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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.12 - Processing of fish

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)It shall be unlawful for any person
				  operating any fishing boat or boats or any other conveyance on the outlying
				  waters to carry or transport on board such boat or boats or any other
				  conveyance used at any time in the transportation of fish or fishing gear, any
				  instrument or device by which fish can be ground up or so mutilated that
				  identification of the species and measurement of the individual fish are
				  impossible.
(2)It shall be unlawful
				  for any person operating on the outlying waters to have in possession or under
				  control on such waters or to bring to shore any fish ground up or so mutilated
				  that identification and measurement of the individual fish are
				  impossible.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.13 - Commercial fishing reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(2) ELECTRONIC
				  REPORTING.
(ad) A person required to be
				  licensed under s.
				  29.519(1m),
				  Stats., to conduct commercial fishing operations on Lake Michigan, Green Bay,
				  or Lake Superior, or fishing as a treaty fisher, shall submit a daily fishing
				  report to the department by means of the electronic fish reporting system that
				  includes all of the following:
1. The
				  licensee's name, address, license number or fleet reporting number.
2. The date.
3. The name and number of the boat
				  fished.
4. The licensee's fishing
				  location and depth.
5. The
				  licensee's fishing effort.
6. The
				  gear used.
7. The estimated pounds
				  of each fish species harvested for each fishing trip, excluding estimated
				  pounds of lake trout taken in Lake Superior.
8. The number of lake trout taken in Lake
				  Superior.
9. The weighed pounds of
				  harvest.
10. The weighed catch by
				  species for commercial fish.
11.
				  The number of incidentally caught fish of the species and waters that the
				  department annually specifies.
12.
				  All other information called for on the report form.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.135 - Fleet reporting programs

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FLEET REPORTING
				  FOR LAKE SUPERIOR.
(a) The department may
				  authorize a person who holds more than one license under s.
				  29.519(1m)
				  (a), Stats., and s.
				  NR 25.03(1) (a)
				  3. for commercial fishing on Lake Superior to
				  participate in a fleet reporting program involving those licenses if the person
				  applies for fleet reporting on a form available from the department in
				  accordance with s.
				  NR
				  25.03(3) prior to the start of the
				  license year.
1. The application shall
				  include the person's name, commercial fishing license numbers, descriptions of
				  the boats to be included in the fleet reporting program, and the order of the
				  licenses to which the person's daily reported catch will be credited.
2. All commercial fishing licenses held by
				  the person shall be included in the fleet reporting program.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.14 - Possession of fishing equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)No licensed
				  commercial fisher or any member of the crew or any person aboard the boat shall
				  have in possession any game fish or sport angling equipment while operating
				  commercial fishing gear or while traveling to or from the operation of such
				  gear in any of the outlying waters.
(2)No person shall have in possession any
				  commercial fishing gear while on the outlying waters unless in possession of a
				  valid license issued pursuant to s.
				  29.519,
				  Stats. or otherwise authorized by the department.
(3)Unless otherwise authorized by the
				  department, no person may raise, remove or otherwise tamper with another
				  person's commercial fishing gear set in any water. This restriction does not
				  apply to agents of the department or to a person licensed as a crew member for
				  the person whose gear the licensed crew member is raising, removing or
				  otherwise tending.
(4)Unless
				  authorized by the department, no commercial fisher licensed by the department
				  under s.
				  29.519(1m),
				  Stats., may do any of the following:
(a)
				  Operate or allow any of the commercial fisher's crew members to operate any
				  boat listed on the commercial fisher's license if there are any lake trout tags
				  on board the boat that were not issued by the department to a
				  department-licensed commercial fisher.
(b) Allow any boat listed on the commercial
				  fisher's license to be used for setting, removing, raising or otherwise tending
				  any net that was not placed by a department-licensed commercial fisher in
				  accordance with s.
				  NR
				  25.09.
(c)
				  Allow any of the commercial fisher's nets that are marked or identified as
				  department-licensed nets to be used by any person who is not a commercial
				  fisher licensed by the department under s.
				  29.519(1m),
				  Stats., or who is not the commercial fisher's crew member.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.15 - Taking of fish by or for the department

Current through June 24, 2024
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the department or
					 its agents from taking fish or authorizing by special permit as prescribed in
					 s.
					 29.705(1),
					 Stats., the taking of fish for purposes of obtaining spawn for fish propagation
					 or by contract for studies, investigations, and surveys in accordance with s.
					 23.09(2),
					 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter II - Commercial Fishing - Outlying Waters › Section NR 25.18 - Landing and transportation of fish

