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WI Stat § 27.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.06 - Mill-tax appropriation.

27.06  Mill-tax appropriation. The county board may annually, at the same time that other county taxes are levied, levy a tax upon the taxable property of such county for the purchase of land and the payment of expenses incurred in carrying on the work of the park commission. In every county having a population of 750,000 or more, the county park commission shall be subject to s. 59.60.History:  1975 c. 78, 200, 422; 1995 a. 201; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.The mill annual tax levy limitations set forth in s. 27.06 apply when county parks are operated by a county park commission, pursuant to s. 27.02, et seq., or a county board committee to which the functions and duties of such commission have been transferred but not where county parks are operated under the express provisions of s. 27.015 (now s. 27.019). Annual taxes levied to pay principal and interest on county indebtedness incurred under ch. 67 for park purposes must be included within the mill limitation set forth in s. 27.06. Proceeds from the sale of part of a county park may be used for capital improvements in county parks in addition to a maximum annual levy under s. 27.06. 60 Atty. Gen. 124.
WI Stat § 27.067 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.067 - Penalties for damages in county parks.

27.067  Penalties for damages in county parks. (1) No person may destroy any notices, posted by a county, or break, tear up or mar trees, vines, shrubs or flowers, dislocate stones or disfigure natural conditions within the boundaries of any county park. (2) Any person who violates sub. (1) shall forfeit not more than $100.History:  1995 a. 391 ss. 13 to 15.
WI Stat § 27.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.07 - First class city option.

27.07  First class city option. Any city of the 1st class may, at its option, act under ss. 27.08, 27.09, 27.10, 27.11, 27.12 and 27.14 or any part thereof, or under any other law applicable to any such city of the 1st class.History:  1983 a. 192.
WI Stat § 27.12 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.12 - Nonliability.

27.12  Nonliability. (1) For cost of construction and maintenance. The common council may, by resolution make it a condition of the acceptance of any gift of lands for parks, parkways, boulevards or pleasure drives that the same shall be constructed and maintained solely at the expense of private parties until, by like resolution, the council shall vote to maintain them at the expense of the city. (2)  For damages caused by want of repair. Neither the city nor any such private parties shall be liable for any damage resulting from insufficiency in such construction, maintenance or repair of any parks, parkways, boulevards or pleasure drives owned by the city and located outside of its limits; but the city may cause any of them or any part of either of them which is not in good repair, to be closed to the use of the public until the same shall be put in good repair. At conspicuous points along any such boulevard or pleasure drive a notice shall be placed at intervals not exceeding one mile, painted in large, plain letters, as follows: “Any person using this drive assumes all risk as to defects therein".History:  1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 35.
WI Stat § 27.13 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.13 - Town and village parks.

27.13  Town and village parks. Every town and village may provide and maintain parks, parkways, boulevards or pleasure drives pursuant to the provisions of this chapter which are applicable to cities.
WI Stat § 27.14 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.14 - Police protection.

27.14  Police protection. (1) Every city may exercise police supervision over all parks, parkways, boulevards and pleasure drives managed and controlled by its common council or by its board of park commissioners. (2) The board of park commissioners shall recommend to the common council the enactment of such ordinances as it deems necessary to protect and preserve the parks, parkways, boulevards and pleasure drives under its charge, or to secure the free and reasonable use and enjoyment thereof by the public; and the common council shall enact such proposed ordinances or such other ordinances as will be suitable for the purposes stated. (3) The city attorney shall prosecute in a court or courts of competent jurisdiction all violations of said ordinances. (4) Each member of a board of park commissioners and its superintendent are vested with the powers of police officers for the enforcement of all rules and regulations of the board and the ordinances aforesaid.
WI Stat § 27.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.15 - Moneys for cities of the 1st class, how disbursed.

