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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
(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; 2023 a. 19.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 28 - Public forests. › 28.22 - Timber sales; community forests.

28.22
Timber sales; community forests.
Any sale of timber from a community forest shall be based on the scale, measure, or count of the cut products. Any sale of timber with either an estimated volume of at least 500 cord equivalents or an estimated value of at least $10,000 from a community forest shall be by public sale. Before a city, village, town, or school district may sell timber from a community forest that meets the volume or value threshold under this section, it shall announce the sale through 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; 2021 a. 128.
2023 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.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.011 - Title to wild animals.

29.011
Title to wild animals.
(1)
The legal title to, and the custody and protection of, all wild animals within this state is vested in the state for the purposes of regulating the enjoyment, use, disposition, and conservation of these wild animals.
(2)
The legal title to a wild animal or carcass, taken or reduced to possession in violation of this chapter, remains in the state. The title to a wild animal or carcass, lawfully acquired, is subject to the condition that upon the violation of this chapter relating to the possession, use, giving, sale, barter or transportation of a wild animal or carcass by the owner, the ownership shall revert, as a result of the violation, to the state.
(3)
This section does not apply to farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, farm-raised fish, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169.
History:  1997 a. 248 s. 87; 2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.016 - Department authority; deer hunting seasons and license restrictions.

29.016
Department authority; deer hunting seasons and license restrictions.
(1)
The department may not do any of the following:
(a)
Require a person who holds a license that authorizes the hunting of deer to take an antlerless deer before the person may take the person's first antlered deer under that license.
(b)
Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), establish a fall open season for hunting deer with firearms that begins before the Saturday immediately preceding the 4th Thursday in November.
(2)
Subsection (1) (b) does not prohibit the department from promulgating a rule that establishes a fall open season for hunting deer with firearms that begins before the Saturday immediately preceding the 4th Thursday in November if any of the following applies:
(a)
The department limits the open season to hunting deer by any of the following persons:
1.
Persons who are under 16 years of age.
2.
Persons who hold a Class A, Class B, or Class C permit under s. 29.193 (2).
3.
Persons who are learning to hunt.
(b)
The department establishes the fall open season because a fall open season is necessary to control the spread of chronic wasting disease or other disease in deer and if all of the following apply:
1.
The rule authorizes the hunting of only antlerless deer.
2.
The rule provides for a closing date for the fall open season that is on or before October 15.
3.
The rule provides that the rule does not apply beginning 270 days after the effective date of the rule.
(3)
The department may establish a fall open season for hunting deer within the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore that begins before the Saturday immediately preceding the 4th Thursday in November if the season is open for hunting deer only with muzzle-loading firearms.
History:  2011 a. 50; 2017 a. 298.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.020 - Deer management assistance program.

29.020
Deer management assistance program.
(1)
The department shall establish a deer management assistance program. Under this program, the department shall provide deer management assistance to participating landowners. The department shall also provide a method for collecting information from participating landowners about deer health and the deer population in this state and for receiving suggestions from participating landowners about managing the deer population. The department shall analyze the information received and use it to improve deer health and manage the deer population in this state. The department shall promulgate rules to implement this program.
(2)
The department may establish fees for participation in the deer management assistance program. The department shall credit all fees to the appropriation under s. 20.370 (1) (Lv).
History:  2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.035 - Report of department.

29.035
Report of department.
On or before March 15 of each even-numbered year, the department shall submit to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3), to the governor and to the Wisconsin conservation congress a report identifying the accomplishments of the department under this chapter that relate to fish and wildlife in the previous biennium and identifying the department's use and expenditure of all fishing, hunting and trapping approval fees collected under this chapter in the previous biennium.
History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 94, 404.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.036 - Sporting heritage council.

29.036
Sporting heritage council.
(1)
The sporting heritage council shall study, and provide advice and make recommendations to the governor, the natural resources board, and the legislature about, issues relating to hunting, trapping, fishing, and other types of outdoor recreation activities including all of the following:
(a)
Ways to improve the recruitment and retention of hunters, trappers, and anglers.
(b)
Ways to improve the management and protection of the natural resources of this state for the purposes of hunting, trapping, fishing, and other types of outdoor recreation activities.
(c)
Ways to encourage youth to participate in outdoor recreation activities, including ways to implement outdoor recreation programs for youth.
(d)
Ways to improve access to public and private land for hunting, trapping, fishing, and other types of outdoor recreation activities.
(e)
Ways to improve public access to lakes.
(f)
Ways to increase the availability of public shooting ranges.
(2)
The sporting heritage council shall prepare a biennial report on the status of the recruitment and retention of hunters, trappers, and anglers in this state. The sporting heritage council shall submit its initial report under this subsection no later than July 1, 2014, and shall submit subsequent reports no later than July 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, to the governor, to the chairperson of the natural resources board, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3).
History:  2011 a. 168.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.037 - Fish and wildlife restoration.