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LANDING OF
				  FISH. Fish and fish parts caught in commercial fishing operations and kept by
				  commercial fishers for sale or other use shall be brought to shore in Wisconsin
				  to one of no more than 2 ports designated by the licensee on his or her Great
				  Lakes commercial fishing license application for open water operations and to
				  one of no more than 2 ports selected by the licensee from a list of ports
				  designated for ice fishing operations from the following Wisconsin primary or
				  secondary ports and unloaded and transported by land, unless otherwise
				  authorized in writing by the department or in the case of an emergency,
				  following notice to the nearest U.S. coast guard station. Commercial fishers,
				  crew members and their agents who do not comply with the department's written
				  authorization shall be considered to be in violation of this section and the
				  written authorization shall be revoked.
(a)
				  The primary ports for Lake Superior are Bayfield (includes Bodins and Bay
				  Fisheries docks), Cornucopia, Port Wing, Raspberry Bay, Red Cliff and Superior
				  (Siverson's dock). The secondary ports for Lake Superior are LaPointe and
				  Washburn.
(b) The following ports
				  are primary ports for Lake Michigan:
1. Brown
				  County: Suamico.
2. Door County:
				  Baileys Harbor, Ellison Bay, Gills Rock (includes Teskie's, Weborg's and
				  Voight's docks), Sand Bay (includes Sand Bay, Old Sand Bay and Rowley's Bay
				  docks), Jackson Harbor (Washington Island) and Sturgeon Bay.
3. Kenosha County: Kenosha.
4. Kewaunee County: Algoma and
				  Kewaunee.
5. Manitowoc County: Two
				  Rivers.
6. Marinette County:
				  Marinette (includes Menekaunee open water port).
7. Milwaukee County: Milwaukee.
8. Oconto County: Oconto and
				  Pensaukee.
9. Ozaukee County: Port
				  Washington.
10. Racine County:
				  Racine.
11. Sheboygan County:
				  Sheboygan.
(c) The
				  following ports are secondary ports for Lake Michigan:
1. Brown County: Duck Creek, Windjammers and
				  Green Bay.
2. Door County:
				  Chaudoir's dock, Detroit Harbor (Washington Island), Egg Harbor, Jacksonport,
				  Murphy park, Nordheim (Washington Island), Old Stone Quarry (Sturgeon Bay),
				  Sister Bay, and Wave Pointe Resort.
3. Marinette County: Peshtigo
				  river.
4. Oconto County: Little
				  Suamico and Geano Beach.
(d) The following ports are secondary ice
				  fishing only ports for Green Bay:
1. Brown
				  County: Hook Road.
2. Door County:
				  Ern Joy's, Oak Orchard, Pagel's Resort, Porcupine Bay, Sand Bay Resort, Sugar
				  Creek and Waters End (at Sister Bay).
4. Marinette County: Red Arrow park, Pond
				  Road and Leaf Road Landing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter III - Storm Water Projects › Section NR 25.20 - Definition

Current through June 24, 2024
In this subchapter, "wholesale fish dealer" has the
					 meaning given in s. 29.503 (1) (e),
					 Stats., and includes a holder of a commercial fishing license or contract under
					 ch. 29, Stats., who sells fish under s.
					 29.503 (2) (b),
					 Stats., to another wholesale fish dealer or to a retailer, even if the seller
					 is exempt from the wholesale fish dealer license requirement under s.
					 29.503 (2) (b),
					 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 25 - Commercial fishing In Outlying Waters And Wholesale Fish Dealers › Subchapter III - Storm Water Projects › Section NR 25.21 - Wholesale fish dealer reports

