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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 40.06 - Invasive species permits

Current through June 24, 2024
A person may transport, possess, transfer or introduce a
				  prohibited invasive species listed in s.
				  NR
				  40.04(2), or a restricted invasive
				  species listed in s.
				  NR
				  40.05(2), if the person has been
				  issued a permit by the department under this section for the activity.
(1) WRITTEN APPLICATION REQUIRED.
(a) Applications for permits under this
				chapter shall be submitted in writing to the department on forms available from
				the department. The application shall include the name and quantity or number
				of invasive species specimens for which a permit is sought, whether the permit
				is sought for the transportation, possession, transfer or introduction of the
				invasive species, a description of other relevant permits, approvals or
				licenses of the applicant and the applicant's purpose or reasons for seeking a
				permit. The department may request additional information in order to determine
				whether the criteria of sub. (2) are met. This may include but is not limited
				to: where the invasive species is located or will be kept, how they will be
				kept from spreading into the wild, how they will be disseminated, and how they
				will be destroyed once the applicant is done using them.
Note: Applications for permits for fish and aquatic
				  invertebrates may be sent to:
Attn: FH/4
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Note: Applications for permits for terrestrial plants may be
				  sent to:
Attn: Forestry Invasive Species Coordinator - FR/4
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
Note: Applications for permits for aquatic plants may be sent
				  to:
Attn: Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
141 NW Barstow St., Room 180
Waukesha, WI 53188
Note: Applications for permits for other vertebrates may be
				  sent to:
Attn: Wildlife Regulation Policy Specialist, WM/6
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
PO Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921
Note: Applications for permits for terrestrial invertebrates
				  and plant disease-causing microorganisms may be sent to:
Forest Health Protection Program Coordinator
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
3911 Fish Hatchery Rd.
Fitchburg, WI 53711
(b) The department shall act on complete
				permit applications within 45 days following receipt of the application.
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 40.08 - Enforcement

Current through June 24, 2024
Under s.
				  23.22(9),
				  Stats., if the department finds that any person is violating this chapter or a
				  permit issued under this chapter, the department may do one or more of the
				  following:
(1) Issue a citation
				pursuant to ss.
				23.50
				to
				23.99,
				Stats.
(2) Refer the matter to the
				department of justice for enforcement.
(3) Revoke any permit issued under this
				chapter, after notice and opportunity for hearing.
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 40.09 - Interagency coordination

