastal Regional Master Plan
“to guide management and use of department properties in the Northern Lake Michigan Coastal Ecological Landscape.”
1979: Newport SP Master Plan Addendum
update describing the addition of the 170-acre “Hotz Tract”
1973: Newport SP Master Plan
the original, mimeographed master plan
(please note: several pages are illegible)
1964: Documents regarding the establishment of Europe Bay State Park
recommendation to add the property to the Wisconsin State Park system