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WI Stat § 23.0953 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.0953 - Grants to counties for land acquisition.

23.0953  Grants to counties for land acquisition. (1) In this section, “nature-based outdoor recreation" has the meaning given by the department by rule under s. 23.0917 (4) (f). (2) (a) Beginning with fiscal year 2010-11 and ending with fiscal year 2025-26, the department shall establish a grant program under which the department may award a grant to a county for any of the following:1. Acquisition of land for a county forest under s. 28.11.2. Acquisition of land for a project that promotes nature-based outdoor recreation or conservation and for which the department is requesting the county's assistance.(b) Grants under this section shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta), and, for purposes of s. 23.0917, shall be treated as moneys obligated from the subprogram under s. 23.0917 (3). (3) Each county receiving a grant under this section shall provide matching funds that equal at least 50 percent of the acquisition costs. (4) A county may not convert the land, or any rights in the land, acquired with grant moneys awarded under sub. (2) (a) 2. to a use that is inconsistent with the type of nature-based outdoor recreation or conservation activity for which the grant was awarded unless the natural resources board approves the conversion.History:  2007 a. 20; 2019 a. 9; 2021 a. 58.
WI Stat § 23.0956 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.0956 - Assistance for private conservation activities.

23.0956  Assistance for private conservation activities. (1) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (aw), the department shall provide one grant of $85,000 in each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2000-01, to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that is described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and organized in this state if the corporation meets all of the following requirements:(a) The corporation is exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.(b) The corporation was created to accept and to utilize private contributions made to protect and enhance the state's natural resources. (2) A corporation receiving a grant under sub. (1) shall use the grant to do all of the following:(a) Encourage private corporations and other private entities to undertake activities, including the contribution of money, that encourage management and restoration of the state's endangered wild animals, wild plants and natural communities.(b) Encourage private corporations and other private entities to engage in land management practices that protect and preserve natural resources.(c) Provide grants to nonprofit and other groups to encourage education, restoration and management activities to enhance the state's natural resources. History:  1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 23.0957 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.0957 - Annual grants to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation; urban land conservation.

23.0957  Annual grants to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation; urban land conservation. (1) In this section:(a) “Local governmental unit" has the meaning given in s. 23.09 (19) (a) 2.(b) “Interested group" means a community group, nonprofit organization or local governmental unit that is interested in acquiring urban land for urban forestry protection, water resource management, conservation, recreation or other urban open space purposes. (2)  Recipient requirements. The department shall provide one grant of $75,000 in each fiscal year, to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that meets all of the following requirements:(a) The corporation is organized in this state.(b) The corporation is described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.(c) The corporation has a board of directors or an advisory council or both with members who represent one or more urban or urbanizing areas and who collectively have an interest or expertise in all of the following:1. Nonprofit organizations.2. Business.3. Social services.4. Land development.5. Architecture.6. Landscape architecture.7. Conservation.(d) The corporation contributes $25,000 in funds annually to be used with the grant under this subsection. (3) A corporation receiving a grant under sub. (2) may use the grant for urban forest protection, water resource enhancement or other urban open space objectives and shall do all of the following with the grant:(a) Provide to interested groups technical assistance, especially in the areas of urban open space real estate transactions, reclaiming and restoring the natural values of urban parks, urban forests and open space areas, designing and constructing amenities in open space areas, cultivating citizen participation in acquiring, developing and maintaining open space areas and securing public financing for open space areas.(b) Conduct conferences on the topics listed in par. (a).(c) Assist community groups, nonprofit organizations and local governmental units in acquiring urban property for open space purposes and in restoring urban property acquired for conservation, recreation and other open space purposes.(d) For each fiscal year, prepare a report detailing the activities for which a grant under sub. (2) is expended. Copies of the report shall be submitted to the department and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate. (4) A corporation receiving a grant under sub. (2) may acquire urban property for conservation, recreation and other open space purposes. History:  1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 16.
WI Stat § 23.0962 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.0962 - Grant to a nonprofit conservation organization for Black Point Estate.