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter does not affect the authority of DATCP under
				  chs. 93, 94, 95 and 97, Stats. The action of the department under this chapter
				  shall be coordinated with DATCP. The secretaries of the department and DATCP
				  shall execute a memorandum of agreement to enable coordination of invasive
				  species work of their departments.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 44 - Master Planning For Department Properties › Section NR 44.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
The purpose of this chapter is to:
(1)Create a uniform planning process for the
				management and use of department managed properties.
(2)Establish procedures for the development,
				revision, amendment, implementation and review of master plans for department
				managed properties.
(3)Establish a
				land management classification system for use in master plans for department
				managed properties.
(4)Establish
				the minimum content of master plans for department managed
				properties.
(5)Ensure that
				opportunities for public involvement are available in the development of master
				plan recommendations to the board.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 44 - Master Planning For Department Properties › Section NR 44.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)"Biological diversity" means the variety
				and abundance of species, their genetic composition, and the communities,
				ecosystems, and landscapes in which they occur. It also refers to the variety
				of ecological structures, functions and processes at any of these
				levels.
(2)"Board" means the
				natural resources board.
(3)"Cultural resource" means any
				archeological, architectural or historical artifact, site or structure that
				reflects on the human-made environment.
(4)"Community" means an assemblage of species
				living together in a particular area, time and habitat.
(5)"Department" or "DNR" means the Wisconsin
				department of natural resources.
(6)"Ecological capability" means the
				potential of an area to support or develop one or more communities, with the
				potential being dependent on the area's abiotic attributes, its flora and
				fauna, its ecological processes and disturbances within and upon the
				area.
(7)"Facility development"
				means the construction of infra-structure, including buildings, roads and
				trails for resource management, public use or other purposes.
(8)"Master plan" or "plan" means a department
				plan which describes the authorized land management, resource protection,
				facility development and management of recreational use on a department
				property, but does not include a study prepared for the purpose of considering
				the feasibility of land acquisition respecting a new or existing
				project.
(9)"Native" means
				indigenous to the area or region.
(10)"Passive management" means management
				where objectives are achieved without direct action.
(11)"Property" or "properties" means areas of
				land approved by the governor for acquisition under s.
				23.14,
				Stats., or otherwise established by the board.
Note:
Examples of properties include parks,
				  state forests and recreation areas.
(12)"Sustainable forestry" means the practice
				of managing dynamic forest ecosystems to provide ecological, economic, social
				and cultural benefits for present and future generations.
(13)"Trail" means a way or path designated on
				department maps or by signs or both as open for public travel by foot,
				horseback, bicycle, snowmobile, ATV or highway/off-highway vehicles.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 44 - Master Planning For Department Properties › Section NR 44.04 - Master plan development, adoption and public involvement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Affected or interested parties" means
				those persons or groups who are affected by a master plan or project, and may
				include persons with an interest in department management practices across a
				specific area or statewide.
(b)
				"Master plan revision" or "plan revision" means a change in the goal or
				objectives for a property which typically may occur as a result of a 15-year
				review of the master plan under sub. (12).
(c) "Master plan amendment" or "plan
				amendment" means a change in a management classification or subclassification
				of a property or management area within a property without a change in the goal
				and objectives for the property.
(d) "Master plan variance" or "plan variance"
				means a change in management activity or use described in the master plan that
				is consistent with the area's land management classification and does not
				constitute a change in an objective for management or public use of the area as
				specified in the plan.
(e) "Minor
				master plan amendment" or "minor plan amendment" means a change in a master
				plan through a minor expansion of the property boundary where the management
				activity, facility development and use on the added parcel is consistent with
				the master plan and the land management classification of an adjacent
				management area.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 44 - Master Planning For Department Properties › Section NR 44.05 - Land management classification system

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)The land
				management classifications established in this chapter shall be used by the
				department in developing, revising or amending master plans, unless directed
				otherwise by the board.
(2)The land
				management classifications shall be used in the master plan and on management
				maps to describe the general management objective for a property or a
				management area within a property as determined during the master planning
				process. The department shall assign to each management area on a property the
				land management classification described in s.
				NR
				44.06 that most accurately describes the management
				prescribed for the area by the master plan, while being consistent with the
				standards of the classification. For those land management classifications that
				also provide for recreational use setting subclassifications, which are
				described in s.
				NR
				44.07, the subclassifications shall be applied in the
				same manner as the land management classifications. The assigned
				classifications and subclassifications shall be consistent with the purposes of
				the property as designated by statute or rule.
(3)Management activities within any land
				management classification may provide benefits other then those directly sought
				by the management objective. Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute,
				rule or the plan, activities and recreational uses may occur within an area to
				the extent that they are consistent with the management objective for the
				area.
(4)Management activities not
				specifically enumerated in ss.
				NR
				44.06 and may 44.07be authorized by the master plan if
				they are compatible with the classification and subclassification of the
				affected area.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 44 - Master Planning For Department Properties › Section NR 44.06 - Land management classifications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL. The
				land management classifications described in this section and the recreational
				use setting subclassifications described in s.
				NR
				44.07 shall be used in the master plan in a manner
				consistent with the management objective for the area.
(2)RECREATIONAL USE SUBCLASSIFICATIONS.
(a) A recreational use setting
				subclassification, described in s.
				NR
				44.07, shall be designated for each area designated as
				a recreation management area, scenic resources management area or wild
				resources management area.
Note:
All department lands generally are open
				  to recreational uses, as described in s.
				  NR
				  1.61, and recreation is an important public benefit
				  along with other resource benefits. The recreational use settings allow further
				  description and definition of management in the recreation, scenic and wild
				  resources management area classes where management for specific recreational
				  environments is a prominent objective, and the absence of their application to
				  the other land management classifications is not intended to imply that
				  substantial recreational use does not occur in these areas.
(b) Sites or areas permanently closed to
				public recreational use are not assigned a recreational use
				subclassification.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.02 - Applicability

