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WI Stat § 26.38 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.38 - Forest grant program.

26.38  Forest grant program. (1) In this section:(a) “Community" has the meaning given in s. 28.04 (1) (b).(ag) “Forest stewardship management plan" means a plan describing forest stewardship measures to be used on a particular site to achieve multiple natural resource goals.(ar) “Nonindustrial private forest land" means rural land that has existing tree cover or that is suitable for growing trees.(b) “Sustainable forestry" has the meaning given in s. 28.04 (1) (e). (2m) (a) The department shall establish a program to award grants for developing and implementing forest stewardship management plans by owners of nonindustrial private forest land and to award grants to groups of interested parties for projects to control invasive plants in weed management areas. The department shall award the grants only to persons owning 500 acres or less of nonindustrial private forest land in this state or to groups in which each person participating owns 500 acres or less of nonindustrial private forest land in this state.(am) Beginning with fiscal year 2008-09, from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (av), the department shall allocate for each fiscal year at least $60,000 for grants for projects to control invasive plants in weed management areas. From the amount allocated, the department shall award grants to all eligible applicants for grants for such projects before awarding any balance of the allocated amount for grants for stewardship management plans.(b) Each recipient of a grant under this section shall provide a matching contribution in an amount to be determined by the department for that particular grant based on criteria promulgated by rule under sub. (3). The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services or both.(c) A forest stewardship management plan developed or implemented with a grant under this section shall meet minimum standards that are promulgated by rule under sub. (3) and shall contain practices that protect and enhance all of the following:1. Soil and water quality.2. Endangered, threatened or rare forest communities.3m. Sustainable forestry.4. Habitat for fish and wildlife.5. The recreational, aesthetic and environmental benefits that the forest land provides. (3) The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this program, including all of the following:(a) The criteria for determining the amount of a matching contribution under sub. (2m) (b).(b) The minimum standards required under sub. (2m) (c).(c) Eligibility requirements for groups receiving grants for weed management areas, requirements for the grants, and requirements for establishing weed management areas.History:  1997 a. 27; 2007 a. 20.
WI Stat § 26.39 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.39 - Forestry education and training.

26.39  Forestry education and training. (1) Definitions. In this section:(a) “School forest" means a community forest that is owned or operated by a school as provided in s. 28.20.(b) “Sustainable forestry" has the meaning given in s. 28.04 (1) (e). (2)  Forestry education curriculum; schools. Using the moneys appropriated under s. 20.370 (2) (cu), the department, in cooperation with the Center for Environmental Education in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, shall develop a forestry education curriculum for grades kindergarten to 12. (5)  Funding for school forests. The department shall use the moneys allocated under s. 28.085 to provide funding to school districts that have school forests for the purposes of maintaining the school forests and for transporting pupils to and from the school forests. The department shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this subsection, including educational and forest management requirements that school districts must meet to receive funding under this subsection. (6)  Forestry internships. The department shall use the moneys allocated under s. 28.085 to provide internships to University of Wisconsin System students who are enrolled in a course of study that will result in a bachelor's or higher degree in forestry. The department shall promulgate rules establishing the application process and the criteria for receipt of an internship under this subsection. (7)  Logging certification scholarships.  (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.370 (5) (ax), the department shall establish a scholarship grant program to assist individuals who are seeking certification by the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association as master loggers or who are seeking logger safety training certified by the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association. A scholarship grant under the program may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of receiving the certification or training. The department shall promulgate rules that establish criteria for the program.(b) The department shall allocate $50,000 for fiscal year 2005-06 and $150,000 for each subsequent fiscal year for scholarship grants under this program. History:  2001 a. 16, 109; 2005 a. 25; 2009 a. 28, 181; 2011 a. 32, 258; 2017 a. 59.
WI Stat § 26.40 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.40 - Forestry education grant program.