23.0962  Grant to a nonprofit conservation organization for Black Point Estate. (1) If the department of administration acquires as a gift the property, known as Black Point Estate, that is located on Lake Geneva in the county of Walworth, town of Linn, in fractional Sec. 8, T. 1 N., R. 17 E., and if the joint committee on finance approves the gift under s. 20.907 (1), the department of natural resources shall make a grant of $1,800,000, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq), to a nonprofit conservation organization that meets all of the following requirements:(a) The nonprofit conservation organization is a nonprofit corporation, a charitable trust or other nonprofit association that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from federal tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.(b) The nonprofit conservation organization has, as its primary purpose, the preservation of the property known as Black Point Estate.(c) The nonprofit conservation organization has a board of directors that consists of representatives of the state, of the family who donated Black Point Estate to the state, of local units of government that have an interest in Black Point Estate and of civic organizations that have an interest in Black Point Estate.(d) The nonprofit conservation organization acquires a conservation easement in the property, the terms of which are subject to approval of the department of natural resources, to be held by the organization for the purpose of preserving Black Point Estate.(e) The nonprofit conservation organization makes a commitment, with guarantees determined to be adequate by the department of natural resources, to use the grant under this section and any additional funds donated to the organization to fund an endowment for the operation and maintenance of Black Point Estate. (2) If the nonprofit conservation organization does not use the grant under this section in the manner required under sub. (1) (e), the nonprofit conservation organization shall reimburse the department in an amount equal to the grant. (3) (a) In this subsection:1. “Local governmental unit" means county or town.2. “Special zoning permission" has the meaning given in s. 59.69 (15) (g).(b) Notwithstanding s. 18.04 (1) and (2), the building commission may authorize public debt to be contracted, and the department may make a grant from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (cq), for the property known as Black Point Estate only if all of the following apply:1. A substantially completed application for any necessary special zoning permission for the property has been submitted before December 1, 1999, to the applicable local governmental unit.2. The necessary special zoning permission, based on the application submitted before December 1, 1999, is granted. History:  1997 a. 27; 1999 a. 9.
WI Stat § 23.0963 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.0963 - Acquisition of the Canadian Pacific Railway corridor.

23.0963  Acquisition of the Canadian Pacific Railway corridor. From the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and subject to s. 23.0917 (5g) (d) 2. b., the department shall use the amount necessary, but not more than $1,000,000, to acquire the railway corridor known as the Canadian Pacific Railway corridor in Racine County, beginning at approximately Vandenboom Road in the town of Dover and extending northeast approximately 13 miles to CTH “H” in the village of Sturtevant.History:  2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 23.0965 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.0965 - Payments to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.

23.0965  Payments to Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (1) The department of natural resources shall enter into an agreement with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., to make payments from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (au) to Ducks Unlimited, Inc., to fund its conservation efforts in the United States, Canada and Mexico. (2) The agreement under sub. (1) shall require that Ducks Unlimited, Inc., annually submit to the attorney general and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature an audited financial statement of its use of the payments under sub. (1), prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. (3) Payments to Ducks Unlimited, Inc., under sub. (1) shall be discontinued by the department if Ducks Unlimited, Inc., dissolves or is no longer exempt from taxation under section 501 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code.History:  1999 a. 92.
WI Stat § 23.097 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.097 - Urban forestry grants.

23.097  Urban forestry grants. (1) In this section, a “nonprofit organization" means an organization that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code. (1g) The department shall award grants to counties, cities, villages, towns, and nonprofit organizations for up to 50 percent of the cost of tree management plans, tree inventories, brush residue projects, the development of tree management ordinances, tree disease evaluations, public education concerning trees in urban areas and other tree projects. (1r) In addition to the grants awarded under sub. (1g), the department may award grants to counties, cities, village, towns, nonprofit organizations, and federally recognized Indian tribes or bands that apply for the grants for the costs of removing, saving, and replacing trees that have been damaged by catastrophic storm events in urban areas. To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, the damage must have occurred in an area for which the governor has designated a state of emergency due to a catastrophic storm event. The department shall notify each applicant for a grant under this subsection as to whether the application for the grant will be approved or denied within 60 days after the date the application is submitted to the department. A recipient of a grant awarded under this subsection is exempt from having to pay any percentage of the costs in order to receive the grant. (2) The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for awarding grants under this section.History:  1991 a. 39, 269; 1993 a. 213; 2001 a. 16; 2007 a. 13; 2013 a. 173.
WI Stat § 23.098 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.098 - Grants for property development on properties owned by the department.