29.037
Fish and wildlife restoration.
This state assents to the provisions of 16 USC 669 to 669i and 777 to 777L. The department is authorized and directed to perform any acts necessary to establish cooperative wildlife restoration projects and cooperative fish restoration and management projects in compliance with these federal provisions and with regulations promulgated by the secretary of the interior. No funds accruing to this state from license fees paid by hunters and from sport and recreation fishing license fees may be diverted for any other purpose than the administration of the department when it is exercising its responsibilities that are specific to the management of the fish and wildlife resources of this state.
History:  1997 a. 248 s. 402; 2001 a. 16.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.039 - Nongame species.

29.039
Nongame species.
(1)
The department may conduct investigations of nongame species to develop scientific information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, and other biological data to determine necessary conservation measures. The department may develop conservation programs to ensure the perpetuation of nongame species. The department may require harvest information and may establish limitations relating to taking, possession, transportation, processing and sale or offer for sale, of nongame species.
(2)
Any rules promulgated or programs developed under this section may not impede, hinder or prohibit the utilization of lands for the construction, operation or maintenance of utility facilities otherwise authorized or permitted.
History:  1977 c. 370; 1979 c. 154; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1); 1997 a. 248 s. 405; Stats. 1997 s. 29.039.
“Taking," as used in this section, includes those activities delineated under the definition of “hunting" in s. 29.001 (42), such as killing, shooting, shooting at, trapping, and pursuing. Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for Cranes & Doves v. DNR, 2004 WI 40, 270 Wis. 2d 318, 677 N.W.2d 612, 02-1166.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.040 - Deer management report rules.

29.040
Deer management report rules.
The department may promulgate rules to implement the recommendations contained in the 2012 final report of the assessment of this state's deer management plans and policies that was conducted under the terms of a contract between the department of administration and a recognized deer management expert.
History:  2013 a. 20.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.041 - Department to regulate hunting and fishing in interstate waters.

29.041
Department to regulate hunting and fishing in interstate waters.
The department may regulate hunting and fishing on and in all interstate boundary waters, and outlying waters.
History:  1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (38); 1997 a. 248 s. 118; Stats. 1997 s. 29.041.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.042 - Agreements to retire licenses.

29.042
Agreements to retire licenses.
(1)
Beginning on January 1, 1998, the department may not enter into any agreement to make payments to persons holding approvals issued under s. 29.501, 29.503, 29.506, 29.509, 29.512, 29.514, 29.519, 29.523, 29.526, 29.529, 29.531, 29.533, 29.537, 29.607, 29.611, or 29.614 in exchange for the retirement of the approval or for the temporary or permanent cessation of any activity authorized under the approval.
(2)
Notwithstanding sub. (1), an agreement entered into by the department before October 14, 1997, to make payments to persons holding commercial fishing licenses in exchange for the retirement of the licenses or for the permanent or temporary cessation of commercial fishing shall remain valid except that no moneys may be expended from the conservation fund to make payments under the agreement.
History:  1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 ss. 119, 120; Stats. 1997 s. 29.042; 2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.043 - Interstate comity.

29.043
Interstate comity.
(1)
Whenever any other state confers upon the officers of this state reciprocal powers, any officer of the other state, who is authorized to enforce the laws of that state relating to the protection of wild animals, is designated an agent of that state within this state. The officer may follow any wild animal or carcass unlawfully shipped or taken from the officer's state into this state, and seize and convey it back to the officer's state. The laws of the state concerning the wild animal or carcass from which the wild animal or carcass was brought into this state are adopted as the laws of this state. Transportation companies shall deliver to the officer, upon submission of proper proof of the officer's official capacity, any wild animal or carcass that is seized by the officer. The officer may dispose of a wild animal or carcass within this state, in accordance with the laws of the officer's state, under the supervision of the department. Expenses for the department's assistance shall be a lien upon the wild animal or carcass, or proceeds of the sale.
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (1), the department may seize, hold and dispose, according to the laws of this state, of any wild animal or carcass brought or shipped into or through this state, or attempted to be carried through this state, in violation of the laws of any other state.
(3)
The officers of every other state charged with enforcing the laws of another state relating to wild animals are designated agents of this state for the taking possession, seizing, holding and disposing, within the other state, of any wild animal or carcass protected by the laws of this state.
(4)
If any other state confers upon the officers of this state reciprocal powers, the department may appoint persons who are charged with enforcing the laws of the other state relating to wild animals to act as wardens of this state, but without compensation from this state.
History:  1971 c. 164; 1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 248 s. 117; Stats. 1997 s. 29.043.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.045 - Interstate license privileges.