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) RECORD KEEPING.
				  Licensed wholesale fish dealers who purchase fish outside of Wisconsin for sale
				  within this state, are subject to the record-keeping requirements of s.
				  29.503 (5),
				  Stats.
(2) ANNUAL INVENTORY.
(a) Each wholesale fish dealer shall complete
				  an annual inventory of Great Lakes fish and all species of sturgeon in
				  possession, ownership or under control, including in cold storage facilities,
				  and report that inventory to the department within 15 days of completion as
				  required under s. 29.503 (5)
				  (br), Stats. The inventory report shall be on
				  forms available from the department and shall include the species, condition
				  and weight of fish, the location of the fish by street address, date of the
				  inventory, wholesale fish dealer license number, signature of the licensee and
				  any other information required on the inventory report form.
(b) Each wholesale fish dealer shall complete
				  the inventory required by par. (a) and submit the inventory report to the
				  department. The wholesale fish dealer shall designate and advise the department
				  of the month and day in which annual inventory reports will be submitted. The
				  wholesale fish dealer shall thereafter complete the inventory on an annual
				  basis within 10 working days preceding that designated month and day.
(c) Within 30 days after receipt of a new
				  wholesale fish dealer license, the wholesale fish dealer shall complete an
				  inventory of fish and submit an inventory report as required under par. (a). At
				  the time the inventory report is submitted, the wholesale fish dealer shall
				  designate and advise the department of the month and day in which future
				  inventory reports will be submitted. The wholesale fish dealer shall thereafter
				  complete the inventory on an annual basis within 10 working days preceding that
				  designated month and day.
(d) Upon
				  written request to the department, a wholesale fish dealer may request a change
				  of the designated date for the annual inventory report submittal. The effective
				  date for the change may not be more than 15 months from the previous designated
				  inventory report submittal date. A change in the annual inventory report
				  submittal date may not be requested more than once per 12 months.
(e) A wholesale fish dealer who does not
				  possess, own or control any Great Lakes fish or sturgeon on the date of the
				  inventory shall submit the inventory report to the department as required by
				  pars. (a) and (b) indicating that the wholesale fish dealer does not have any
				  Great Lakes fish or sturgeon in possession, ownership or under control,
				  including in cold storage facilities on the date of the inventory.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 26 - Fish Refuges › Section NR 26.02 - Lake Superior Fish refuges

Current through June 24, 2024
In order to prevent substantial depletion of the fish
				  supply, the following spawning areas and nursery areas in Lake Superior are
				  created and established as fish refuges and no person may take, catch, capture,
				  kill, or fish for fish in any manner at any time in, on, or along the following
				  described water areas:.
(1) All waters
				bounded by a line from the Gull Island light south to the northernmost point of
				Michigan Island and then proceeding in a southerly direction following the
				shoreline of Michigan Island to the Michigan Island light, then southerly
				towards the center of the mouth of the Bad river in Ashland county to latitude
				46° 40', then due east to the Michigan state line; then northerly along the
				state line to latitude 46° 59.3'; from that point due west to longitude
				90° 26.5' and then due south to the Gull Island light.
(2) All waters in which the bottom lies at a
				depth of less than 35 fathoms northerly from a line beginning 2 miles north of
				the Outer island light and extending westerly to the north end of North Twin
				island, then along the shoreline to the south end of North Twin island, then
				southwesterly to the north end of South Twin island, then northerly to the
				north end of Rocky island, then along the north shoreline to the northwest
				point of Rocky island, then northwesterly to the south end of Devils island,
				then along the shoreline to the north end of Devils island, then westerly to a
				point 2 1/2 miles north of the York Island Shoal bell buoy. The area within the
				refuge south of a line running northwesterly from the north tip of Devils
				Island to the refuge's western boundary, then due south to the southwest corner
				of the refuge and back to the north tip of Devils Island shall be open to sport
				and commercial fishing during period 3 (June 1 to September 30).
(3) From the outlet of the cooling water
				discharge of the Northern States Power Company in the city of Ashland to a line
				located 50 feet in all directions from the outlet, from March 1 to May
				15.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 27 - Endangered And Threatened Species › Section NR 27.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of natural resources.
(2) "Department list" means the U.S. list of
				endangered and threatened foreign and native species, and the Wisconsin list of
				endangered and threatened species.
(3) "Educational purposes", as used in s.
				29.604,
				Stats., means the use of endangered or threatened species for public displays,
				public presentations or classes for the purpose of educating viewers or an
				audience about endangered species, and in the case of endangered and threatened
				plants, for demonstration plantings.
(4) "ENS" means the Office of Endangered and
				Nongame Species, Department of Natural Resources, Box 7921, Madison, WI
				53707.
(5) "Process", as used in s.
				29.604,
				Stats., as it pertains to wild plants, means the collection or removal of wild
				plants or plant parts from their native habitat for the purpose of propagation
				or introduction to a different property, or for the purpose of introducing wild
				plants from a different site to enhance existing populations of an endangered
				or threatened species, or for any other use.
(6) "Propagation for preservation purposes",
				as used in s.
				29.604,
				Stats., means the care, nurturing and breeding of endangered or threatened taxa
				of wild plants or wild animals for the enhancement of existing naturally
				occurring populations of endangered or threatened plants or animals, or for the
				development of new populations in areas where they are likely to be protected
				and have sufficient habitat that they can increase in abundance and contribute
				to the survival of the species' gene pool over time.
(7) "Scientific purposes", as used in s.
				29.604,
				Stats., means the use of endangered or threatened plants or animals for
				scientific research or inventories leading to increased scientific knowledge
				contributing to the well-being of those wild plant or wild animal species and
				their habitats.
(8) "Take" means
				shooting, shooting at, pursuing, hunting, catching or killing any wild animal;
				or the cutting, rooting up, severing, injuring, destroying, removing, or
				carrying away any wild plant.
(9)
				"Wild plant", as used in s.
				29.604,
				Stats., and in this chapter, means any plant or plant part of any
				undomesticated taxa of the plant kingdom which is native to a natural ecosystem
				in Wisconsin, including individuals of these species when located outside of
				their natural environment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 27 - Endangered And Threatened Species › Section NR 27.02 - Scope and applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter contains rules necessary to implement s.
				  29.604,
				  Stats., and operate in conjunction with that statute to govern the taking,
				  transportation, possession, processing or sale of any wild animal or wild plant
				  specified by the department's lists of endangered and threatened wild animals
				  and wild plants.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 27 - Endangered And Threatened Species › Section NR 27.03 - Department list