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)Except when the context provides
				otherwise, this chapter applies to any of the following:
(a) All lands, structures and property owned
				by the department.
(b) Lands owned
				by the state of Wisconsin which are under the management, supervision and
				control of the department.
(c)
				Lands under easement to or lease by the state of Wisconsin which are under the
				management, supervision and control of the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.03 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Adult group" means a group made up of
				adult members (18 years of age and older) of an established organization. Adult
				groups may include families.
(2)
				"All-terrain vehicle" has the meaning specified in s.
				340.01(2g),
				Stats.
(2m) "Backpack campsite"
				means an area designated for camping that has no modern facilities, such as
				showers or flush toilets located nearby, nor vehicle or watercraft access to or
				near the area, and to which all over-night supplies are carried or transported
				to the site by means other than a motorized vehicle.
(3) "Bicycle" has the meaning given in s.
				340.01(5),
				Stats.
Note:
Under s.
				  340.01(5),
				  Stats., bicycle means every vehicle propelled by feet or hands acting upon
				  pedals or cranks and having wheels any 2 of which are not less than 14 inches
				  in diameter.
(3m)
				"Motorboat" has the meaning given in s.
				30.50(6),
				Stats.
(4) "Camp" or "camping"
				means the use of a shelter such as a tent, trailer, motor vehicle, tarpaulin,
				bedroll or sleeping bag for temporary residence or sleeping purposes.
(5) "Camper day" means the period beginning
				at 3:00 p.m. and ending at 3:00 p.m. the following day.
(6) "Camping party" means any individual,
				family or non-family group occupying a campsite.
(6m) "Camping permit" means any permit for
				camping overnight that requires registration and payment of a daily
				fee.
(7) "Camping unit" means any
				single shelter except sleeping bags and hammocks used for a camp by a camping
				party except those used exclusively for dining purposes.
(8) "Campsite" means a segment of a
				campground which is designated for camping use by a camping unit or camping
				party.
(8f) "Climbing activity"
				includes any of the following:
(a) Ascending
				or descending steep rock walls, ice walls or artificial structures, usually
				with the assistance of specialized rock climbing equipment including ropes,
				webbing and carabiners.
(b)
				Practicing the use of specialized rock climbing equipment near the
				ground.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.04 - General rules

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) STATE PROPERTY.
(a) No person may destroy, molest, deface,
				remove or attempt to remove any natural growth or natural or archaeological
				feature except as follows:
1. Edible fruits,
				edible nuts, wild mushrooms, wild asparagus, and watercress may be removed by
				hand without a permit for the purpose of personal consumption by the collector.
				Willow stems not larger than 2.5 inches in diameter, from species not listed
				under ch. NR 27, may be collected for personal noncommercial use by the
				collector for purposes such as trap stakes, with the property manager's
				approval.
Note:
The collection of seeds from herbaceous
				  plants such as grasses and wildflowers is not allowed without written
				  authorization from the department.
2. Herbaceous plant species that are listed
				as prohibited plant invasive species under s.
				NR 40.04(2)
				(b) or listed as restricted plant invasive
				species under s.
				NR 40.05(2)
				(b) may be removed without a permit issued
				under this chapter.
3. Rocks,
				minerals or fossil materials may be collected for noncommercial purposes, such
				as educational uses and personal collections, by hand or using a hand held rock
				hammer or similar device in accordance with the terms of a written permit
				issued by the manager of the property on which the collecting is done. A
				collector may not remove more than 5 pounds of rock, mineral or fossil material
				per day from any property with a maximum total of 50 pounds per year. The
				permit may further limit the allowable methods and amounts of material
				collected.
4. Notwithstanding subd.
				3., no person may collect rocks, minerals or fossil materials on state natural
				areas, state wild rivers, state parks, state trails, Havenwoods state forest
				preserve, state recreation areas, Point Beach and Kettle Moraine state forests,
				and any specific site which is designated as a noncollection site by the
				department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.045 - Firewood

