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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.24 - Management of state and county forests

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The natural
				resources board's objective for the management of state forests and other
				department properties where timber cutting is carried out and county forests is
				to grow forest crops by using silvicultural methods that will perpetuate the
				forest and maintain diversified plant and animal communities, protect soil,
				watersheds, streams, lakes, shorelines and wetlands, in a true multiple-use
				concept. In the management of the forests, it shall be the goal of the board to
				insure stability in incomes and jobs for wood producers in the communities in
				which the state and county forest lands are located, and to increase employment
				opportunities for wood producers in future years. Whenever possible, large sale
				contracts shall be for 4 years which will assist wood producers in dealing with
				uneven demand and prices for their products.
(2) To achieve this objective, sale areas or
				cutting blocks and timber harvest operations will be planned through an
				intra-departmental inter-disciplinary review process when 10-year plans are
				developed in cooperation with the affected county to optimize management
				practices; to recognize the long-term values of preserving the integrity of the
				soil; to assure the maintenance of water quality; and to achieve multiple
				objectives of forest land management. Although multiple use shall be the
				guiding principle on state and county forests, the board recognizes that
				optimization of each use will not be possible on every acre. Desirable
				practices include:
(a) Fully utilizing
				available topographic maps, aerial photographs and soil surveys and combining
				these with local knowledge or field reconnaissance to ascertain on-the-ground
				conditions.
(b) Wherever practical,
				use perennial streams as harvest-cutting boundaries with provision for a
				streamside management zone to protect stream bank integrity and water quality,
				and with skidding planned away from these streams and the adjacent streamside
				management zones.
(c) An
				appropriate silvicultural system and cutting design should be planned to
				optimize economic skidding distances, to minimize road densities and
				unnecessary road construction and for efficient establishment and management of
				subsequent forest crops.
(d)
				Cutting boundaries should utilize topographic terrain, ridges, roads and forest
				type changes where ownership patterns permit and should provide a harvest area
				size consistent with economical skidding, available logging equipment,
				silvicultural requirements and other management objectives.
(e) Plan cutting layouts to avoid leaving
				narrow unmanageable strips of timber susceptible to storm damage and
				windthrow.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.25 - Generally accepted forestry management practices

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE.
				Section
				823.075(1)
				(d), Stats., requires the department to
				define generally accepted forestry management practices.
(2) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Department" means the Wisconsin
				department of natural resources.
(b) "Generally accepted forestry management
				practices" means forestry management practices that promote sound management of
				a forest. "Generally accepted forestry management practices" include those
				practices contained in the most recent version of the department publication
				known as Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines and identified as PUB
				FR-226.
(c) "Sound management of a
				forest" means sustainably managing a forest with the application of ecological,
				physical, quantitative, managerial, economic, and social principles to the
				regeneration, management, utilization, protection and conservation of forest
				ecosystems to meet specified wildlife habitat, watershed, aesthetics, cultural
				and biological goals and objectives while maintaining the productivity of the
				forest.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.27 - Contracting with cooperating foresters and private contractors for regeneration services

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE. The department may contract with
				private cooperating foresters and private contractors to assist the state in
				the regeneration of state forest lands to meet the annual allowable timber
				harvest established under s.
				28.025,
				Stats.
(2) DEFINITION. "Cooperating
				forester" has the meaning given in s.
				NR 1.21(2)
				(b).
(3) CONTRACTED TASKS. Tasks included in
				contracts with cooperating foresters and private contractors for state lands
				regeneration services may include, site preparation, invasive species control,
				and tree planting on harvested lands. The department shall determine which of
				these services are appropriate to contract for on individual timber
				sales.
(4) DEPARTMENT TASKS. The
				department shall select areas to regenerate, determine regeneration systems to
				be applied, and define any additional procedures or precautions necessary to
				achieve objectives in approved master plans or other department policies. The
				department shall monitor the performance of cooperating foresters and private
				contractors contracting on state forest lands for quality of service and
				conformance to department standards.
(5) BIDS FOR SERVICES AND PAYMENTS TO
				COOPERATING FORESTERS AND PRIVATE CONTRACTORS. Cooperating foresters and
				private contractors shall be compensated at the department's choice of a rate
				per hour, acre or project established by bids for individual projects. When a
				need for regeneration project assistance is identified, the department shall
				issue a project-specific request for bids to cooperating foresters and private
				contractors that are experienced in the desired type of work. The department
				may establish pre-qualification lists of cooperating foresters and private
				contractors serving an area. Bids may include labor, travel, equipment and any
				supplies not identified as being provided by the department that a private
				contractor would need to do the work. As provided in s.
				28.05(3)
				(am), Stats., payments to cooperating
				foresters and private contractors for regeneration assistance on state-owned
				lands shall be paid from an appropriation of timber sale proceeds.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.29 - Ice Age and North Country trails