27.15  Moneys for cities of the 1st class, how disbursed. All moneys received or raised in any city of the 1st class, however incorporated, for parks and boulevards, under the control of a board of park commissioners, shall be paid over to the city treasurer and shall be disbursed according to resolutions of the board of park commissioners authorizing the payment of bills and accounts after same have been audited and orders directed to be issued therefor, which shall be signed by the president and secretary of the board, except that said funds may by resolution of said board of park commissioners be disbursed upon orders signed by the president and secretary of the board of park commissioners, and countersigned by the comptroller after bills or accounts have been presented to and audited by the comptroller. All bills or accounts thus paid shall be reported by said secretary to the next regular meeting of the board of park commissioners. Such orders shall be made payable to the order of the persons in whose favor they shall have been issued, and shall be the only vouchers of the treasurer for payment from the park fund. It shall not be lawful for the board of park commissioners to expend or contract a liability for any sum in excess of the amount levied in any one year for the park fund on account of such fund.History:  1991 a. 316.
WI Stat § 27.98 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.98 - General penalty provision.

27.98  General penalty provision. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any department rule or order promulgated under this chapter for which no other penalty is prescribed is subject to a forfeiture of not more than $100.History:  1987 a. 27.
WI Stat § 27.99 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.99 - Parties to a violation.

27.99  Parties to a violation. (1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation. (2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:(a) Directly commits the violation;(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.History:  1975 c. 365.
WI Stat § 28.005 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.005 - Definition.

28.005  Definition. “Department" when used in this chapter without other words of description or qualification means the department of natural resources.
WI Stat § 28.01 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.01 - Forestry supervision.

28.01  Forestry supervision. The department shall execute all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state, direct the management of state forests, collect data relative to forest use and conditions and advance the cause of forestry within the state.
WI Stat § 28.015 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.015 - Forestry demonstration and education center.

28.015  Forestry demonstration and education center. The department shall develop a plan to establish a forestry demonstration and education center.History:  2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 28.025 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.025 - Annual allowable timber harvests.

28.025  Annual allowable timber harvests. (1) In this section, “forested property" means forested property owned by this state and under the jurisdiction of the department from which timber is harvested. (2) The department shall establish annual allowable timber harvests for each forested property. The department may establish a single annual allowable timber harvest that applies to 2 or more forested properties in a particular region of this state, as determined by the department, if each one of those forested properties is smaller than 5,000 forested acres and if all of the proceeds from the sale of timber harvested on those combined forested properties are credited to appropriations under s. 20.370 that provide funding for the same purpose, as determined by the department. (3) (a)1. By January 1, 2007, and biennially thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the council on forestry specifying the total timber harvest on each forested property for the previous biennium, except as provided under par. (b).2. Notwithstanding subd. 1, the department shall submit its report to the council on forestry as required under subd. 1. by January 1, 2009, and biennially thereafter, if the forested property that is the subject of the report has not been inventoried by the department under s. 23.135.(b) If, under sub. (2), the department establishes an annual allowable timber harvest for combined forest properties, the department may submit a report that specifies the total timber harvest for these combined properties.(c) If the department submits a report under this section that states that the timber harvest for forested property in any biennium is less than 90 percent, or more than 110 percent, of the allowable timber harvest established under sub. (2), the council on forestry shall prepare a report containing the reasons for noncompliance and recommendations on methods of ensuring that the timber harvest is consistent with the annual allowable timber harvest established by the department under sub. (2). The council on forestry shall submit the report to the governor, to the department, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).History:  2005 a. 166; 2007 a. 97.
WI Stat § 28.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.03 - State forests.

28.03  State forests. (1) Defined. State forests shall consist of well blocked areas of state owned lands which have been established as state forests by the department. (2)  Named. The state forests are designated as follows:(a) “American Legion State Forest" in Oneida County.(b) “Brule River State Forest" in Douglas County.(c) “Flambeau River State Forest" in Sawyer, Rusk and Price counties.(d) “Kettle Moraine State Forest" in Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Washington, Waukesha, Jefferson, Ozaukee and Walworth counties.(e) “Northern Highland State Forest" in Vilas and Iron counties.(f) “Point Beach State Forest" in Manitowoc County. (3)  Department may name. The department may designate by appropriate name any state forest not expressly named by the legislature.
WI Stat § 28.035 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.035 - American Legion State Forest.