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In this section, firewood includes limbs,
				branches, roots, unprocessed logs, slabs with bark, cut firewood and
				chips.
(2) No person may possess
				firewood that originates from any of the following:
(a) An area more than 10 miles from the
				campground, or the property itself if there is no campground, to which the
				firewood will be transported.
(c)
				An area, outside of the property where firewood is identified as a carrier of
				invasive terrestrial invertebrates and plant-disease causing microorganisms,
				including any of the following:
1. An area
				that is in a zone of infestation designated by the department under s.
				26.30(7),
				Stats.
2. An area quarantined by
				the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under s.
				94.01,
				Stats.
3. An area quarantined by
				the U.S. department of agriculture and animal and plant health inspection
				service under USC 7714 or 7715.
4.
				An area quarantined by an American Indian tribe within the reservation of the
				tribe.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.046 - Firewood collection for personal use at home

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In this
				section, firewood includes limbs, branches, roots, unprocessed logs, slabs with
				bark, cut firewood, and chips.
(2)
				No person may cut, gather, buy, sell, use, transfer, or possess firewood, from
				any property for use off that property unless the person possesses a valid
				forest products permit issued by the department authorizing the cutting or
				gathering. A person required to hold a forest products permit under this sub.
				shall display the permit upon demand for inspection by the department or its
				agents.
(3) The department may
				impose reasonable conditions on any forest products permit it issues, and may
				limit or deny a forest products permit if necessary to protect resources or
				avoid conflict with property management objectives.
(4) The department may revoke a forest
				products permit issued under this section for a violation of any condition of
				the permit, or for otherwise cutting or gathering without authorization.
				Revocations under this subsection shall apply statewide and be limited to a
				period not to exceed one year from the date on which the department notifies
				the authorized person of the revocation. No person may possess or apply for a
				forest products permit for any property during a period of
				revocation.
(5) Firewood collected
				or gathered under a forest products permit shall be for personal use only, and
				may not be sold or otherwise exchanged for anything of value. Exceeding the
				scope of this permit shall be considered a violation of s.
				26.05,
				Stats.
Under s.
					 26.05, Stats., no
					 person may cut, remove, or transport raw forest products or direct the cutting,
					 removal, or transportation of raw forest products without the consent of the
					 owner.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.05 - Vehicles

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) TRAFFIC AND PARKING.
(a) No person may operate any vehicle at a
				speed in excess of 25 miles per hour or contrary to state highway or department
				traffic signs.
(b) All vehicles
				shall stop at department property entrance stations when such stop is ordered
				by department signs.
(c) No person
				may operate or park any vehicle as defined in s.
				340.01(74),
				Stats., which is required to be registered by law on lands under the
				management, supervision and control of the department except:
1. On highways as defined in s.
				340.01(22),
				Stats.
2. In posted parking areas
				and boat ramps.
3. Overnight by
				permit at state trail parking areas.
4. As otherwise specifically authorized by
				law or administrative rule.
(d) No person may park, stop or leave
				standing, whether attended or unattended, any vehicle or watercraft:
1. In any manner as to block, obstruct or
				limit the use of any road, trail, waterway or winter sport facility,
				or
2. Outside of any area provided
				for such purposes when it is practical to use such areas, or
3. Contrary to posted notice.
(e) Any vehicle or watercraft in
				violation of par. (d) may be towed off the property and stored at the owner's
				expense.
(f) No person may operate
				a motor vehicle as defined in s.
				340.01(35),
				Stats., off highways and parking lots while under the influence of an
				intoxicant or a controlled substance.
(g) No person may operate a motor vehicle as
				defined in s.
				340.01(35),
				Stats., off highways and parking lots without a valid driver's license issued
				by this or another state or province, except for off-highway motorcycles in
				areas authorized for off-highway motorcycles.
(h) No person may operate an all-terrain
				vehicle off the developed portion of a designated all-terrain vehicle
				trail.
(i) Electric personal
				assistive mobility devices as defined in s.
				340.01(15pm),
				Stats., are prohibited on department lands except where authorized in the
				property master plan or posted open for their use.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.055 - Golf carts