26.40  Forestry education grant program. (1c) In this section, “nonprofit organization" means a nonprofit corporation, as defined in s. 181.0103 (17), and any organization described in section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code that is exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code. (1m) The department may award grants to nonprofit organizations to develop forestry educational programs and instructional materials for use in the public schools. The department may not award a grant unless it enters into a memorandum of understanding with the grant recipient and the director of the timber management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point regarding the use of the funds. (2) The recipient of a grant under sub. (1m) shall submit the programs and materials developed with the funds to the department and the director of the timber management program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources for approval. Upon request, the grant recipient shall provide approved programs and materials to school districts free of charge.History:  1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 25 s. 2361m; Stats. 2005 s. 26.40.
WI Stat § 26.42 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.42 - Forestry diversification.

26.42  Forestry diversification. (1) The department shall establish a forestry diversification program and shall promote and assist the development and use of industrial and commercial products from forestry products, including all of the following:(a) Alternative fuels, including fuels that are considered to be renewable fuels under the renewable fuel program under 42 USC 7545 (o).(b) Heat.(c) Electricity, including electricity that satisfies the requirements in s. 196.378 (2).(d) Marketable credits for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, as defined in s. 285.78 (1) (c), derived from appropriate management practices used in the production of timber. (2) The department shall promote and assist the development and use of the products identified in sub. (1) (a) to (d) in cooperation with and with the assistance of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. History:  2009 a. 401.
WI Stat § 26.97 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.97 - Law enforcement and police power.

26.97  Law enforcement and police power. A state forest ranger, town chairperson, conservation warden or other duly appointed deputy may do any of the following: (1) Arrest a person, with or without a warrant, when the person is detected actually committing a violation of this chapter, subch. VI of ch. 77, or s. 167.10 (3), 941.10 (1), 941.11, 941.12, 941.13, 943.02 (1), 943.03, 943.04, 943.05 or 943.06 (2). (2) Arrest a person, with or without a warrant, whom the ranger, chairperson, warden or deputy has reason to believe is committing or has committed a violation of a statutory provision specified under sub. (1). (3) Take the arrested person before the circuit court for the county where the violation occurred and make a proper complaint. (4) Execute and serve any warrant or process in the same manner as any constable.History:  1989 a. 79; 2003 a. 228.
WI Stat § 26.98 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.98 - General penalty.

26.98  General penalty. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter for which no penalty is provided shall forfeit not more than $50.History:  1975 c. 365; 1983 a. 27 s. 643m; Stats. 1983 s. 26.98.
WI Stat § 26.985 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.985 - Penalties, repeaters.

26.985  Penalties, repeaters. (1) In this section, “violation" means any violation under this chapter or any violation of a department order punishable under this chapter. (2) Except as provided in subs. (3) and (4), if a person is convicted of a violation and has one or more convictions, within the 5 years prior to the current conviction, for one or more violations, the person shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 6 months or both. The prosecution shall allege and prove the prior convictions in the manner specified in s. 29.974. (3) Except as provided in sub. (4), if a person is convicted of a violation and has 3 or more convictions, within the 3 years prior to the current conviction, for one or more violations, the person shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both. The prosecution shall allege and prove the prior convictions in the manner specified in s. 29.974. (4) (a) A person under this section is subject to a fine not to exceed the fine under this section or the fine or forfeiture for the underlying offense, whichever is greater.(b) A person under this section is subject to imprisonment for a term not to exceed the amount provided under this section or the amount provided for the underlying offense, whichever is greater.History:  1989 a. 79; 1997 a. 248.
WI Stat § 26.99 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 26 - Protection of forest lands and forest productivity.|26.99 - Parties to a violation.

26.99  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 § 27.011 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.011 - Copper Culture Mounds State Park.

27.011  Copper Culture Mounds State Park. The department of natural resources shall accept a grant of lands in the city of Oconto, Oconto County, and shall develop and maintain it as a state park to be known as Copper Culture Mounds State Park.History:  1973 c. 333.
WI Stat § 27.014 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.014 - Liability of vehicle owners.