29.045
Interstate license privileges.
(1)
Fishing privileges. If the state of Michigan, Minnesota or Iowa confers upon the fishing licensees of this state reciprocal rights, privileges and immunities, a fishing license issued by the other state entitles the licensee to the rights, privileges and immunities, in and upon the boundary waters between the states, of the holder of an equivalent license issued by this state, but subject to the duties, responsibilities and liabilities imposed on its own licensees by this state.
(2)
Commercial clamming privileges. If the state of Michigan, Minnesota or Iowa confers upon the commercial clamming licensees of this state reciprocal rights, privileges and immunities, any commercial clamming license issued by the other state entitles the licensee to the rights, privileges and immunities, in and upon the boundary waters between Michigan, Minnesota and Iowa and this state, of the holder of an equivalent license issued by this state, but subject to the duties, responsibilities and liabilities imposed on licensees by this state.
History:  1985 a. 289; 1997 a. 248 s. 377; Stats. 1997 s. 29.045.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.053 - Specific open and closed seasons.

29.053
Specific open and closed seasons.
(1)
All fishing seasons on inland waters shall open on a Saturday.
(2)
The department may exercise its authority under s. 29.014 with reference to the state as a whole, or for any specified county or part of a county, or for any lake or stream or part of a lake or stream.
(a)
The department may establish a fishing season on specified bodies of water in certain urban areas, as determined by rule by the department, that allows fishing only by persons who are under 16 years old or who are disabled and can produce the evidence specified in s. 29.193 (3) (a), (b) or (c), subject to all of the following conditions:
1.
The department may not designate a body of water under this subsection that is 25 acres or greater in area.
2.
The department may not designate a body of water under this subsection without the written agreement of each private owner of shoreline and of each city, village, town, county, federal agency or other state agency that owns shoreline.
3.
The department shall post notice of the restricted fishing season at each designated body of water.
(b)
Section 227.16 (2) (e) does not apply to a rule promulgated under this subsection and, when the department proposes to add a body of water to or delete a body of water from a rule under this subsection, the department shall hold a hearing, as required under s. 227.16 (1), either in the county in which the body of water is located or within 50 miles of the body of water.
(3)
The department may modify any requirement of this chapter or rules promulgated under it, establish special seasons, authorize the use of special equipment or take any other action in order to provide additional hunting and fishing opportunities for persons who are physically disabled or visually handicapped. The department may limit the number of persons involved, except that if the department establishes a special season for hunting deer with firearms for persons who are physically disabled, the season shall be open to persons who have been issued a Class D permit under s. 29.193 (2).
History:  1997 a. 248 ss. 112, 384, 388 to 392; 1999 a. 32; 2011 a. 168.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.055 - Wild animals; possession in closed season or in excess of bag limit.

29.055
Wild animals; possession in closed season or in excess of bag limit.
Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no person may have in the person's possession or under the person's control, or have in storage, any wild animal or carcass that was taken during the closed season for that wild animal or that is in excess of the bag or possession limit or contrary to the size limits for that wild animal. The open and closed seasons and the bag, possession and size limits of the state, province or country in which a wild animal was taken shall apply to the wild animal or the carcass if it was lawfully killed outside of this state. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer, farm-raised fish, farm-raised game birds, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169.
History:  1975 c. 360, 421; 1993 a. 410; 1997 a. 248 s. 502; Stats. 1997 s. 29.055; 2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.057 - Wild animals; possession in open season.

29.057
Wild animals; possession in open season.
It is unlawful to possess or control at any time a protected wild animal or the carcass of any protected wild animal showing that it was taken during the closed season for the protected wild animal. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer, farm-raised fish, farm-raised game birds, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169.
History:  1997 a. 248 s. 503; Stats. 1997 s. 29.057; 2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.059 - Reports of hunters.

29.059
Reports of hunters.
Each person to whom a hunting or trapping license has been issued shall, upon request by the department, report to the department, on forms furnished by it, the number of the person's license, the number and kind of each animal taken by the licensee and other information that the department requires.
History:  1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 248 s. 282; Stats. 1997 s. 29.059.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.071 - Wildlife on Indian reservations protected.