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)In this section, "golf cart" means, except
				as provided in this section, a properly maintained unmodified manufacturer
				specification vehicle whose speed attainable in one mile does not exceed 20
				miles per hour on a paved, level surface, and that is designed and intended to
				convey one or more persons and equipment to play the game of golf.
(2)No person may operate any golf cart on
				lands under the management, supervision, and control of the department unless
				all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The golf cart is operated within any of
				the following areas:
1. Boat landings 5, 6,
				7, 8, 10 in the Peshtigo River State Forest, and the posted route and parking
				area leading to Boat Landing 13 in the Governor Thompson State Park.
2. Stephenson Town Park on High Falls Flowage
				in the Peshtigo River State Forest.
3. Medicine Brook Road from High Falls Road
				south 1.8 miles to the designated scenic overlook in the Peshtigo River State
				Forest.
4. Other locations as
				posted.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.06 - Animals

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)No person may allow a dog, cat or other
				pet in any building, in any department rental tent, tepee or yurt, or on any
				swimming beach, or on any Great Lakes shoreline zone as posted, picnic area,
				playground, fish hatchery ground, or Paradise Springs area in the southern unit
				Kettle Moraine state forest. Dogs, cats and other pets shall be kept on a leash
				not more than 8 feet long and under control at all times in all other state
				park areas, headquarters areas, ranger stations, campgrounds, state natural
				areas, in Point Beach state forest, in designated use areas in other state
				forests and the intensive use zone within the Richard Bong state recreation
				area. No person may allow his or her dog, cat or other pet to interfere in any
				manner with the enjoyment of the area by others.
(2)Nothing in this section shall prohibit or
				restrict the use of dogs for hunting purposes in any area which is open to
				hunting. The use of dogs for dog trials and dog training shall be restricted to
				areas designated by the property superintendent under permit procedures
				established in ch. NR 17.
(3)No
				person may allow their dog, cat or other animal on any cross-country ski trails
				during that period of the year when such trails are used for cross-country
				skiing, or at any time on nature trails.
(3m)No person may allow the person's dog, cat
				or other animal on an observation tower.
(4)
(a)
				Pets are prohibited in Copper Culture and Heritage Hill state parks effective
				January 1, 1993.
(b) Pets are
				prohibited in the following campgrounds effective January 1, 1993.
1. Loop 1 of Pinewoods family and group camp
				- Southern Unit Kettle Moraine.
2.
				West loop of Whitewater campground - Southern Unit Kettle Moraine.
(c) Pets are prohibited in
				portions of the campgrounds designated by posted notice at Nelson Dewey, Rock
				Island and Tower Hill state parks effective January 1, 1993.
(d) Pets are prohibited in areas designated
				by posted notice at Aztalan and Governor Nelson state parks effective January
				1, 1993.
(e) Pets are prohibited in
				the south shore area of Devil's Lake state park except on paved roads and
				walkways while enroute to areas where pets are allowed effective January 1,
				1993.
(f) Pets are prohibited in
				the indoor group camps and related facilities at Wyalusing state park, Kettle
				Moraine state forest - northern unit, the MacKenzie environmental center and
				the Black River state forest.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.07 - Fires

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)No person may start, tend or maintain any
				fire on the ground or burn any refuse except in designated fireplaces or fire
				rings, except for small cooking and warming fires at the following locations:
(a) Sandbars on the Lower Wisconsin state
				riverway.
(b) On the northern
				flowage properties and in non-designated use areas in the northern state
				forests except the Coulee Experimental state forest.
(c) Authorized camping areas without
				designated fireplaces or fire rings, in wildlife areas,the Pine-Popple wild
				river, state forests, and the Menominee River natural resources area.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.075 - Natural emergencies

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)The chief state forester may declare, and
				shall manage, emergencies that threaten forested lands owned by the state and
				under the jurisdiction of the department. When declaring and responding to an
				emergency, the chief state forester shall consider the purpose of and
				management plan for the affected property in his or her decisions. Emergencies
				include unforeseen damage or threat of damage to trees from various causes
				including:
(a) Fire.
(b) Invasive species including insects,
				plants, animals and disease-causing organisms.
(c) Pest infestation.
(d) Disease.
(e) Vertebrates.
(f) Extreme weather including:
1. Wind or tornados.
2. Snow, hail, or ice.
3. Flooding.
4. Drought.
5. Lightning.
6. Freeze or heat injury.
(g) Deliberate or accidental
				damage by human activity.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.08 - Beaches