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FOOTPATHS. The
				Ice Age Trail and North Country Trail shall be managed primarily as footpaths
				for pedestrian use: walking, hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, and ungroomed
				cross-country skiing.
(2) PURPOSE.
(a) The purpose of the Ice Age Trail is to
				provide premier hiking and backpacking experiences and to preserve and
				interpret Wisconsin's glacial landscape and other natural and cultural
				resources in areas through which the trail passes.
(b) The purpose of the North Country Trail is
				to provide premier hiking and backpacking experiences as it meanders through a
				variety of northern landscapes, linking scenic, natural, historic, and cultural
				areas in seven states from New York to North Dakota.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.30 - State park system

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) State parks shall be classified, as
				follows, into their most logical employment and greatest usefulness:
(a)
Scenic parks.
Parks
				having unusual scenic charm and beauty, distinctive landscapes, and particular
				appeal to nature lovers, and of sufficient size to enable use by large numbers
				of people without destruction of the qualities essential to their
				purpose.
(b)
Historical -
				memorial parks.
Parks of archaeological, memorial and historical
				significance.
(c)
Roadside
				parks.
Parks possessing scenic and other park characteristics adjacent
				to or associated with important state trunk or interstate highways.
(d)
Recreation parks.
Parks
				which offer the best natural values for recreation, have scenic qualities, and
				contain water for recreational purposes and are of sufficient size to prevent
				destruction through overuse.
(e)
State trails.
Continuous corridors not associated with a state
				park or other type of department property, utilized for recreation, that are
				listed in s.
				NR
				51.73.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.31 - State-owned islands

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall maintain state-owned islands in natural
				  and undisturbed condition consistent with controlled public use on islands
				  suited for recreational purposes. Each state-owned island shall be classified
				  for its most desirable use such as camping or picnicking, or to be maintained
				  in a natural condition. Preference shall be given to aesthetic management and
				  every effort shall be made to maintain forest growth and ground vegetation in
				  as near a natural state consistent with other desirable uses.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.32 - Natural areas and scientific areas

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The legislature
				has indicated its intent to acquire, establish and preserve natural areas and
				scientific areas by creating ss.
				15.347(4),
				23.27
				and
				23.092, Stats. The
				natural resources board agrees that such areas, by their preservation, protect
				the state's natural diversity, provide sites for research and environmental
				education, and serve as benchmarks for assessing and guiding use of other lands
				in the state.
Note:
Section
				  23.27,
				  Stats., defines "natural areas" to include tracts of land or water which have
				  native biotic communities, unique natural features or significant geological or
				  archeological sites. Generally, natural areas are remnant areas which largely
				  have escaped disturbance since settlement or which exhibit little recent
				  disturbance so that recovery has occurred and presettlement conditions are
				  approached. Generally, scientific areas are natural areas of at least statewide
				  significance and useful for education or research.
(2) The department, with the advice and
				assistance of the scientific areas preservation council, shall:
(a) Conduct inventories of natural areas
				statewide including department controlled properties.
(b) Recommend for natural resources board
				approval sites on department properties as scientific areas.
(c) Recommend for natural resources board
				approval the acquisition of natural areas and designation of appropriate tracts
				as additions to the scientific areas system.
(d) Manage natural areas and scientific areas
				to perpetuate the native biotic communities, unique natural features and
				geological or archaeological sites.
(e) Encourage research and educational use by
				groups and persons on department controlled scientific areas, consistent with
				the individual site management guidelines.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.33 - Policy on rock climbing