23.098  Grants for property development on properties owned by the department. (1) In this section:(ag) “Department property" means an area of real property that is owned by the state, that is under the jurisdiction of the department and that is used for one of the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d).(b) “Friends group" means a nonstock, nonprofit corporation described under section 501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code that is organized to raise funds for a department property.(c) “Nonprofit conservation organization" has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1).  (2) The department shall establish a program to make grants from the appropriations under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) and (tz) to friends groups and nonprofit conservation organizations for projects for property development activities on department properties. The department may not encumber more than $500,000 in each fiscal year for these grants. (3) The department shall promulgate rules to establish criteria to be used in determining which property development activities are eligible for these grants. (4) (a) The department shall periodically prepare a list of projects on department properties that are eligible for grants under this section and shall include in the list the estimated cost of each project.(am) In awarding grants under this section for eligible projects, the department shall establish a system under which the grants are offered to eligible friends groups before being offered to eligible nonprofit conservation organizations.(b) The department may not encumber more than $20,000 for grants under this section for a department property in each fiscal year. (5) Each friends group and nonprofit conservation organization receiving a grant under this section shall provide matching funds that are equal to at least 50 percent of the cost of the project for which a grant is being provided.  (6) For purposes of s. 23.0915 (1), moneys encumbered or expended for grants under this section shall be treated as moneys encumbered or expended for general property development.History:  1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 461; 1997 a. 313; 1999 a. 9; 2021 a. 58.
WI Stat § 23.099 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.099 - Grants for property development relating to wetland mitigation.

23.099  Grants for property development relating to wetland mitigation. (1) In this section:(a) “Department land” has the meaning given under s. 281.37 (1) (a).(b) “Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code. (2) The department shall establish a program to make grants from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (ta) to nonprofit organizations for property development activities relating to wetlands created, restored, or enhanced under a wetland mitigation grant under s. 281.37 on department land. Property development activities for which a grant under this section may be awarded include those that increase public access to, awareness about, or recreational use of the new, restored, or enhanced wetland, or that improve habitat in, on, or near, the new, restored, or enhanced wetland. (3) A nonprofit organization that applies for a grant under this section shall submit the application at the same time that it submits an application for a grant under s. 281.37. The department shall make its determination with respect to both grants at the same time, and may only award a grant under this section if it also awards a grant under s. 281.37. (4) A grant awarded under this section may not exceed 10 percent of the amount of the related grant awarded under s. 281.37. The department may not issue the grant funding under this section to the grantee until the grantee has certified that the project funded by the grant under s. 281.37 is complete.History:  2017 a. 183.
WI Stat § 23.11 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.11 - General powers.

23.11  General powers. (1) In addition to the powers and duties heretofore conferred and imposed upon said department by this chapter it shall have and take the general care, protection and supervision of all state parks, of all state fish hatcheries and lands used therewith, of all state forests, and of all lands owned by the state or in which it has any interests, except lands the care and supervision of which are vested in some other officer, body or board; and said department is granted such further powers as may be necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise the functions and perform the duties required of it by this chapter and by other provisions of law. But it may not perform any act upon state lands held for sale that will diminish their salable value. (2) Whenever any lands placed by law under the care and supervision of the department are inaccessible because surrounded by lands belonging to individuals or corporations, and whenever in the opinion of the department the usefulness or value of such lands, whether so surrounded or not, will be increased by access thereto over lands not belonging to the state, the department may acquire such lands as may be necessary to construct highways that will furnish the needed access. (4) The department shall have police supervision over all state-owned lands and property under its supervision, management and control, and its duly appointed agents or representatives may arrest, with or without warrant, any person within such area, committing an offense against the laws of this state or in violation of any rule of the department in force in such area, and deliver such person to the proper court of the county wherein such offense has been committed and make and execute a complaint charging such person with the offense committed. The district attorney of the county wherein such offense has been committed shall appear and prosecute all actions arising under this subsection. (5) The department may require an applicant for a permit or statutory approval which the department, by order, may grant, to submit an environmental impact report if the area affected exceeds 40 acres, the estimated cost of the project exceeds $25,000, or the applicant is requesting approval for a high capacity well described in s. 281.34 (4) (a) 1. to 3.History:  1971 c. 273; 1983 a. 524; 2003 a. 310.Under sub. (4), DNR wardens have general law enforcement authority on state-owned lands and property under the DNR's supervision, management and control. 68 Atty. Gen. 326.
WI Stat § 23.113 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.113 - Designation of chief state forester.