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)No person may possess or consume any food
				or beverage, or use any soap, detergent or shampoo on any swimming beach or in
				the water adjacent to any swimming beach in any state park, state recreation
				area or state forest.
(2)No person
				may swim beyond or disturb or molest a swimming beach boundary buoy or marker
				in any beach in any state park, state recreation area or state
				forest.
(3)No floating device,
				except coast guard approved life jackets and vests of proper size, properly
				worn and secured, is permitted in or upon the water at any designated beach or
				pool in any state park, state recreation area or state forest when a lifeguard
				is on duty.
(4)The department may
				prohibit swimming in areas adjacent to water access sites by posted notice. No
				person may swim within the area delineated by the posted notice.
(5)No person may fish in any marked swimming
				beach in any state park, state recreation area or state forest.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.085 - Shoreline zones

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)No person may possess any glass beverage
				container or other glass product on any Great Lakes shoreline zone.
(2)No person may use any soap, detergent or
				shampoo in waters adjacent to any Great Lakes shoreline zone.
(3)No person may light a fire or use a
				charcoal grill on any Great Lakes shoreline zone, except in designated grills
				provided by the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.09 - Firearms and hunting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No person may take, catch, kill, hunt,
				trap, or pursue any wild animal or bird in any fish hatchery, state campground,
				picnic area, or other area not open to hunting or trapping.
Note:
State park hunting and trapping closures
				  authorized under s. 29.089, Stats. are established
				  on property maps that may be obtained on the DNR website (dnr.wi.gov) keyword
				  "hunting state parks". Additional closures of designated use areas may also be
				  established by posted notice. Hunting and trapping closures may be limited to
				  certain species and seasons. See also s.
				  NR
				  10.275.
(2) Except for blinds used exclusively for
				waterfowl hunting as provided in s.
				29.327 (2),
				Stats., and s.
				NR 10.12
				(12), and except for blinds constructed
				entirely of dead vegetation found on the property, no person may do any of the
				following:
(a) Except as provided in subds.
				1. to 4., construct, occupy, place, or use any elevated or ground blind or
				other elevated device except:
1. On any land
				open to hunting not identified in subds. 2. or 3., portable tree stands and
				blinds may remain placed only during the daily timeframe beginning one hour
				prior to, and ending one hour after, the shooting hours established in s.
				NR
				10.06.
2.
				On any land not part of the state park system, open to hunting and located
				north of State Highway 64, portable tree stands and blinds may remain placed
				throughout the timeframe beginning September 1 and ending January 31.
3. On any land that is part of the state park
				system, open to hunting, and located north of State Highway 64, portable tree
				stands and blinds may remain placed throughout the timeframe beginning seven
				days prior to, and ending seven days after, an established fall hunting
				period.
4. Portable tree stands and
				blinds may be occupied and used while lawfully placed under subds. 1. to
				3.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.095 - Shooting ranges

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL RANGE RULES.. No person at a
				shooting range may:
(a) Handle a weapon in a
				negligent or reckless manner.
(b)
				Discharge any weapon on the range while any part of a person is down range of
				the firing line.
(c) Point any
				weapon in use at the designated firing line in any direction other than down
				range.
(d) Fail to comply with a
				cease fire order called by the range officer or any other person.
(e) Fail to make reasonable efforts to ensure
				all discharged projectiles impact the backstop.
(f) Leave any loaded weapon unattended at any
				time.
(g) Shoot at targets that are
				not placed in designated target area or affixed to target stands, if provided,
				unless the person is sighting or patterning a shotgun with size T or smaller
				shot.
(h) Shoot at items placed on
				the ground or at targets not posted at the designated height, unless the person
				is sighting or patterning a shotgun with size T or smaller shot.
(i) Unless otherwise posted at the range,
				shoot during the period beginning at sunset and ending at sunrise.
(j) Shoot, or attempt to shoot structures or
				objects that are not designated targets, or that are outside designated firing
				lanes.
(k) Shoot at archery targets
				with anything other than a bow or crossbow.
(L) Use any weapons or projectiles that
				discharge paint.
(m) Use
				incendiary, exploding, glass or other breakable materials as targets.
(n) Fail to properly dispose of targets other
				than clay targets used on an established shotgun shooting range.
(o) Fail to collect and properly remove or
				dispose of all spent shell casings and cartridges, live ammunition, targets,
				arrows, bolts, and materials brought onto the range.
(p) While shooting at a shooting range,
				possess or consume an intoxicant or other restricted controlled
				substance.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.10 - Camping