Current through June 24, 2024
Rock climbing is a traditional recreational activity that may
				  occur on non-designated use areas on department lands, and is consistent with
				  the department's mission to provide recreational opportunities to the public.
				  Rock climbing should be considered in master planning for department properties
				  which contain areas where rock climbing may occur.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.40 - Acquisition of recreational land

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In the
				acquisition of recreational lands, the department shall place principal
				emphasis on the acquisition of lands in the heavily populated areas of the
				state and in places readily accessible to such areas.
(2) Projects under this section will be
				undertaken based on the following descending order of priority:
(a) Consolidation and completion of existing
				projects.
(b) New acquisition
				projects based on the following criteria listed in descending order of
				priority:
1. Land to protect rare and
				threatened natural resources; to protect genetic and biological diversity; and
				to protect, manage or restore critical fish and wildlife habitat.
2. Unique, one-of-a-kind opportunities that
				may only be available once; projects of special scenic quality; and projects
				that are "irreplaceable"; an uncommonly large tract of unique natural resources
				of sufficient size to provide immediate and significant results in meeting
				program goals.
3. Water-based
				resources that include land important to protect and improve the quality of the
				state's surface and ground water; and land for recreation and management along
				streams, rivers, lakes and flowages.
4. Lands to accommodate broad, natural
				resource-based outdoor recreation and state recreational trails.
5. Land within 40 miles of Wisconsin's 12
				largest cities. If funding limits the ability to purchase available lands
				within existing urban areas, preference will be given to rural lands near
				population centers.
Note:
Wisconsin's 12 largest cities are:
				  Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine, Kenosha, Appleton, West Allis, Waukesha,
				  Eau Claire, Oshkosh, Janesville and LaCrosse.
6. Protection of scenic lands that meet the
				department priorities in subds. 1. to 5.
(c) Proposed new projects which fall within
				the following criteria will be given lower priority. Low priorities are not
				listed in order.
1. Wetland projects acquired
				primarily to provide additional protection beyond regulation and zoning that do
				not meet other recreational, water quality or resource management
				needs.
2. Projects to protect and
				preserve natural resources not threatened with incompatible use.
3. Projects not part of large, broad-based
				integrated management efforts to provide multiple outdoor recreational
				opportunities.
4. Timber production
				areas that do not meet other recreational, water quality or resource management
				needs.
5. Lands owned by another
				unit of government and not threatened with sale or incompatible use.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.41 - Land acquisition authorization

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The following
				land transactions of the department shall require board approval:
(a) Acquisitions where the purchase price is
				$150,000 or more.
(b) Acquisitions
				where more than 40 acres are outside of an established project
				boundary.
(c) Acquisitions where
				the purchase price exceeds the highest appraised value.
(d) Acquisitions by condemnations of
				land.
(e) Acquisitions by gifts of
				land to the department.
(f)
				Acquisitions where improvement values exceed 35% of total appraised
				value.
(g) Acquisitions of short
				tenure with substantial increased value.
(h) Sales of state land that are no longer
				needed for conservation purposes where the value exceeds $50,000 or where the
				acreage exceeds 40 acres.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.415 - Policy on redesignation of department land uses

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
				shall conduct a periodic review of land use designations in order to determine
				whether a redesignation will secure better management.
(2) Each redesignation of land use shall be
				subject to approval of the board.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.42 - Acquisition of state forest land

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Within
				established state forest boundaries, the department shall acquire suitable
				forest lands for the purpose of better blocking, consolidation of ownership and
				improvement of management possibilities. In the acquisition program, the
				department shall:
(a) Acquire by purchase or
				by exchange suitable publicly owned lands.
(b) Acquire by purchase suitable privately
				owned lands.
(c) Acquire suitable
				privately owned lands within the forest boundary by exchange for state-owned
				lands located outside the forest boundary which are no longer needed for
				conservation purposes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.43 - Acquisition of fish and game lands adjacent to water

