No resolution, ordinance, order, or similar action of a town board or county board, or of a committee of a town board or county board, discontinuing any highway, street, alley, or right-of-way that provides public access to any navigable lake or stream shall be effective until such resolution, ordinance, order, or similar action is approved by the department of natural resources.
Wis. Stat. § 66.1006
2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.