Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 52 - Stewardship land access › Section NR 52.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter
(1)
				"Accommodate usership patterns" means to consider the factors found in s.
				NR 52.05(1)
				(c) when making a determination to prohibit
				an NBOA.
(2) "Department" means the
				Wisconsin department of natural resources
(3) "Department land" means land acquired by
				the department in fee title, or with an easement on former managed forest land
				on or after October 27, 2007, with stewardship program funds under s.
				23.0917,
				Stats.
(4) "Former managed forest
				land" has the meaning given in s.
				23.0916(1)
				(a), Stats.
(5) "Hunting" means shooting, shooting at,
				taking, catching or killing any wild animal, other than by trapping, or
				pursuing for the purpose of shooting, shooting at, taking, catching or killing
				any wild animal.
(6) "Natural
				values" has the meaning given in s.
				23.27(1)
				(f), Stats.
(7) "NBOA" means the nature based public
				outdoor activity of hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking or cross-country skiing
				as described in s.
				23.0916(1)
				(b), Stats.
(8) "Non-department land" means land acquired
				in fee title, or with an easement on former managed forest land on or after
				October 27, 2007, by a non-profit conservation organization or local unit of
				government with the assistance of a stewardship program grant under s.
				23.0917,
				Stats.
(9) "Primary purpose" means
				the recreational or conservation purpose for which the property is being
				acquired as guided by ss.
				23.09(2), (20)
				(am),
				23.0915,
				and
				23.0917,
				Stats., by s.
				NR
				51.05, and by state, regional or local plans that
				support the project.
(10) "Prohibit
				access for an NBOA" means not to allow the activity in its entirety, or to
				restrict the activity so that a major or significant amount of the activity is
				not allowed.
Note: A temporary restriction of an NBOA for department
				  approved land management practices is not considered a prohibition of an
				  NBOA.
(11) "Stewardship
				program" means the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program authorized under ss.
				23.0915
				and
				23.0917,
				Stats.
(12) "Unique animal or plant
				community" means a natural community composed of different plant and animal
				species, along with their associated geological and archaeological features,
				that exist together in a specific area, time and habitat. A unique animal or
				plant community is one identified as endangered, threatened, rare or
				ecologically sensitive. A unique plant or animal community may also be critical
				species habitat or an ecological reference area. The sources for identifying
				unique animal and plant communities include reports or databases, such as the
				natural heritage inventory, wildlife action plan, regional planning commission
				reports or other publications routinely referenced by conservation biologists.
				Individual game species shall not be considered as unique animal species for
				purposes of this chapter.
References for, or copies of such databases, publications
					 and reports may be viewed or obtained at the Department of Natural Resources,
					 Bureau of Endangered Resources, 101 S. Webster Street, PO Box 7921, Madison, WI
					 53707-7921.