Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 44 - Master Planning For Department Properties › Section NR 44.07 - Recreational use setting subclassifications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The
				recreational use subclassifications define the compatible management and use
				activities and the appropriate recreational facilities for 4 general
				recreational settings. Each subclassification describes a distinct recreational
				environment, each offering opportunities for different types of recreational
				experiences. The subclassifications described in this section shall be used in
				a master plan to describe the general recreational management objective for
				areas with the recreation, scenic resources and the wild resources management
				classifications described under s.
				NR
				44.06.
Note:
The subclassifications describe a range of
				  recreational use settings, each being characterized by the manner it addresses
				  a number of key attributes, such as degree of remoteness, motor use and the
				  apparent level of management and development. The settings span a range from
				  wild and undeveloped to intensively used and highly developed.
(2) DEFINITIONS.
(a) "All terrain vehicle" or "ATV" has the
				meaning specified in s.
				340.01(2g),
				Stats.
(b) "Box latrine" means a
				simple open-air privy commonly provided at isolated, primitive
				campsites.
(c) "Group campsite"
				means any campsite authorized for use by groups other than those meeting the
				definition of a camping party in a family campground as defined by ch. NR
				45.
(d) "Highway/off-highway
				vehicles" or "H/OH" means motor vehicles that are generally 4-wheel drive, high
				clearance, street legal, licensed vehicles with floatation-type tires able to
				traverse roads and trails where ordinary passenger vehicles cannot travel
				without hazard of becoming stuck or otherwise disabled.
(e) "Information facilities" include signs,
				sign boards, information kiosks and visitor centers for the purpose of
				providing use or educational formation to the public.
(f) "Motorized use" means people traveling by
				use of a motor powered vehicle other than when engaged in management activities
				or contract operations authorized by the department.
(g) "Native surface material" means
				unprocessed, indigenous road and trail surfacing material.
(h) "Natural-appearing" means visually
				perceived as minimally altered or modified by human actions.
(i) "Non-motorized use" means transportation
				of people by any means other than by a motor-powered vehicle, and the use of
				motorized vehicles for management purposes by the department and its
				contractors when engaged in management activity.
(j) "Permanent all-season road" means a road
				developed and operated for continuous or recurrent annual use. It is designed
				and constructed to accommodate year-round use, but may have use restrictions or
				may not be maintained at various times of the year.
(k) "Permanent seasonal road" means a road
				that is maintained as part of the permanent road system but is developed for
				periodic use when the ground is frozen or dry and firm.
(L) "Primitive surface material" means the
				natural soil, rock or sand surface existing on roads and trails that developed
				through use and was not constructed.
(m) "Single unit campsite" means a campsite
				designated for use by families or groups of 6 persons or less.
(n) "Snowmobile" has the meaning specified in
				s.
				340.01(58a),
				Stats.
(o) "Temporary road" means a
				road designed and constructed for short-term use during a specific
				project.
(p) "Visitor controls"
				means regulatory signs, access barriers and regulations, for directing or
				controlling the behavior of people using department-managed lands.
(q) "Visual quality management" means actions
				to produce or maintain a specific state of landscape aesthetic conditions and
				minimize or mitigate any negative visual impacts from land management
				activities or development.