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) U.S. foreign and native endangered and
				threatened species list as published in 50 eCFR 17.11 and 17.12.
Note
The latest publication of threatened and
				  endangered U.S. foreign and native species as published in the government
				  printing office's endangered and threatened wildlife and plants 50 eCFR 17.11
				  and 17.12 is updated daily and can found on the U.S. fish and wildlife
				  services' endangered species web page (
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
).
(2) WISCONSIN ENDANGERED SPECIES
				LIST.
(a)
Mammals.
1. American Marten -
Martes
				americana.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 27 - Endangered And Threatened Species › Section NR 27.04 - Revision of Wisconsin endangered and threatened species lists

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PETITION FOR
				CHANGES.
(a)
Requirements.
Any 3 persons may petition the department to review the status of any listed or
				unlisted wild animal or wild plant. Such petitions must be dated, in writing,
				and submitted to the ENS. To be considered, requests must show in full the
				following information:
1. Names and addresses
				of persons petitioning;
2.
				Designation of the particular species in question;
3. Narrative explanation of the
				request;
4. Complete scientific
				supporting data for the request including evidence of Wisconsin residency, past
				numbers and geographic distribution, current numbers and geographic
				distribution, a substantial decline in numbers, and a substantial threat to
				remaining numbers or habitat or both; and
5. Signatures of the persons making the
				request.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 27 - Endangered And Threatened Species › Section NR 27.05 - Permits for endangered and threatened species

