NR 195.03(11)
(11) "Property acquisition" means fee title ownership or a conservation easement as defined in s.
700.40 (1) (a), Stats., in perpetuity in the land.
NR 195.03(12)
(12) "River" means any natural flowing, navigable water body within the boundaries of, or bordering, the state and includes streams, creeks and flowages.
NR 195.03(13)
(13) "River restoration project" means activities including, but not limited to, dam removal, dam modification, fish passage, removal of debris or channel obstructions, the introduction of structures or modifications to channels and stream banks or the removal or planting of vegetation, which will restore or enhance riverine ecosystems.
NR 195.03(14)
(14) "Riverine ecosystem" means all streams, channels, wetlands, groundwater and lands in the watershed tributary to a river and the terrestrial and aquatic life therein.
NR 195.03(15)
(15) "Sponsor" means the county, township, village, city, other local governmental unit as defined in s.
66.0131 (1) (a), Stats., qualified river management organization, tribe or nonprofit conservation organization that is applying for and receiving a grant under s.
281.70, Stats., and this chapter.
NR 195.03 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00; corrections in (7) and (15) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register June 2009 No. 642.
NR 195.04
NR 195.04 Eligible planning activities. Activities eligible for funding include:
NR 195.04(1)
(1) Organizational development projects which provide programs and materials to assist persons in forming a qualified river management organization or strengthen the capacity of an existing organization to protect or improve rivers and natural river ecosystems. Activities may include:
NR 195.04(1)(a)
(a) Training, education or facilitated planning programs and workshops.
NR 195.04(1)(b)
(b) Development, printing and dissemination of information, surveys, educational materials and brochures to describe the group, its purposes and attract membership.
NR 195.04(1)(c)
(c) Activities that are designed to develop partnerships or achieve organizational objectives to protect a river ecosystem.
NR 195.04(1)(d)
(d) Activities necessary to assist groups in meeting the conditions of a qualified river management organization.
NR 195.04(2)
(2) Education projects that include the development and dissemination of materials and programs or other activities that increase the public awareness relating to protecting or improving the ways in which rivers are used, the quality of water in rivers, the quality of natural riverine ecosystems or the populations of fish and aquatic life and their habitat in rivers.
NR 195.04(3)
(3) Assessments and plan development that may include but are not limited to:
NR 195.04(3)(a)
(a) Acquisition of new or updated information on the water quality, water quantity, fish, wildlife and other biological or environmental information about a river or its ecosystem and the assessment of this information.
NR 195.04(3)(b)
(b) Descriptions and mapping of existing and potential land and water resource conditions, activities and uses within a riverine ecosystem that may affect its quality and the assessment of this information.
NR 195.04(3)(c)
(c) Review, evaluation or development of ordinances and other local regulations related to the control of pollution sources, recreational use or other human activities that may impact fish and wildlife habitat, natural beauty or other components of the riverine ecosystem.
NR 195.04(3)(d)
(d) Acquisition of sociological information such as census data and assessments of river use information that is necessary to the development of a long-term river management plan.
NR 195.04(3)(e)
(e) The analysis, evaluation, reporting and dissemination of information obtained as part of the planning project.
NR 195.04(3)(f)
(f) The development of alternative management strategies, plans and specific project designs necessary to identify appropriate river protection projects.
NR 195.04 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00.
NR 195.05
NR 195.05
Eligible and ineligible management activities. NR 195.05(1)(1) Activities that are eligible for management grants include:
NR 195.05(1)(a)
(a) Purchase of land or of a conservation easement, as defined in s.
700.40 (1) (a), Stats., if the recipient enters into a contract under s.
281.71, Stats., and if the purchase will substantially contribute to the protection or improvement of the river's water quality or its natural ecosystem.
NR 195.05(1)(b)
(b) Development of local regulations or ordinances that will protect or improve the water quality of a river or its natural ecosystem.
NR 195.05(1)(c)
(c) Installation of practices to control nonpoint sources of pollution.
NR 195.05(1)(d)
(d) River restoration projects including restoration of in-stream or shoreland habitat.
NR 195.05(1)(e)
(e) An activity that is approved by the department and that is needed to implement a recommendation made as a result of a plan to protect or improve the water quality of a river or its natural ecosystem.
NR 195.05(1)(f)
(f) Education, planning and design activities necessary for the implementation of a management project.
NR 195.05(2)
(2) Activities not eligible for funding under this section include:
NR 195.05(2)(b)
(b) The purchase of property on which a dam is located unless for the purpose of facilitating dam removal.
NR 195.05(2)(d)
(d) Design, installation, operation or maintenance of sanitary sewers, treatment plants or onsite sewerage systems.
NR 195.05 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00.
NR 195.06(1)(1) Accounting for all planning and management project funds shall be in conformance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices, and shall be recorded by the grantee in a separate account. Supporting records of grant expenditures shall be maintained in sufficient detail to show that grant funds were used for the purpose for which the grant was made. All financial records, including invoices and canceled checks or bank statements that support all planning project costs claimed by the grant recipient shall be kept and made available for inspection for 3 years after final payment.
NR 195.06(2)
(2) The grant recipient shall submit to the department a claim for payment on forms provided by the department within 6 months after the project ending date. All costs claimed for payment shall be documented and shall be consistent with the grant agreement relative to expenditures being made within the grant period, within the scope of work and within estimated costs.
NR 195.06(3)
(3) The grant recipient may request, for good cause, a grant agreement amendment for expenditures, in excess of those identified as estimated costs in the grant agreement prior to the end of the grant period.