23.113  Designation of chief state forester. The secretary shall designate the administrator of the division of forestry in the department as the chief state forester. The chief state forester shall be a professional forester as recognized by the Society of American Foresters.History:  2001 a. 16, 104.
WI Stat § 23.114 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.114 - Duties of the chief state forester.

23.114  Duties of the chief state forester. (1) (a) In this section, “state forest land" means all forested lands owned by this state and under the jurisdiction of the department.(b) Except as provided in par. (c), the chief state forester may declare, and shall manage, emergencies that threaten state forest lands. The department shall promulgate rules specifying those emergencies over which the chief state forester shall have management responsibility. The emergencies specified in the rules shall include invasive species or pest infestation, disease, and damage to timber from fire, snow, hail, ice, or wind.(c) Paragraph (b) does not apply to a state of emergency declared by the governor under s. 323.10 and does not supersede the authority of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under ch. 94. (2) The chief state forester shall report directly to the secretary of the department.History:  2005 a. 166; 2009 a. 42.
WI Stat § 23.115 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.115 - Designation of trails, etc.

23.115  Designation of trails, etc. (1) The department shall designate trails, campgrounds, picnic areas, and other special use areas located on property under its control. The department may designate roads located on property under its control. The designated roads, trails, campgrounds, picnic areas, and other special use areas shall be shown on maps available at the department's district office, on a sign outside the office on the property or on signs placed by the designated roads, trails, campgrounds, picnic areas or other use areas at the option of the department. (2) The department shall inspect trail signs and designated features twice a year, once before July 1 and once after July 1. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to snowmobile trails on land under the control of the department that are maintained by snowmobile clubs or other nonprofit organizations or to water trails under s. 23.175 (2) (a).  (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to roads designated under sub. (1). History:  1977 c. 418; 1983 a. 418 s. 3; Stats. 1983 s. 23.115; 1995 a. 294; 2013 a. 20, 248.
WI Stat § 23.116 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 23 - Conservation.|23.116 - Department property; mapping and access to roads.

23.116  Department property; mapping and access to roads. (1) “Department property" means a property that is owned by the state, that is under the jurisdiction of the department, and that is used for one of the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d). (2) The department shall inventory and map all roads that are located on each department property. Each map shall designate which roads are open to the public for the use of motorized vehicles and shall state when each road is open or closed for such use. (3) For each department property, the department shall work with members of the public, governmental units, and other interested parties to prepare a plan for allowing the public to use motorized vehicles on the department property. Ecological, economic, and social criteria shall be considered in preparing each plan. Each plan shall include methods for implementing the plan, and each plan shall contain criteria to be used in determining when the use of motorized vehicles may be restricted or temporarily prohibited by the department due to logging or other activities.  (4) The department may not prohibit a person engaged in silviculture from crossing a recreational trail on department property. At the request of a person engaging in silviculture, the department shall temporarily close a portion of a recreational trail on department property. Before the recreational trail is reopened, the person engaging in silviculture affecting the recreational trail shall restore any portion of the recreational trail affected by the silvicultural activities to its condition prior to those activities. The department may not limit the scope of a silvicultural activity on department property based on the proximity of that activity to a recreational trail on department property.History:  2013 a. 20; 2015 a. 55.