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ISSUANCE. The
				department shall issue endangered and threatened species permits in accordance
				with the provisions of and for the purposes authorized in s.
				29.604,
				Stats. Conditions designed to protect and preserve species on the department
				list shall be imposed on permittees.
(2) PROCEDURES.
(a)
Applications.
Applications for endangered and threatened species permits shall be made on
				forms furnished by the department and shall include:
1. Name and address of the
				applicant;
2. Personal
				description;
3. Purpose of the
				request;
4. Class, species, and
				number of specimens to be taken;
5.
				Area and period of time in which the specimens are to be taken;
6. Method of taking;
7. The place where specimens will be
				kept;
8. Duration of specimen
				possession;
9. Final disposition of
				specimens;
10. Applicant's
				signature; and
11. Such additional
				information as may be requested by the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 27 - Endangered And Threatened Species › Section NR 27.06 - Exceptions to permit requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FEDERAL
				PERMITS.
(a) Any person taking, transporting,
				possessing or selling any wild animal or wild plant included in the U.S.
				foreign and native endangered and threatened species list, but not included in
				the Wisconsin endangered or threatened species lists, does not need a state
				permit if such person has a federal permit authorizing such possession. Any
				person who was previously exempted from needing a permit and is required to
				have a permit under this section shall apply for and be issued a permit no
				later than October 1, 1990.
(b) Any
				Native American Indian who is an enrolled tribal member may possess bald eagles
				or parts thereof for religious purposes if they have been issued a federal
				permit authorizing such possession.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 27 - Endangered And Threatened Species › Section NR 27.07 - Incidental take applications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PUBLIC
				NOTIFICATION OF RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE INCIDENTAL TAKE OF ENDANGERED
				OR THREATENED SPECIES.
(a)
1. Upon receipt of an application for an
				incidental take permit, an accompanying conservation plan and an implementing
				agreement under s.
				29.604(6m),
				Stats., all of which are deemed complete and acceptable to the department, the
				department shall develop a news release that includes all of the following
				information:
a. The name and address of the
				applicant.
b. A brief description
				of the project or activity, including location, and the endangered and
				threatened species to be affected.
c. A statement regarding the proposal's
				potential to cause significant adverse effects to endangered and threatened
				species, the whole plant-animal community of which they are a part, or the
				habitat that is critical to its existence.
d. A brief description of efforts the
				applicant intends to conduct to minimize and mitigate the impact caused by the
				taking.
e. The name and address of
				a contact within the department who can receive comments and respond to
				questions.
f. A date until which
				the department will accept and consider comments.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 28 - Wild plants › Section NR 28.01 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter and in s.
				  29.611,
				  Stats.:
(1) "Carry-over roots" are
				those wild ginseng roots still in the possession of licensed dealers or
				harvesters after March 31 of the year following the harvest season.
(2) "Dealer" means any person buying more
				than 8 ounces of wild ginseng annually.
(3) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of natural resources.
(4) "Engage in business" in this chapter
				includes but is not limited to purchasing, selling, holding, brokering, billing
				or receiving payment for, contracting for or advertising wild ginseng either
				for cash or on consignment.
(5)
				"Green ginseng" means a ginseng root from which the moisture has not been
				removed by drying.
(6) "Harvest"
				means cutting, gathering, rooting up, severing, injuring, destroying, removing
				or carrying away any wild plant or parts thereof.
(7) "Own land" means ownership interest in
				property by deed or land contract.
(8) "Transaction" means purchase, gift,
				exchange or sale of wild ginseng.
(9) "Wild ginseng" means dry root, live root,
				seed or other parts of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) that is not grown
				or nurtured by a person.
(10)
				"Woods-grown ginseng" means ginseng that has been nurtured in any way by
				humans, including but not limited to watering, weeding, use of pesticides, soil
				tillage and fertilization.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 28 - Wild plants › Section NR 28.02 - Scope and applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter contains rules necessary to implement s.
				  29.611, Stats., and
				  operate in conjunction with that statute to govern the harvest, transportation,
				  possession, processing or sale of certain wild plants.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 28 - Wild plants › Section NR 28.03 - Ginseng licenses

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ISSUANCE.
(a)
Department action.
The
				department shall issue wild ginseng harvest licenses and wild ginseng dealer's
				licenses in accordance with the provisions of and for the purposes authorized
				in s.
				29.611,
				Stats.
(b)
Applications.
1. 'Content.'
				Wild ginseng harvest licenses and dealer's licenses shall be issued upon filing
				of an application accompanied by the appropriate license fee, and bearing:
a. The applicant's signature;
b. The applicant's residence and post office
				address;
c. A description of the
				applicant;
d. A statement that the
				applicant has complied with all of the laws regulating the issuance and
				purchase of the license applied for; and
e. Such other facts as may be required by the
				department.
2. 'Free
				harvest license.' Applications for a free harvest license under s.
				29.611, Stats., must
				contain a description to the quarter section, township and range of the
				property where the applicant's wild ginseng harvest will occur.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 28 - Wild plants › Section NR 28.04 - Limitations and restrictions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LIMIT OF PLANTS
				TO BE HARVESTED. Wild ginseng plants shall be harvested only if they possess 3
				or more true leaves and flowering/fruit stalks. The entire stalk, minus the
				mature fruits, shall be kept with the plant until they are taken to the
				harvester's home or place of business to enable adequate enforcement.
(2) SEED PLANTING. When harvesting wild
				ginseng, harvesters shall plant all of the seeds from the harvested plants in
				the vicinity of the parent plants in a manner which will encourage their
				germination and growth. Wild seed may not be sold or transported away from the
				site of the parent plant except by express written permission from the
				department.
(3) WOODS-GROWN
				GINSENG. No person may harvest, sell or purchase woods-grown ginseng under the
				auspices of a wild ginseng license. All woods-grown ginseng is considered
				'cultivated ginseng' and is regulated by the cultivated ginseng program under
				the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s.
				94.50,
				Stats.
(4) STATE-OWNED LANDS. No
				person may harvest wild or woods-grown ginseng from any properties owned or
				administered by the state of Wisconsin.
(5) OTHER LANDS. Persons possessing a valid
				wild ginseng harvest license may harvest wild ginseng on private lands or
				public lands not owned by the state only with the permission of the land owner
				or public land manager.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 29 - Endangered resources information fees › Section NR 29.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter establishes and describes fees for providing
				  natural heritage inventory information, pursuant to s.
				  23.27(3)
				  (b), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 29 - Endangered resources information fees › Section NR 29.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the department of
				natural resources.
(2) "Natural
				heritage inventory information" means information collected by the department
				under the natural heritage inventory program, including information on the
				biology, existence and locations of native plant and animal communities and of
				endangered, threatened and critical species; the degree of endangerment and
				protective status of these communities and species; information on managed
				lands; life-history information on Wisconsin's native flora and fauna, and
				biological consultation and recommendation.
(3) "Person" means an individual or any
				corporation, partnership, association or body politic.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 30 - Forest Fire Control › Section NR 30.02 - Forest fire control areas - extensive