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GENERAL.
(a) Camping is prohibited except as follows:
1. Within designated camping areas.
2. On state-owned islands in the Mississippi
				river.
3. On state-owned islands
				and sandbars in the Lower Wisconsin state riverway.
4. On other state-owned islands outside of
				state forest boundaries when the island is posted open to camping.
5. In state Ice Age Trail areas as defined in
				s.
				NR 1.29(3)
				(d) and on lands purchased for the Ice Age
				Trail by those hiking the Ice Age Trail where the trail segment is posted open
				to camping.
6. On properties
				purchased for the North Country Trail by those hiking the North Country Trail
				where the trail segment is posted open to camping.
7. On state-owned sandbars on the Lower
				Chippewa River downstream from "County Highway H" in Dunn County to the
				confluence with the Mississippi River, excluding the northerly shoreline
				portion between Dunnville Road and the mouth of the Red Cedar River.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.11 - Boats

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				No person may operate a boat within a water area marked by buoys or other
				approved regulatory devices as a swimming beach; or operate a boat in a
				restricted use area contrary to regulatory notice marked on buoys or other
				approved regulatory devices. This subsection does not apply in the case of
				emergency, or to patrol or rescue craft.
(2)
(a) No
				person may moor, anchor or leave unattended any boat or aircraft in any state
				park, recreation area, state natural area or at any campground or picnic area
				in any state forest, except in areas designated for that purpose.
(b) No boat or aircraft may be left on shore,
				moored or anchored overnight in the waters of any state park, state natural
				area, recreation area or forest recreational area except in areas designated
				for that purpose or on state-owned islands designated for camping.
(c) No person may remain overnight in any
				boat, watercraft or aircraft anchored, moored or docked at any
				department-controlled dock, wharf, boat landing or marina, or other mooring
				area except at the marina at High Cliff state park, the marina at Lakeshore
				state park, at the sand delta at Kinnickinnic state park, at Eagle island
				(Horseshoe island) and Nicolet bay (Shanty bay) in the Peninsula state park, at
				the campground in Merrick state park, and at Rock Island state park.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.13 - Specific property rules

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) STATE NATURAL AREAS - GENERAL. Within the
				boundaries of state natural areas posted with appropriate signs:
(a) No person may take, catch, kill, trap,
				pursue or remove any wild animal, without written permission from the
				department. Unless otherwise posted, a person may hunt, fish or trap in
				accordance with the open seasons as established by chs.
				NR 10 and 20.
(c) No person may destroy, remove or attempt
				to remove any plant or plant part, without permission from the department
				except as provided for in s.
				NR
				45.04(1) (a) 1. and 2.
(e) No person may engage in rock climbing
				except at the Dalles of the St. Croix state natural area in Interstate state
				park and the East Bluff state natural area at Devil's Lake state park, or other
				areas where the management plan allows rock climbing and in which climbing is
				allowed by posted notice.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 45 - Use Of Department Properties › Section NR 45.14 - Exceptions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or
				hinder the department, its supervisors, managers, foresters, wardens, rangers
				or other duly authorized agents, or any peace officer from performing their
				official duties.
(2)The department
				may waive in writing any provision of this chapter for commercial filming on
				state lands.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 46 - Forest Tax Program › Section NR 46.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
It is the purpose of this chapter to interpret, enforce and
				  administer the provisions of the Wisconsin statutes pertaining to the forest
				  croplands program, the managed forest land program, and any other tax programs
				  concerning private forest lands.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 46 - Forest Tax Program › Section NR 46.04 - Requests or petitions for hearing