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Lands on
				certain streams and lakes have been designated for acquisition by the board.
				Adequate land area, associated with the water, shall be acquired in connection
				with the acquisition of water frontage for preservation or recreational
				purposes.
(2) The width of parcels
				to be acquired on areas adjoining the water shall be based on the management
				objective of the project, the quality of the water or habitat, the
				opportunities for scenic enhancement or preservation, the level of public use,
				and the topography of the area, all with the purpose of protecting the water,
				the land and the associated flora and fauna.
(3) The boundaries of all land acquisition
				projects involving water frontage, shall extend a distance of a minimum of 150
				feet from the shoreline, except for perpendicular access or where narrower
				strips of land will provide adequate access and habitat protection due to
				specific physical conditions, such as the presence of roads, favorable
				topography or land use conditions.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.44 - Cooperation with county, town and municipal boards on land acquisition

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall inform county, town and municipal boards
				  of proposed boundaries of land purchase projects in their areas. If these
				  boards officially object, they shall be afforded an opportunity for personal
				  appearances to present such objections to the board before a final decision on
				  the proposed acquisition is made.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.445 - County board approval of land purchase

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE. The
				purpose of this section is to implement the provisions of s.
				23.0917(8)
				(d), Stats.
(2) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Land" means any ground considered as
				real property, but does not include the beds of lakes or flowages below the
				ordinary high water mark.
(b)
				"Local government unit" has the meaning given in s.
				66.0131(1)
				(a), Stats.
(c) "Members-elect" has the meaning given in
				s.
				59.001(2m),
				Stats.
(d) "Own" means to hold in
				fee title.
(e) "Under the
				jurisdiction of" means subject to supervision, management and control as those
				terms are used in s.
				23.11(4),
				Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.45 - Disposition of state forest lands

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) State forest
				lands and other state-owned islands within state forest boundaries and lands
				which provide desirable public access to waters may be sold for the following
				purposes only:
(a) To a local unit of
				government when required for a public use.
(b) To others for the purpose of making land
				adjustments due to occupancy resulting from errors of survey.
(c) To convey good quality, arable
				land.
(d) To settle land title
				disputes.
(e) To public utilities
				and co-operative associations when needed for power and telephone substations,
				transformers, booster stations and similar installations.
(f) To dispose of land no longer needed for
				conservation purposes.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.46 - Disposition of state fish and game lands

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) State-owned
				fish and game management lands may be sold only when the natural resources
				board determines such lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for
				conservation purposes and only in accordance with the following priorities:
(a) Sale to or exchange with another unit of
				government when the lands to be conveyed are required for another public
				purpose or the lands received in exchange are required for department project
				purposes.
(b) Sale to
				others.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.47 - Disposition of state park lands

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) State-owned
				lands within state park boundaries shall not be sold or otherwise disposed
				of.
(2) State-owned lands outside
				state park boundaries and not within any other department project which serve
				no project purpose may be sold when the natural resources board determines such
				lands are no longer necessary for the state's use for conservation purposes and
				then shall be disposed of only in accordance with the following priorities:
(a) Sale to or exchange with a local unit of
				government when required for a public use.
(b) Exchange with others to consolidate state
				ownership within a park boundary.
(c) Sale to others.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.48 - Leasing department lands