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The following
				described lands which are located outside the limits of incorporated cities and
				villages in the listed counties shall be and are established as parts of
				extensive forest fire control areas:
(a)
				Columbia county.
(b) Crawford
				county.
(c) Dane county. All lands
				in: township 6 north, range 6 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; township 7
				north, range 6 east; township 8 north, ranges 6 and 7 east; township 9 north,
				ranges 6 and 7 east.
(d) Grant
				county. All lands in: township 5 north, range 6 west, north 1/2; township 5
				north, range 7 west, north 1/2; township 6 north, ranges 6 and 7 west; township
				6 north, range 5 west, north 1/2; township 6 north, range 4 west, sections 1,
				2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; township 7 north, ranges 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 west; township 8
				north, ranges 1, 2 and 3 west; township 9 north, ranges 1 and 2 west.
(e) Green Lake county.
(f) Iowa county. All lands in: township 6
				north, range 1 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; township 6 north,
				range 2 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; township 6 north, range 3 east,
				sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; township 6 north, range 4 east, sections 1, 2, 3,
				4, 5 and 6; township 6 north, range 5 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6;
				township 7 north, range 5 east, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; township 7 north,
				ranges 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 east; township 8 north, ranges 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
				east.
(g) Marquette
				county.
(h) Oconto county. All
				lands in: townships 26, 27, 28 and 29 north.
(i) Portage county.
(j) Richland county.
(k) Sauk county.
(L) Waupaca county.
(m) Waushara county.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 30 - Forest Fire Control › Section NR 30.03 - Burning regulations, extensive forest fire control area

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Within the
				boundaries of the areas under extensive forest fire protection established
				under s.
				NR
				30.02, it shall be unlawful for any person to set any
				fire unless they have first obtained a permit from a duly appointed and
				designated forest ranger, fire warden or other person designated by the
				department except:
(a) During the months of
				January, February, March, April and May when the ground is snow covered;
				or
(b) When a fire is set and
				designed solely for warming the person or cooking food; or
(c) Any other time of the year when no order
				by the department pursuant to sub. (3) is in effect.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 30 - Forest Fire Control › Section NR 30.04 - Burning regulations, intensive fire control area

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Within the
				boundaries of the areas under intensive forest fire protection established
				under s.
				NR
				30.01, it shall be unlawful for any person to set any
				fire unless they have first obtained a permit from a duly appointed and
				designated forest ranger, fire warden or other person designated by the
				department except:
(a) When a fire is set and
				designed solely for warming the person or cooking food; or
(b) When the ground is snow
				covered.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 30 - Forest Fire Control › Section NR 30.05 - Emergency burning restrictions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Upon the
				issuance of an order pursuant to sub. (2), it shall be unlawful for any person
				within the boundaries of forest fire control areas established under ss.
				NR
				30.01 and
				30.02 to :
(a) Build a campfire in any manner except in
				developed camping areas unless the individual has first obtained a special
				permit from a duly appointed area forest ranger or other person delegated that
				authority by the department.
(b)
				Smoke a pipe, cigar or cigarette except at places of residence, or in a vehicle
				equipped with an ash receptacle.
(c) Throw matches, ashes or burning material
				from a vehicle.
(d) Burn
				combustible materials in any or all the areas described in this section unless
				they have first obtained a special permit from a duly appointed and designated
				forest ranger, fire warden or other person designated by the
				department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 30 - Forest Fire Control › Section NR 30.06 - Emergency use restrictions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The secretary
				upon a finding of the existence of the applicable conditions enumerated in sub.
				(2) shall:
(a) Order use restrictions on all
				state-owned lands managed by the department or lands under its control,
				supervision or management by lease, easement or otherwise on which the
				applicable conditions in sub. (2) exist; or
(b) Close or modify hunting, trapping and
				fishing regulations or seasons on lands for which the applicable conditions in
				sub. (2) exist.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 30 - Forest Fire Control › Section NR 30.07 - Travel on firelanes