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Requests for
				hearing on forest croplands petitions shall include the basis or reasons for
				the request.
Note:
Entry criteria contained in s.
				  NR
				  46.06.
(2) Requests or petitions for hearings on the
				continued eligibility of lands entered under the forest croplands or woodland
				tax law programs shall include an allegation, with a statement of facts to
				support such, that the lands to which the request or petition applies are
				ineligible for continuation due to its failure to comply with the criteria
				required by law.
Continued entry criteria contained in ss.
					 NR
					 46.06 and 46.10, and ss.
					 77.02 and
					 77.16,
					 Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 46 - Forest Tax Program › Section NR 46.05 - Forms

Current through June 24, 2024
All notices, reports, plans, petitions and applications
				  required or filed under the forest croplands or woodland tax law shall be on
				  forms prepared and provided by the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 46 - Forest Tax Program › Subchapter I - Forest Croplands › Section NR 46.06 - Determination on petition

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Lands upon
				  which a petition has been filed shall be entered as forest croplands upon a
				  finding by the department that:
(a) The lands
				  considered for entry comprise an entire quarter-quarter section, fractional lot
				  or government lot as determined by U.S. government survey plat, excluding
				  public roads and railroad rights-of-way; and
(b) The facts give reasonable assurance that
				  a stand of merchantable timber will be developed within a reasonable period of
				  time; and
(c) That such lands are
				  then being held permanently for the growing of timber under sound forestry
				  practices rather than for other purposes; and
(d) That all persons holding encumbrances
				  against such lands have in writing agreed to the petition.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 46 - Forest Tax Program › Subchapter I - Forest Croplands › Section NR 46.07 - Ineligible lands

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The following lands are ineligible for
				  entry, continuation or renewal as forest croplands:
(a) Lands within the incorporated limits of
				  cities or registered plats.
(b) A
				  quarter-quarter section, fractional or government lot upon which is located a
				  domicile.
(c) Lands which, if
				  entered, continued or renewed, would result in the petitioner or owner having
				  contiguous forest croplands of which the total non-productive area exceeds
				  20%.
(d) Lands upon which surface
				  disturbance in the form of mining or landfill operations is present.
(e) Lands which show the existence of
				  landscaping or ornamental plants, or the alteration of vegetation adjacent to
				  or near any buildings or structures.
(f) Lands which cannot comply with the
				  eligibility requirements contained in s.
				  NR
				  46.06 except those land spresently entered under the
				  forest cropland program containing less than an entire quarter-quarter section,
				  fractional or government lot as determined by U.S. government survey excluding
				  public roads and railroad rights-of-ways that are eligible for
				  continuation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 46 - Forest Tax Program › Subchapter I - Forest Croplands › Section NR 46.09 - Forest croplands withdrawals

Current through June 24, 2024
A completed declaration of withdrawal on a department form
					 shall be filed with the department. Requests received by the department no
					 later than October 1 on department forms will be eligible to be effective the
					 following January 1. Forms received by the department after October 1 and
					 before the end of the year shall be effective January 1 of the second year
					 beginning after the year in which the form is received. Delays in processing
					 created by local governments or the department of revenue, or failure to pay
					 the withdrawal penalty on a timely basis may mean a delay in the effective date
					 of the withdrawal.
Forms for withdrawal must be filed by the deadline. Forms
						may be obtained online at dnr.wi.gov, search keyword "FCL".
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 46 - Forest Tax Program › Subchapter I - Forest Croplands › Section NR 46.10 - Forestry practices

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) INCOMPLETE CUTTING NOTICES. Incomplete
				  cutting notices shall be returned.
(2) CUTTING NOTICES THAT REQUIRE DEPARTMENT
				  APPROVAL. Department approval of a submitted complete cutting notice is
				  required prior to harvest if any of the following apply:
(a) The cutting notice is not consistent with
				  sound forestry.
(b) The owner
				  requests on the form that the department review the cutting notice.
(c) The person who submits the cutting notice
				  does not certify on the form that they meet one of the requirements provided in
				  s.
				  77.06(1) (b)
				  2, Stats.