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No leases for private use shall be
				executed, extended or renewed.
(2)
				The secretary may execute leases for public use or public benefit, including
				leases of department houses to department employees as a condition of
				employment for the benefit and convenience of the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.483 - Leasing department tower sites for telecommunications systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This rule
				establishes department policy regarding leasing of department tower sites to
				others for telecommunications systems not presently installed at department
				tower sites. These provisions apply to all nondepartment telecommunications
				users.
(2) For the purposes of this
				section:
(a) "Telecommunications system" means
				the components necessary to form a single functioning communications system at
				a tower site. Basic components of a telecommunications system include one
				equipment cabinet, one antenna, and one transmission line connecting the
				two.
(b) "Tower site" means any
				department radio tower or lookout tower and the grounds in the vicinity of it.
				A tower site may or may not include a department transmitter
				building.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.485 - Granting easements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each conveyance across state lands for a
				right-of-way for public or private roads, public utility lines, other public
				purposes, or for flowage rights where such use does not conflict with the
				planned development by the department, may be granted by the department, but
				shall be presented to the board for approval if unusual circumstances or
				material impairment of project values are involved.
(2) A complete record of such conveyances
				shall be maintained by the department.
(3) Compensation shall be determined by
				appraisal. The loss of any project values shall be considered in establishing
				the value of such easement.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.49 - Trespass

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The natural resources board may cure
				unintentional trespasses by purchase or sale where practicable subject to state
				laws relating to purchase, sale, lease or exchange of lands not withstanding
				any other provisions of this chapter.
(2) Improvements may be removed and any
				trespass terminated, or legal eviction action may be taken, where a trespasser
				on state-owned land under the jurisdiction of the department of natural
				resources has been found by the natural resources board to have been guilty of
				willful, intentional or negligent conduct with respect to such
				trespass.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.50 - Policy on issuance of environmental pollution orders

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Department" means the department of
				natural resources.
(b) "Board"
				means the natural resources board.
(c) "Air pollution" means the presence in the
				atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and of such
				duration as is or tends to be injurious to human health or welfare, animal or
				plant life, or property, or would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of
				life or property.
(d) "Water
				pollution" includes contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the waters of
				the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for
				commercial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant
				life.
(e) "Rule" means a
				regulation, standard, statement of policy or general order (including the
				amendment or repeal of any of the foregoing), of general application and having
				the effect of law, issued by the department to implement, interpret or make
				specific legislation enforced or administered by the department or to govern
				the organization or procedure of the department.
(f) "General orders" of the department are
				rules and mean orders issued by the department applicable throughout the state
				for the construction, use and operation of practicable and available systems,
				methods and means for preventing and abating environmental pollution.
(g) "Special orders" of the department mean
				orders issued by the department applicable to and directing specific persons to
				secure operating results in the control of environmental pollution within the
				time or times prescribed in the orders.
(h) "Emergency orders" of the department mean
				temporary orders issued by the department under emergency conditions of
				environmental pollution.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.52 - Policy on promulgation of environmental quality standards

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. As
				used in this section, "environmental quality standard" means a regulatory
				measure needed to prevent or reduce environmental pollution as that term is
				defined in s.
				299.01(4),
				Stats.
(2) INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO
				BOARD. Whenever the department seeks to adopt a rule, the department shall
				provide the board with information regarding the following: the authority for
				the rule; the conformity of the rule with the requirements of federal or state
				statutes or controlling judicial decisions; and the need for the
				rule.
(3) ADOPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
				QUALITY STANDARD MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN CORRESPONDING FEDERAL LAW OR
				REGULATIONS. For environmental programs subject to a delegation of authority by
				the U.S. environmental protection agency, whenever the department seeks to
				adopt an environmental quality standard more restrictive than a standard
				provided under corresponding federal law or regulations, the department shall
				advise the board why the more restrictive standard is needed in Wisconsin to
				protect public health, safety or the environment. For the purposes of this
				subsection, any environmental quality standard is not considered more
				restrictive than a standard provided under corresponding federal law or
				regulations if the federal government has not enacted a law or regulation
				establishing a corresponding standard. This subsection is prospective in
				application; no environmental quality standards adopted prior to August 1,
				1996, are affected except under the circumstances described in sub.
				(4).
(4) FEDERAL STANDARD RELAXED.
				If the department has adopted an environmental quality standard which has a
				corresponding standard adopted under federal law or regulations, and after
				August 1, 1996, that corresponding federal standard is relaxed by promulgation
				of a more lenient standard in federal law or regulations, the department shall
				within 120 days of the federal action notify the board and propose a schedule
				for the department to advise the board whether the current state standard is
				needed in Wisconsin to protect public health, safety or the
				environment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.60 - Master planning for department land