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TRAVEL PROHIBITED. It shall be unlawful
				for any person or persons to travel with any automobile or other vehicle on or
				over any firelanes, truck trails or roads that have been constructed by the
				department or under the direction of the department or its representatives for
				the particular use only of its forest fire-fighting equipment wherein barriers,
				gates or similar obstructions have been placed across them by the department,
				its forest rangers, conservation wardens or other designated agents closing
				them to public travel unless a permit for such travel by vehicle or automobile
				has been issued them by the department, or their forest rangers, conservation
				wardens or their designated agents.
(2) PERMITS. The department, its forest
				rangers, conservation wardens, or other designated agents of the department are
				hereby authorized to receive and to issue, free of cost, to any person or
				persons making application, a permit to travel on such firelanes, truck trails
				or roads wherein the applicant or applicants can show to the satisfaction of
				the department, its forest rangers, conservation wardens or other designated
				agents that there is good and sufficient reason why such a permit should be
				issued to them. Applications for such permits shall state thereon the name and
				address of the applicant, the reasons why he or she desires such a permit and
				such other information as may be required by the department.
(3) PEACE OFFICERS. Nothing in the provisions
				of this section shall apply to the armed forces of the United States, the
				national guard or peace officers in the performance of their duties as such, or
				any person summoned by such peace officers to assist them in making an arrest
				or to preserve the peace while such person or persons are so engaged, or to any
				conservation officers, forest rangers, either federal or state, who are acting
				in the performance of their duties as such.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 30 - Forest Fire Control › Section NR 30.08 - Electric fence controllers

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In all areas
				outside the limits of incorporated villages and cities, during any time of the
				year except when the ground is snow covered, it shall be unlawful to use or
				operate any electric fence controller that does not bear an underwriters
				laboratory seal of approval or to use or operate an electric fence controller
				that does not comply with ch. SPS 316, Wis. Adm. Code.
(2) Any person violating this rule shall
				forfeit not more than $100.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 35 - Zones for infestation of forest pests › Section NR 35.01 - Jack pine budworm