27.014  Liability of vehicle owners. (1c) Definition. In this section, with respect to a vehicle that is registered, or is required to be registered, by a lessee of the vehicle under ch. 341, “owner" means the lessee of the vehicle. (1m)  Liability. (a) If the department finds a vehicle in a vehicle admission area, as defined in s. 27.01 (7) (a) 3., that does not have a valid receipt affixed to it or otherwise displayed as authorized under s. 27.01 (7) (e) and the department cannot locate the operator of the vehicle, the owner of the vehicle shall be presumed liable for a violation of s. 27.01 (7) (b).(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), no owner of a vehicle involved in a violation of s. 27.01 (7) (b) may be convicted under this section if the person who, at the time of the violation, is operating the vehicle or who has the vehicle under his or her control has been convicted for the violation under par. (a) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).(c) Service may be made by certified mail addressed to the vehicle owner's last-known address. (2)  Defenses. The following are defenses to the imposition of liability under sub. (1m):(a) That a report that the vehicle was stolen was given to the department before the violation occurred or within a reasonable time after the violation occurred.(b) If the owner of the vehicle provides the department with the name and address of the person operating the vehicle or having the vehicle under his or her control at the time of the violation and sufficient information for the department to determine that probable cause does not exist to believe that the owner of the vehicle was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation, then the owner of the vehicle shall not be liable under sub. (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).(c) If the vehicle is owned by a lessor of vehicles and at the time of the violation the vehicle was in the possession of a lessee, and the lessor provides the department with the information required under s. 343.46 (3), then the lessee and not the lessor shall be liable under sub. (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).(d) If the vehicle is owned by a dealer, as defined in s. 340.01 (11) (intro.) but including the persons specified in s. 340.01 (11) (a) to (d), and at the time of the violation the vehicle was being operated by or was under the control of any person on a trial run, and if the dealer provides the department with the name, address and operator's license number of the person operating the vehicle, then that person, and not the dealer, shall be liable under sub. (1m) or s. 27.01 (7) (b).History:  1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 27.
WI Stat § 27.016 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.016 - State parks and forests grant program.

27.016  State parks and forests grant program. (1) In this section:(a) “Endowment fund" means an endowment, trust or other segregated fund for the benefit of a specific state park, southern state forest or state recreation area.(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 state parks, state forests or state recreation areas.(c) “Southern state forest" means a state forest that is located within the region specified in s. 25.29 (7) (a). (2) (a) The department shall establish a grant program under which friends groups that qualify under par. (b) may receive matching grants for the operation and maintenance of state parks, southern state forests or state recreation areas.(b) To qualify for a grant under this section, a friends group shall have established an endowment fund for the benefit of a state park, a southern state forest or a state recreation area and shall have entered into a written agreement with the department as required by the department by rule. (3) The department shall promulgate rules to establish criteria to be used in determining which friends groups and which activities related to the maintenance or operation of state parks, southern state forests or state recreation areas are eligible for these grants. (4) The department may not expend more than $30,000 as grants under this section for a given friends group, state park, southern state forest or state recreation area in a fiscal year. (5) The amount of a grant under this section shall equal 50 percent of the amount of matching funds that are provided by the friends group for the grant. A friends group may only use the interest generated by the endowment fund for purposes of providing the matching funds. The matching funds and the grant may be used only for the operation and maintenance of the state park, southern state forest or state recreation area that the endowment fund was established to benefit. (6) Annually, on or before January 1, the department shall review all applications received under this section in the previous year and shall make the grants that it approves from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (eq). If insufficient funds are available to pay all approved grants, the board shall prorate the available funds among the applicants in proportion to the approved grant amounts. (7) Beginning in fiscal year 1996-97 and for each fiscal year thereafter, any moneys not encumbered or expended for grants under sub. (6) from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (eq) may be used by the department for the operation and maintenance of the state parks, of the southern state forests and of state recreation areas.History:  1995 a. 27; 1997 a. 313.
WI Stat § 27.02 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.02 - County park commission, appointment, term, oath.