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) MASTER PLAN
				DEVELOPMENT. In addition to the requirements of ss.
				23.091 and
				28.04,
				Stats., the natural resources board shall determine whether a master plan will
				be developed for any department managed property or group of properties. If
				developed, the plan shall establish management, development and public
				use.
(2) LOCAL AND REGIONAL
				PERSPECTIVES. Management decisions shall be based on local and regional
				perspectives.
(3) PROPERTY
				DESIGNATION. Management of a department property and the master plan applicable
				to it shall be consistent with and further the purposes and benefits of the
				property's designation by statute, rule or the natural resources board.
Note:
For example, state forests shall be
				  managed in accordance with s.
				  28.04,
				  Stats., state recreation areas in accordance with s.
				  23.091, Stats.,
				  and state parks in accordance with s.
				  27.01,
				  Stats.
(4) COMPATIBLE
				ACTIVITIES.
(a) Management activities shall
				be compatible with the land's ability to support and sustain the intended
				management, development or recreational use.
(b) In planning efforts, the effects of
				management activities on adjacent management areas are to be considered and,
				where adverse, are to be avoided whenever practicable.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.61 - Public use of department land

Current through June 24, 2024
Except as prohibited or regulated by rule or statute, all
				  department land shall be open for:
(1)
				Traditional outdoor recreational uses, including hunting, fishing, trapping,
				walking, nature study and berry picking; and
(2) Other types of recreational uses,
				including camping, bicycling, equestrian uses, field trials, and snowmobiling
				or other motorized activities, as authorized on a property by the property
				master plan.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.70 - Policy on education

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Wisconsin has a unique abundance of
				varied and high quality natural resources. The successful stewardship of those
				resources is largely dependent upon enlightened and responsible decision-making
				by Wisconsin citizens, government and private interests. The department
				recognizes the need to develop a coordinated environmental education program.
				Education is the foundation of effective resource management and environmental
				protection activities. Natural resources protection and management goals can be
				more readily achieved and sustained by incorporating education elements in
				department functions and philosophies. An active educational program is
				necessary to encourage incorporation of education into department programs, to
				inform citizens on natural resources issues and to develop alternative
				solutions to natural resources problems.
(2) Effective environmental education will
				result in better understanding of the operations and programs of the department
				and will help meet management goals. The goal of the department's environmental
				education program is to assist in developing a citizenry that:
(a) Is aware of Wisconsin's natural
				resources;
(b) Understands resource
				use issues, limits, capabilities and problems;
(c) Analyzes and evaluates personal and
				public values that affect resource management; and
(d) Acquires the individual and collective
				skills and purpose to act responsibly in using natural resources in work and
				leisure.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.71 - Policy on friends groups

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE. The purpose of this section is
				to encourage and provide for the establishment of friends groups, including
				not-for-profit concession corporations and cooperating associations. The
				department may work with a friends group established under the provisions of
				this section as the lead volunteer organization for a property, facility or
				program. The department may grant friends groups certain privileges, such as
				use of department equipment and facilities, under the terms of a written
				agreement. Nothing in this section prohibits the department or its individual
				properties, facilities and programs from accepting benefits from other groups
				or individuals, or from entering into separate agreements with others, if not
				in conflict with agreements executed with a friends group.
(2) APPLICABILITY. The provisions of this
				section are applicable to all friends groups formed to support department
				properties, facilities and programs, including not-for-profit concession
				corporations and cooperating associations.
(3) DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Cooperating association" means a friends
				group organized to support only interpretive programs.
(b) "Friends group" means a non-profit,
				non-stock, tax-exempt corporation organized to support, assist and promote the
				mission and activities of department properties, facilities and programs and
				other activities as approved by the department under the provisions of a
				written agreement with the department.
(c) "Not-for-profit concession corporation"
				means a friends group organized to sell goods and services in a department
				facility and to return the profits to the department under the provisions of a
				written agreement with the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.90 - Public access policy for waterways