Current through June 24, 2024
The following designated areas are established as zones of
				  infestation of the jack pine budworm pursuant to and subject to the provisions
				  of s.
				  26.30,
				  Stats.:
(1) BAYFIELD COUNTY
Township 44 north, range 9 west Entire township
Township 45 north, range 9 west Entire township
Township 46 north, range 9 west Entire township
Township 47 north, range 9 west Entire township
Township 49 north, ranges 5 and 7 west Entire
				  townships
Township 50 north, ranges 5, 6 and 7 west Entire
				  townships
(2) BURNETT
				COUNTY
Township 37 north, ranges 19 and 20 west Entire
				  townships
Township 38 north, ranges 16, 18 and 19 west Entire
				  townships
Township 39 north, ranges 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 west
				  Entire townships
Township 40 north, ranges 14, 15, 17 and 18 west Entire
				  townships
Township 41 north, ranges 14, 15 and 16 west Entire
				  townships
Township 42 north, ranges 14 and 15 west Entire
				  townships
(3) DOUGLAS
				COUNTY
Township 43 north, ranges 10, 11, 12 and 13 west Entire
				  townships
Township 44 north, ranges 10, 11 and 12 west Entire
				  townships
Township 45 north, ranges 10 and 11 west Entire
				  townships
Township 46 north, range 10 west Entire township
Township 47 north, range 10 west Entire township
(4) POLK COUNTY
Township 36 north, ranges 19 and 20 west Entire
				  townships
(5) WASHBURN
				COUNTY
Township 38 north, range 13 west Entire township
Township 39 north, range 13 west Entire township
Township 40 north, ranges 11, 12 and 13 west Entire
				  townships
Township 41 north, ranges 12 and 13 west Entire
				  townships
Township 42 north, ranges 12 and 13 west Entire
				  townships
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 37 - Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Aesthetic Management Specifications For Cutting And Harvest Of Timber › Section NR 37.02 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to establish management
				  specifications for the harvesting of timber in the lower Wisconsin state
				  riverway pursuant to s.
				  30.42(1)
				  (d), Stats., so that timber cutting or
				  harvesting has minimal impact on the scenic beauty and natural value of the
				  riverway.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 37 - Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Aesthetic Management Specifications For Cutting And Harvest Of Timber › Section NR 37.04 - Timber management cutting and harvesting specifications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PERMIT.
(a)
Permit issuance.
No
				person may cut or harvest timber within the riverway without a permit issued by
				the riverway board.
(b)
Permit conditions.
The riverway board shall place conditions
				in permits necessary to assure timber harvest or cutting is conducted in
				compliance with this chapter. Additional conditions, as applicable, shall be
				included but not be limited to:
1. Cutting
				specifications to insure that trees of desirable species and form be retained
				on the site after cutting.
2. Roads
				constructed for the purpose of harvesting timber shall be visually
				inconspicuous from the river during the time when the leaves are on the
				deciduous trees.
3. Timber cutting
				or harvesting is limited to those times when the ground is frozen or dry and
				the leaves are off the deciduous trees.
4. Erosion bars or culverts will be installed
				as necessary to prevent erosion.
5.
				Harvesting practices shall conform with the "Silvicultural and Forest
				Aesthetics Handbook" and the department publication "Forest
				aesthetics."
6. Timber harvesting
				restrictions necessary to minimize the impact on any known populations of
				federally or state designated threatened and endangered species.
Note: The species are listed in ch. NR 27.
(c)
Maps or
				diagrams.
Landowners desiring to conduct any timber cutting or
				harvesting, including road construction shall submit a map or diagram of the
				proposed timber harvest area identifying the property boundaries, harvest
				boundaries, road locations and other information requested by the riverway
				board or county.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 37 - Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Aesthetic Management Specifications For Cutting And Harvest Of Timber › Section NR 37.05 - Variance

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The riverway board may grant a variance
				allowing timber cutting not in strict conformance with the requirements and
				restrictions of this chapter when the activity will be visually inconspicuous
				and the activity will be compatible with protecting the scenic beauty and
				natural values of the riverway.
(2)
				The riverway board shall notify the department at least 15 days prior to
				granting any variance under this section and afford the department an
				opportunity to address the riverway board. The riverway board shall also
				publish in the official state newspaper notice of a variance request and the
				date, time and place of the meeting at which the riverway board will consider
				the request.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 40 - Invasive Species Identification, Classification And Control › Section NR 40.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to identify, classify and
				  control invasive species in Wisconsin as part of the department's statewide
				  program required by s.
				  23.22(2)
				  (a), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 40 - Invasive Species Identification, Classification And Control › Section NR 40.04 - Prohibited category

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PROHIBITED INVASIVE SPECIES. Prohibited
				invasive species are identified in this section by scientific and common names
				and by specific categories of species.
(2) IDENTIFICATION OF PROHIBITED SPECIES.
(a)
Algae and cyanobacteria.
The following algae and cyanobacteria invasive species are prohibited:
1g.
Caulerpa taxifolia
(Killer algae)
1r.
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii
(Cylindro)
2.
Didymosphenia geminata
(Didymo or rock snot), except in Lake Superior
3.
Nitellopsis obtusa
(Starry stonewort)
4. Novel
				cyanobacterial epiphyte of the orderStigonematales linked with avian vacuolar
				myelinopathy
5.
Prymnesium
				parvum
(Golden alga)
6.
Ulva
species, including species previously known as
Enteromorpha
species
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 40 - Invasive Species Identification, Classification And Control › Section NR 40.045 - Emergency additions to prohibited category

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
				may temporarily identify an additional species as an invasive species and may
				classify it into the prohibited category of s.
				NR
				40.04(2) if the secretary determines
				that all of the following are met:
(a) The
				species meets the definition of invasive species in s.
				NR
				40.02(24).
(b) Based on consideration of the criteria of
				s.
				NR
				40.03(2), the species meets the
				definition of prohibited invasive species for inclusion under s.
				NR
				40.04(2).
(c) An emergency exists, making it necessary
				for the preservation of public peace, health, safety or welfare, or the
				environment, to require the immediate identification and classification of the
				species as a prohibited invasive species under this chapter prior to the time
				it would take effect if the department complied with the procedures for
				permanent rulemaking under ch. 227, Stats.