28.035  American Legion State Forest. (1) The state forest located in townships 38 and 39 north, ranges 7, 8 and 9 east, Oneida County, shall be named the American Legion State Forest. (2) The department shall enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin department of the American Legion for hunting in the state forest lands described as lots 3, 4, 6 and 7 of section 8 and lots 2 and 3 of section 17, township 38 north, range 7 east, Oneida County, which are used in connection with Camp American Legion and which the Legion is now maintaining on this location as a restoration camp for sick and disabled veterans and their dependents. (3) (a) The written lease entered into between the Wisconsin state department of the American Legion and the department of natural resources dated June 15, 1944, which leases Camp American Legion for a period of 10 years commencing June 1, 1944, shall continue in full force for an additional 10 years, and may be renewed for additional 10-year periods, notwithstanding the expiration of the term expressed in the lease, so long as the Wisconsin state department of the American Legion or any of the American Legion posts organized under s. 188.08 maintains on the property structures which were constructed prior to May 31, 1956, at the expense of the Wisconsin state department of the American Legion or any post, for the purpose of the rehabilitation, restoration, or recreation of veterans and their dependents of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Mexican border service, World Wars I and II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and service in a crisis zone, as defined in s. 45.01 (11).(b) The ownership of all of the buildings and equipment of the camp shall revert to the state upon the discontinuance of the use thereof for such purposes. On or before January 15 of each year the department of the American Legion shall file with the governor, the department of veterans affairs and the department of natural resources a written report of the operations and the financial status of the camp.History:  1971 c. 164; 1977 c. 29 s. 537; 1977 c. 224; 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 430; 1987 a. 399; 1991 a. 2, 165; 1993 a. 16; 2003 a. 83; 2005 a. 22; 2015 a. 196.
WI Stat § 28.042 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.042 - Forestry inventory; implementation.

28.042  Forestry inventory; implementation. (1) The department shall undertake and maintain an inventory of forested areas on land owned by the state, including the areas of timber in these forested areas that have been or are to be harvested for purposes of state forestry management. (2) The department, in performing its duties under this chapter, shall give priority to the completion of the inventory described in sub. (1) and the completion of the harvesting of timber that has been identified for harvesting in this inventory.History:  2005 a. 25.
WI Stat § 28.045 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.045 - Educational requirements for field foresters.

28.045  Educational requirements for field foresters. (1) Every person hired as a field forester by the department on or after November 20, 2003, shall have received a bachelor's or higher degree in forestry from a school of forestry with a curriculum accredited by the Society of American Foresters or an equivalent degree, as determined by the chief state forester. (2) Notwithstanding s. 230.14 (3m), the department may require as a condition of application that an applicant for the position of field forester has met the educational requirements specified under sub. (1).History:  2003 a. 66.
WI Stat § 28.06 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.06 - Forest nurseries.

28.06  Forest nurseries. (1) Limitation. Only planting stock of species and sizes suitable for forest and woodlot planting and for planting by school pupils, including pupils at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), to celebrate arbor day under s. 118.025 shall be produced in state forest nurseries. The department may employ labor at prevailing local wages for nursery operation or reforestation. (2)  Distribution. In addition to use of planting stock on state lands, the department may distribute stock for growing forest products, for establishing windbreaks or shelterbelts, for control of soil erosion, and for game food or cover, but not for ornamental or landscape planting except by school pupils celebrating arbor day. Prices of planting stock shall be approved annually by the department and shall be based on the total cost of administering the forest nursery program under this section, including the cost of processing applications and producing, packaging and distributing nursery stock. To encourage forest planting, free stock may be allotted to any nonprofit organization or any school for the celebration of arbor day under s. 118.025. (2m)  Surcharge. A person who purchases a seedling under sub. (2) shall pay, in addition to the price of the seedling charged under sub. (2), a surcharge for each seedling purchased. Beginning on September 1, 2001, and ending on June 30, 2002, the surcharge shall be 2 cents for each seedling. Beginning on July 1, 2002, the surcharge shall be 3 cents for each seedling. All surcharges collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the conservation fund. (3)  Exchange, sale or purchase. For the purpose of adjusting forest planting programs, the department may exchange stock with, sell stock to or purchase stock from a county, another state or the U.S. forest service. (4)  Resale of nursery stock. Any person who sells forestry stock secured from the department shall forfeit not more than $100. (5)  Forfeitures. Any person who uses planting stock which he or she knows was produced in state forest nurseries for any purpose other than those specified in sub. (2) or for ornamental or landscape planting except as specified in sub. (2) shall forfeit not more than $500.History:  1975 c. 365; 1981 c. 59; 1983 a. 422; 1985 a. 153; 1987 a. 27; 1993 a. 16; 2001 a. 16; 2005 a. 25 ss. 541f, 557g; 2009 a. 302; 2011 a. 32.
WI Stat § 28.07 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.07 - Cooperation.