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) It is the goal
				of the state of Wisconsin to provide, maintain and improve access to the
				state's navigable lakes, rivers and streams for the public. Public access
				facilities shall allow for public rights of navigation, related incidental uses
				and other uses which are appropriate for the waterway. Waterway uses shall be
				equally available to all waterway users and include enjoyment of natural scenic
				beauty and serenity. These public rights and uses may be provided by any
				combination of publicly and privately owned access facilities which are
				available to the general public free or for a reasonable fee. The department,
				alone or in cooperation with local government, shall exercise its management
				and regulatory responsibilities to achieve this goal and to assure that levels
				and types of use of navigable waters are consistent with protection of public
				health, safety and welfare, including protection of natural
				resources.
(2) The department
				shall:
(a) Acquire, develop, maintain and
				improve navigation access which meets policy objectives;
(b) Provide public access to lands adjacent
				to state waters for uses that are not directly related to navigation but which
				require or are enhanced by proximity to water;
(c) Work with local units of government,
				other state and federal agencies and citizens to acquire, develop, maintain and
				improve public access;
(d) Work
				with private access providers to acquire, develop, maintain and improve access
				available to the public;
(e)
				Develop standards for public access acquisition, development, maintenance and
				improvement that provide recreational opportunities consistent with demand,
				commensurate with the capacity of the resource to support recreation and that
				provide a broad range of recreational experiences;
(f) Provide funding and services that enhance
				natural resource values of a waterway only if reasonable public boating access
				has been provided;
(g) Enhance
				development of non-boating public access throughout the state to accommodate a
				significant population of disabled, elderly and others who elect not to use
				watercraft to enjoy and use the state's waterways;
(h) Increase public awareness of water user
				responsibilities, public safety and measures to protect the natural resource
				values of our lakes, rivers and streams; and
(i) Work with local units of government and
				citizens to help reduce use conflicts and trespass problems.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.92 - Abandonment of access

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) NOTICE OF INTENT TO ABANDON AN ACCESS.
(a) Any municipality subject to s.
				66.1006,
				Stats., which proposes to abandon or discontinue any highway, street, alley or
				right-of-way, which provides public access to a navigable waterway, shall
				provide a copy of the resolution or ordinance and notify the department at
				least 10 working days prior to acting on a resolution or ordinance to abandon
				or discontinue. Within 10 working days of enacting an ordinance or resolution
				subject to approval under s.
				66.1006,
				Stats., the municipality shall submit a copy of the ordinance or resolution to
				the department. Upon receipt of the ordinance or resolution, the department
				shall publish a notice of the proposed abandonment pursuant to the procedures
				in s.
				31.06, Stats. If no
				hearing is requested, the department shall proceed under sub. (2) to grant or
				deny the petition.
(b) If a hearing
				is requested, the department shall hold the hearing as a class 1 contested case
				in the county in which the public access is proposed to be abandoned. The
				department shall make its decision based on the standards in sub.
				(2).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.93 - Access in platted subdivisions

Current through June 24, 2024
Under s.
				  236.16(3),
				  Stats., the department has authority to recommend wider access at less frequent
				  intervals than are prescribed in the statutes. The department shall consider
				  waiver of the 60-foot access requirement only where the department
				  determines:
(1) It will be
				advantageous to public interests in navigable water;
(2) Adequate space for access users and
				adequate buffering for private property is assured by access wider than 60 feet
				where possible; and
(3) The access
				that would result provides an equal or greater opportunity for public access
				than would be provided by dedication at statutorily prescribed intervals and
				the 60-foot width.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.95 - Wetlands preservation, protection, restoration and management