NR 195.06(4)
(4) The grant recipient may request, for good cause, a grant agreement amendment for changes to the project scope or an extension of the grant period prior to the end of the grant period.
NR 195.06(5)
(5) All of the grant recipient's records pertaining to the project are subject to audit. Claims made for payment may be adjusted by audit.
NR 195.06(6)
(6) All projects shall have as an element a final report that is suitable for use by the general public.
NR 195.06(7)
(7) All water tests that require laboratory analyses and which is part of the project shall be analyzed by a laboratory that has been selected by the department.
NR 195.06(8)
(8) Any grant provided for funding of a project that includes acquisition of physical, biological or chemical data may be conditioned to require implementation of a quality control and quality assurance plan approved by the department. The methods and procedures to be used in the project are subject to department approval.
NR 195.06(9)
(9) Data and information acquired as part of the planning or protection project shall be reported to the department in a format specified by the department in the grant agreement.
NR 195.06(10)
(10) If the department finds that the project has not been satisfactorily completed by the end of the grant period, the department may seek reimbursement of the state share previously distributed to the grant recipient.
NR 195.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00.
NR 195.07(1)(1) Applications from sponsors for funding of projects shall be made on forms provided by the department and shall be submitted to the region director for the region in which the project is located.
NR 195.07 Note
Note: The DNR region headquarters are located at:
NR 195.07 Note
1. Southeast — 2300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Box 12436, Milwaukee 53212
NR 195.07 Note
2. South Central — 3911 Fish Hatchery Road, Fitchburg 53711
NR 195.07 Note
3. Northeast — 1125 N. Military Ave., Box 10448, Green Bay 54307-0448
NR 195.07 Note
4. Northern/Rhinelander — 107 Sutliff Ave., Rhinelander 54501
NR 195.07 Note
5. Northern/Spooner — 810 West Maple St., Spooner 54801
NR 195.07 Note
6. West Central — 1300 W. Clairemont Ave., Box 4001, Eau Claire 54702
NR 195.07(2)
(2) All required application material that is not included on a department-provided form shall be submitted in an electronic format specified by the department.
NR 195.07(3)
(3) The department shall review the application for completeness and may return the application with a request for more detailed information. The application is not considered complete until the additional information requested by the department has been received.
NR 195.07(4)
(4) To be eligible for grant awards, project applications shall be received by the department by September 1, 2000, for funding in the 00-01 fiscal year, and by May 1 of each following year for funding in the subsequent fiscal year.
NR 195.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00;
CR 08-063: renum. (2) and (3) to be (3) and (4), cr. (2)
Register June 2009 No. 642, eff. 7-1-09.
NR 195.08
NR 195.08
Determination of project eligibility. NR 195.08(1)(1) Following receipt of the application, the department shall make a determination of planning project eligibility. The department may accept the application and include the project in the priority list developed under
s. NR 195.09, or deny the application based on consideration of the factors identified in s.
281.70 (4),
(5) or
(6), Stats., and
s. NR 195.02.
NR 195.08(2)
(2) The total state share of the cost of a planning project may not exceed $10,000.
NR 195.08(3)
(3) The total state share of the cost of a management project may not exceed $50,000.
NR 195.08(4)
(4) The department shall notify the sponsor in writing of the basis for a determination of ineligibility.
NR 195.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00.
NR 195.09(1)(1) A project priority list shall be prepared or updated by the department each year.
NR 195.09(2)
(2) Priorities shall be set on a statewide basis.
NR 195.09(3)
(3) Planning grants. When developing a priority list, the department shall rank all planning grant applications according to the following criteria:
NR 195.09(3)(a)
(a) The degree to which the project assists creation or enhancement of a local river management organization and can demonstrate how the use of the funds will build the capacity of the organization to protect and restore the river and its ecosystem.
NR 195.09(3)(b)
(b) The degree to which the project assists local decision-making or formation of a strategy to protect the quality of a river's ecosystem.
NR 195.09(3)(c)
(c) The degree to which the project will enhance knowledge and understanding of a river's ecosystem.
NR 195.09(3)(d)
(d) The degree to which the project is supported in a federal, state or local resource plan and makes efficient use of all other available funding sources.
NR 195.09(4)
(4) Management grants. When developing a priority list, the department shall rank all management applications according to the following criteria:
NR 195.09(4)(a)
(a) The degree to which the project will protect critical riverine ecosystems.
NR 195.09(4)(b)
(b) The degree to which the project will restore the quality of a river ecosystem or aids in the linkage or concentration of critical habitat.
NR 195.09(4)(c)
(c) The degree to which the proposed activities have a good likelihood of successfully meeting the project objectives and where the sources or causative factors of the problems to be remediated have been or very likely will be controlled prior to management activities.
NR 195.09(4)(d)
(d) The degree to which the project is supported in a federal, state or local resource plan and makes efficient use of all other available funding sources.
NR 195.09 History
History: Cr.
Register, October, 2000, No. 538, eff. 11-1-00.
NR 195.10
NR 195.10
Eligible and ineligible costs. NR 195.10(1)
(1) Reasonable and necessary project costs, which are consistent with the approved project, as determined by the department, and incurred during the project period, are eligible for grants. Eligible costs may include, but are not limited to:
NR 195.10(1)(a)
(a) Labor costs required for carrying out activities identified in the grant agreement. Costs shall be based on sponsor rates for the position including salary, fringe benefits and other items determined to be appropriate by the department.
NR 195.10(1)(b)
(b) Direct costs for laboratory analysis, surveys, newsletters, brochures, mailings, professional service contracts, construction activities and similar items.
NR 195.10(1)(c)
(c) Acquisition costs for the purchase of land or conservation easements.