29.071
Wildlife on Indian reservations protected.
No person may remove or take from any Indian reservation the carcass of any protected wild animal during the closed season for the wild animal except as authorized by the department under this chapter or ch. 169.
History:  1997 a. 248 s. 538; Stats. 1997 s. 29.071; 2001 a. 56.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.075 - Hunting, trapping and fishing by American Indians.

29.075
Hunting, trapping and fishing by American Indians.
American Indians hunting, trapping or fishing off Indian reservation lands are subject to this chapter.
History:  1983 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 s. 92; Stats. 1997 s. 29.075.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.079 - Deer hunting by practitioners of Ho-Chunk religion.

29.079
Deer hunting by practitioners of Ho-Chunk religion.
(1)
Persons who are enrolled members of the Ho-Chunk nation and residents and who practice the traditional religion of the Ho-Chunk people may hunt deer during daylight hours for the members' use in religious ceremonies without obtaining licenses under this chapter. Each hunting party shall be designated by the respective clan. Each clan leader shall obtain permission for deer hunting under this section from the department not less than 24 hours prior to each hunt.
(2)
The department shall promulgate rules necessary to control the conditions and location under which hunting under this section may take place. The department may deny permission for hunting under this section when it determines that a denial is necessary to effectively manage the deer population. The number of deer taken under sub. (1) during any calendar year shall be established by the department, by rule, when necessary to effectively manage the deer population. Hunting privileges under this section may not be exercised during the regular open season for deer.
(3)
Nothing in this section may be construed to eliminate any requirement that a landowner's permission must be obtained prior to hunting on his or her land.
History:  1977 c. 242; 1997 a. 248 s. 240; Stats. 1997 s. 29.079.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.084 - Incentives for recruitment.

29.084
Incentives for recruitment.
The department shall establish a program to recognize people who recruit others as hunters, trappers, and anglers. The program shall include a component under which a person who is issued his or her first hunting, trapping, or fishing approval in his or her lifetime may designate one person as the person who encouraged the applicant to obtain the license. The program shall provide for all of the following:
(1)
A method for maintaining a record of persons designated as provided under this section.
(2)
A method for issuing a credit to any resident who is designated as provided under this section a specified number of times, as determined by the department, in any license year. The method shall require the department to allow the recipient of the credit to apply the credit in a manner that reduces the fee for an approval that is listed under s. 29.563 (2) (a) 1., 2., 4. to 5g., or 8. to 9., (3) (a) 1., or (6) (a) 1. by one-half of the fee that would otherwise apply to the approval, rounded up to the nearest dollar, that reduces the fee specified in s. 29.563 (4) (a) 1. for a resident sports license by $20, or that reduces the fee specified in s. 29.563 (4) (a) 2. for a resident conservation patron license by $60. The department may not require a resident to be designated more than 5 times in a license year in order to be eligible for a credit under this subsection. In this subsection, “license year" means the period between April 1 and the following March 31.
History:  2011 a. 168; 2015 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.088 - Use of poison and explosives; pole traps.

29.088
Use of poison and explosives; pole traps.
(1)
Except as provided by s. 29.601 (4), it is unlawful to use baits containing poison of any description in any forests, fields or other places where it might destroy or cause the destruction of wild animals or birds, and the possession of any poison or poison baits in a hunting or trapping camp or on any person while hunting or trapping shall be prima facie evidence of a violation.
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (3), no person may take, capture or kill or attempt to take, capture or kill any wild animal with the aid of any explosive or poison gas, or set any explosive near or on any beaver or muskrat houses. Possession or control of an explosive or a poison gas in places described in sub. (1) is prima facie evidence of intent to violate this subsection. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
(2g)
(a)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a self-contained fish rearing facility or a state or municipal fish hatchery if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm or fish hatchery.
(b)
Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to toxicants placed in the waters of a preexisting fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water if the toxicants are necessary to the operation of the fish farm and the department has issued a permit under s. 283.31 for the preexisting fish rearing facility.
(2m)
(a)
Except as provided in par. (b), it is unlawful to take, capture, or kill or attempt to take, capture, or kill any bird by setting or operating any trap or device designed, built, or used to capture birds on a pole, post, tree stump, or any other elevated perch more than 3 feet above the ground.
(b)
A person who holds a valid migratory bird depredation permit issued by the U.S. fish and wildlife service under 50 CFR 21.41 that authorizes the trapping of birds may set or operate a trap or device described under par. (a) on an elevated perch no more than 10 feet above the ground.
(3)
Nothing in this chapter prevents the department or a person authorized under s. 29.885 from using an explosive or having an explosive near a beaver house or a beaver dam for the purpose of removing a beaver dam or a vacated beaver house when the beavers are causing damage to property.
History:  1973 c. 317; 1975 c. 52, 365; 1979 c. 34; 1981 c. 20; 1987 a. 27; 1989 a. 31; 1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 ss. 670 to 672; Stats. 1997 s. 29.088; 2017 a. 169.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.089 - Hunting, fishing, and trapping on land in state parks and state fish hatcheries.