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE. It is
				the intent of the natural resources board to establish rules policy for the
				preservation, protection, restoration and management of wetlands in the state
				of Wisconsin. The administrative rules regarding wetlands shall be applied in
				such a manner as to avoid or minimize the adverse effects on wetlands due to
				actions over which the department has regulatory or management authority and to
				maintain, enhance and restore wetland functions and values. Proposals for
				administrative rules and for legislation shall include appropriate provisions,
				consistent with this section, except as otherwise provided by law.
(2) AUTHORITY. The department, under existing
				law, has the responsibility of making and enforcing regulatory and management
				decisions which, directly or indirectly, affect the quantity and quality of
				many Wisconsin wetlands.
(a) Wisconsin has a
				history of active water resource protection under the public trust doctrine
				which originated in the northwest ordinance of 1787, the enabling act under
				which Wisconsin became a state, and the Wisconsin constitution.
(b) The department is designated under s.
				281.11,
				Stats., as the central unit of state government responsible for protecting,
				maintaining and improving the quality of the waters of the state. Department
				actions must be consistent with the goal of maintaining, protecting and
				improving water quality.
(c) Under
				the Wisconsin environmental policy act, s.
				1.11,
				Stats., the department is required to study, develop and describe appropriate
				alternatives to recommended courses of action for proposals which involve
				unresolved conflicts concerning alternative uses of available resources and to
				make decisions with the knowledge of their effects on the quality of the human
				environment.
(d) The department,
				pursuant to ss.
				23.09 and
				29.011,
				Stats., and s.
				NR
				1.015, must provide for the protection, development
				and use of forests, fish and game, lakes, streams, plant life, flowers and
				other outdoor resources of the state. The department is obliged to develop and
				implement appropriate scientific management practices to achieve these
				objectives.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.98 - Public and private source funding of research

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PREAMBLE.
(a) It is the policy of the department of
				natural resources to seek the best, most current scientific information
				available on which to base its management and regulatory decisions. In keeping
				with this policy, the department operates a research program, through the
				bureau of research, which conducts and oversees research in natural resource
				management and environmental protection.
(b) It is the policy and statutory obligation
				of the department to make management and regulatory decisions to protect and
				enhance the natural resources of Wisconsin and the public's interests in and
				rights to those natural resources.
(c) It is the policy and statutory obligation
				of the department to conduct its actions in an open and publicly accessible
				manner to facilitate public involvement, understanding and acceptance, and in
				accordance with the public records and open meeting laws of
				Wisconsin.
(d) It is the policy of
				the department to accept donations of land, money, time, equipment and human
				effort to support department programs under the authority provided in s.
				23.09(2)
				(o), Stats.,"to accept and administer gifts,
				grants, bequests, and devises."
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 1 - Natural Resources Board Policies › Section NR 1.985 - Donation of live fish or fish eggs from a private fish farm

Current through June 24, 2024
The department may accept gifts of live fish or fish eggs
				  from a private fish farm located within Wisconsin if all of the following
				  apply:
(1) The fish or fish eggs will
				be stocked into waters of the state accessible to the public for which stocking
				needs have not been met.
(2) The
				fish or fish eggs of the species to be stocked are of a compatible genetic
				strain to any existing native population of that species in the waters to be
				stocked.
(3) The fish or fish eggs
				are covered under a valid fish health certificate issued under s.
				ATCP
				10.65.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 2 - Procedure And Practice › Section NR 2.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) "Administrative law judge" means a
				hearing examiner employed by the department of administration division of
				hearings and appeals.
(2) "Class 1
				proceeding" has the meaning specified in s.
				227.01(3)
				(a), Stats.
(3) "Class 2 proceeding has the meaning
				specified in s.
				227.01(3)
				(b), Stats.
(4) "Class 3 proceeding" has the meaning
				specified in s.
				227.01(3)
				(c), Stats.
(5) "Contested case" has the meaning
				specified in s.
				227.01(3)(intro.),
				Stats.
(6) "Department" means the
				department of natural resources.
(7) "Division of hearing and appeals" means
				the department of administration division of hearings and appeals.
(8) "Noncontested case hearing" means any
				hearing before the department which is not a contested case hearing.
(9) "Secretary" means the secretary of the
				department.