27.02  County park commission, appointment, term, oath. (1) Except as provided under sub. (2), in every county with a population of at least 150,000, but less than 750,000, and in any other county with a population of less than 150,000 wherein the county board has by resolution provided for a county park commission subject to ss. 27.02 to 27.06, the chairperson of the county board shall appoint a county park commission consisting of 7 members, any number of which may be members of the county board. The appointments shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the county clerk. The term of each member, except county board members, is 7 years following July 1 of the year in which the appointment is made and until the appointment and qualification of a successor, except that the first 7 members shall be appointed respectively for such terms that on July 1 in each of the 7 years following the year in which they are appointed the term of one member will expire. After the original appointments one commissioner shall be appointed annually in the month of June to succeed the member whose term will expire on July 1 following, except that in counties with a population of at least 150,000 but less than 750,000 the members shall be elected by the county board of supervisors. The term of any park commissioner appointed to the commission while serving as a county board member shall end when the commissioner's membership on the county board terminates, unless thereafter reappointed to the commission. (2) In any county with a county executive or county administrator except a county with a population of less than 150,000 which has not by resolution provided for a county park commission subject to ss. 27.02 to 27.06 or except any county exercising power under s. 27.075, the county park commission shall consist of 7 members appointed by the county executive or county administrator, subject to confirmation by the county board. The term of office for such members shall be as provided by sub. (1). A member of the commission appointed under this subsection may be removed at pleasure by the county executive or county administrator. (3) Each of said commissioners shall take and file the official oath.History:  1971 c. 209; 1983 a. 192; 1985 a. 29; 2017 a. 150; 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 or a county board committee to which the functions and duties of a park commission have been transferred but not when county parks are operated under the express provisions of s. 27.015 [now s. 27.019]. 60 Atty. Gen. 124.A city may not delegate its powers under ss. 27.08 and 27.09 to a county park commission created under s. 27.02. 61 Atty. Gen. 229.
WI Stat § 27.03 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.03 - Organization.

27.03  Organization. (1) Within 30 days after their appointment and qualification the said commissioners shall convene at the courthouse and perfect an organization; and thereupon such park commission shall have the usual powers of such bodies in addition to those hereinafter enumerated, shall use a common seal, make bylaws and choose annually from its members all necessary officers. (2) In any county with a county executive or a county administrator, the county executive or county administrator shall appoint and supervise a general manager of the park system. The appointment shall be subject to confirmation by the county board unless the county board, by ordinance, elects to waive confirmation or unless the appointment is made under a civil service system competitive examination procedure established under s. 59.52 (8) or ch. 63. In any county with a population of 750,000 or more, the general manager of the park system shall be in the unclassified civil service and is subject to confirmation by the county board unless the county board, by ordinance, elects to waive confirmation. (3) The county board shall provide suitable offices where the maps, plans, documents, and records of the commission shall be kept, subject to public inspection at all reasonable hours and under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe.History:  1973 c. 262; 1981 c. 217; 1985 a. 29; 1995 a. 201; 2017 a. 207 s. 5.
WI Stat § 27.04 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 27 - Public parks and places of recreation.|27.04 - Preliminary survey.

27.04  Preliminary survey. (1) Except as provided under sub. (1m), the commission shall make a thorough study of the county with reference to making reservations and acquisitions of lands therein for public uses, the improvement of such lands for parks, playgrounds, forest reservations, parkways and boulevards; make surveys, lay out maps, other plans and maps of a comprehensive county park system, and a county system of streets and parkways, including contiguous land of whatever shape or area designed to be ultimately used, in whole or in part, for highways, or, in whole or in part, for parkways; gather such further information in relation thereto as it deems useful and report the same to the county board. It shall make such other or further reports as may be requested by the county board. In making such studies, surveys and obtaining such information, and in making such reports, the commission shall give consideration, among other matters, to the health, comfort, enjoyment and general welfare of the people of the county, to the protection of streams, lakes and pools from pollution, to the use by the public of lakes, pools and the banks thereof, to the reforestation for public use and enjoyment of tracts of land, to the conservation of flooded areas, and to the preservation of places of natural beauty and of historic or scientific interest. (1m) Any general manager appointed under s. 27.03 (2) shall have the administrative powers and duties prescribed for the commission under sub. (1). (2) The county board thereafter may by ordinance adopt the plans proposed by the commission or general manager for such comprehensive county park system, or for such a county system of streets and parkways, in whole or in part, and with such changes or modifications as it deems necessary, and may subsequently alter, change, enlarge, extend or modify the same in any respect deemed necessary.History:  1985 a. 29.