28.07  Cooperation. The department may cooperate with the University of Wisconsin System, with departments and agencies of this or other states, with federal agencies and with counties, towns, corporations and individuals, to promote the best interest of the people and the state in forest surveys, research in forestry and related subjects, forest protection and in assistance to landowners to secure adoption of better forestry practice.History:  1985 a. 13.
WI Stat § 28.08 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.08 - Income.

28.08  Income. All income from state forest lands shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the conservation fund.History:  1977 c. 418.
WI Stat § 28.085 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.085 - Timber.

28.085  Timber. The department shall allocate for forest grants under s. 26.38, for the forestry education grant program under s. 26.40, for school forest transportation funding under s. 26.39 (5), for transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (km) for master logger apprenticeship grants under s. 38.04 (29), or for forestry internships under s. 26.39.History:  2005 a. 25; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 28.10 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.10 - County forests.

28.10  County forests. The county board of any county may by resolution establish a county public forest and acquire land by tax deed or otherwise for that purpose.
WI Stat § 28.15 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.15 - National forests.

28.15  National forests. (1) In this section:(a) “Cooperative agreement" means an agreement between the secretary or the governor and the secretary of the federal department of agriculture under which the department is responsible for conducting forest management activities on federal land in this state.(b) “Federal land" has the meaning given in 16 USC 2113a (a) (2).(c) “Forest management activities" means harvesting and selling timber, activities that promote artificial and natural forest regeneration, and other activities to restore or improve the health of forests and forest watersheds, including fish and wildlife habitat in those forests and watersheds. (2) As permitted by federal law, the department may conduct forest management activities on federal land under a cooperative agreement. (3) As permitted by federal law, the department may contract with a county, private forester, or private contractor for the purpose of conducting forest management activities on federal land under a cooperative agreement. (4) The department shall pay the initial costs of administering and implementing a cooperative agreement and any contracts entered into under sub. (3) from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (mv). (5) On June 30 of each fiscal year, 10 percent of the revenues received by the department in that fiscal year from the sale of timber from federal land under a cooperative agreement under this section shall lapse from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (cz) to the conservation fund. These amounts shall be lapsed until the total amount lapsed equals $750,000.History:  2015 a. 55; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 28.20 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.20 - Community forests.

28.20  Community forests. Any city, village, town or school district may acquire land, engage in forestry and appropriate funds for such purpose. The forest property may be located outside the city, village, town or school district limits.History:  1985 a. 218; 1993 a. 246.
WI Stat § 28.21 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.21 - Management.

28.21  Management. Any municipality, by registering its forest with the department, shall be eligible to receive free planting stock from the state forest nurseries and the services of foresters in preparing and carrying out planting and forest management plans. No trees shall be cut except those marked or designated for cutting by a state forester. Products of the forest may be devoted to public use.
WI Stat § 28.22 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.22 - Timber sales; community forests.

28.22  Timber sales; community forests. Any timber sale from a community forest shall be based on the scale, measure or count of the cut products. Any timber sale with an estimated value of $3,000 or more shall be by public sale after 2 publications of a classified advertisement announcing the sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the timber to be sold is located. History:  1989 a. 79; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 28.23 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.23 - Income.

28.23  Income. All income from community forests shall be paid into the treasury, but may be assigned to the support of any legally authorized activity.
WI Stat § 28.99 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 28 - Public forests.|28.99 - Parties to a violation.

28.99  Parties to a violation. (1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation. (2) A person is concerned in the commission of the violation if the person:(a) Directly commits the violation;(b) Aids and abets the commission of it; or(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.History:  1975 c. 365.