29.089
Hunting, fishing, and trapping on land in state parks and state fish hatcheries.
(1)
No person may hunt or trap on land located in state fish hatcheries.
(1m)
(a)
Except as provided in par. (b), state parks shall be open to hunting, fishing, and trapping by persons who hold the appropriate approvals required under this chapter.
(b)
The department may prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping in a state park or a portion of a state park if any of the following applies:
1.
The department prohibits hunting, fishing, or trapping within 100 yards of a designated use area.
2.
The natural resources board determines that prohibiting hunting, fishing, or trapping is necessary to protect public safety or to protect a unique animal or plant community. A determination to prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping in a state park or a portion of a state park under this subdivision requires 4 or more members of the natural resources board to concur in that determination.
(2)
No person may have in his or her possession or under his or her control a firearm on land located in state fish hatcheries unless the firearm is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case. This subsection does not apply to any of the following:
(a)
A person who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law enforcement officer and to whom s. 941.23 (1) (g) 2. to 5. and (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(b)
A qualified out-of-state law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (g), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(c)
A former officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (c), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (c) 1. to 7. applies.
(d)
A licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (d), or an out-of-state licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (g), if the firearm is a handgun, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (bm).
History:  1989 a. 214; 1997 a. 237; 1997 a. 248 s. 599; Stats. 1997 s. 29.089; 2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 286; 2011 a. 35, 168.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.091 - Hunting or trapping in wildlife refuge.

29.091
Hunting or trapping in wildlife refuge.
(1)
No person may hunt or trap within any wildlife refuge established under s. 23.09 (2) (b) or 29.621 (1), or, except as provided in sub. (2), have possession or control of any gun, firearm, bow or crossbow unless the gun or firearm is unloaded, the bow or crossbow is unstrung and the gun, firearm, bow or crossbow is enclosed within a carrying case. The taking of predatory game birds and animals shall be done as the department directs. All state wildlife refuge boundary lines shall be marked by posts placed at intervals of not over 500 feet and bearing signs with the words “Wisconsin Wildlife Refuge".
(2)
The prohibition in sub. (1), as it relates to the possession or control of a loaded or unencased gun or firearm within a refuge established under s. 23.09 (2) (b), does not apply to any of the following:
(a)
A person who is employed in this state by a public agency as a law enforcement officer and to whom s. 941.23 (1) (g) 2. to 5. and (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(b)
A qualified out-of-state law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (g), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (b) 1. to 3. applies.
(c)
A former officer, as defined in s. 941.23 (1) (c), to whom s. 941.23 (2) (c) 1. to 7. applies.
(d)
A licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (d), or an out-of-state licensee, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (g), if the gun or firearm is a handgun, as defined in s. 175.60 (1) (bm).
History:  1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 248 s. 600; Stats. 1997 s. 29.091; 2011 a. 35.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.095 - Hunting on land in a school forest.

29.095
Hunting on land in a school forest.
If a school board decides under s. 120.13 (38) that hunting may be allowed in its school forest, as defined in s. 26.39 (1) (a), the department shall establish and maintain open and closed seasons for game located in that school forest that are consistent with the open and closed seasons for game located on the lands adjacent to the school forest.
History:  2005 a. 290.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants. › 29.161 - Resident small game hunting license.

29.161
Resident small game hunting license.
(1)
A resident small game hunting license shall be issued subject to ss. 29.024 and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. d. by the department to any resident applying for this license. The resident small game hunting license does not authorize the hunting of bear, deer, elk, or wild turkey.
(2)
A resident small game hunting license authorizes hunting with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.
History:  1973 c. 90 s. 538; 1973 c. 315; 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 27; 1991 a. 39; 1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 s. 193; Stats. 1997 s. 29.161; 2001 a. 109; 2005 a. 387; 2009 a. 119; 2011 a. 252.