Dunn Dunn County Fish & Game Club, 1900 Pine Ave., Menomonie
Eau Claire South Middle School, Auditorium, 2115 Mitscher Ave., Eau Claire
Florence Florence High School, Auditorium, 400 Olive Avenue, Florence
Fond du Lac Theisen Jr. High School, Auditorium, 525 E. Pioneer Rd., Fond du Lac
Forest Crandon High School, Auditorium, 970 USH 8 W, Crandon
Grant Lancaster High School, Hilary Auditorium, 806 E. Elm St., Lancaster
Green Monroe Middle School, Auditorium, 1510 13th Street, Monroe
Green Lake Green Lake High School, Multi-purpose room, 612 Mill Street, Green Lake
Iowa Dodgeville High School, Gymnasium, 912 West Chapel Street, Dodgeville
Iron Mercer Community Center, 2448 West Margaret, Mercer
Jackson Black River Falls Middle School, LGI Room, 1202 Pierce Street, Black River Falls
Jefferson Jefferson County Fair Park, Activity Center, 503 N. Jackson, Jefferson
Juneau Mauston High School, Gymnasium, 800 Grayside Ave., Mauston
Kenosha Bristol Grade School, Gym, 20121 83rd Street, Bristol
Kewaunee Kewaunee High School, Theatre, 911 3rd Street, Kewaunee
La Crosse Onalaska High School, Auditorium, 700 Wilson Street, Onalaska
Lafayette Darlington High School, Auditorium, 11838 Center Hill Road, Darlington
Langlade Antigo High School, Volm Theater, 900 10th Avenue, Antigo
Lincoln Tomahawk Elementary School, Auditorium, 1048 E. Kings Road, Tomahawk
Manitowoc UW-Manitowoc, Theater, 705 Viebahn Street, Manitowoc
Marathon Wausau West High School, 1200 West Wausau Ave., Wausau
Marinette Crivitz High School, Auditorium, 718 Hall Hay Street, Crivitz
Marquette Montello High School, Varsity Gym, 222 Forest Lane, Montello
Menominee Menominee County Courthouse, Basement, Courthouse Lane, Keshena
Milwaukee Bayfield High School, Auditorium, 2751 South Lenox Street, Milwaukee
Monroe Tomah High School, Gym, 901 Lincoln Avenue, Tomah
Oconto Suring High School, Cafeteria, 411 E. Algoma Street, Suring
Oneida James Williams Junior High, Auditorium, 915 Aracia, Rhinelander
Outagamie Riverview Middle School, Auditorium, 101 Oak Street, Kaukauna
Ozaukee Webster Middle School, Commons, W75 N624 Wauwatosa Rd., Cedarburg
Pepin Pepin County Government Center-Co., Board Room, 740 7th Avenue, W. Durand
Pierce Ellsworth Senior High School, Auditorium, 323 Hillcrest, Ellsworth
Polk Unity High School, Gymnasium, 1908 150th Street/Hwy 46, Balsam Lake
Portage Ben Franklin Jr. High School, Auditorium, 2000 Polk Street, Stevens Point
Price Phillips High School, Auditorium, 990 Flambeau Avenue, Phillips
Racine Union Grove High School, Auditorium, 3433 S. Colony Avenue, Union Grove
Richland Richland Center High School, Auditorium, 23200 Hornet High Drive, Richland Center
Rock Loyal Order of Moose Lodge, 2701 Rockport Road, Janesville
Rusk Ladysmith High School, Cafeteria, 1700 Edgewood Avenue East, Ladysmith
Saint Croix Indianhead Technical College, Cashman Auditorium, 1019 S. Knowles Ave., New Richmond
Sauk UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, 1006 Connie Road, Room A4, Baraboo
Sawyer Hayward High School, Auditorium, 10320 Greenwood Lane, Hayward
Shawano Shawano Community Middle School, LG 1, 1050 S. Union Street, Shawano
Sheboygan Sheboygan Falls High School, Auditorium, 220 Amherst Ave., Sheboygan Falls
Taylor Taylor County Multi-Purpose Building, Intersection of Hwy 64&13, Medford
Trempealeau Whitehall City Center, Gymnasium, 36245 Park Street, Whitehall
Vernon Viroqua High School, Auditorium, Viroqua
Vilas Sayner Community Center, Golf Course Road, Sayner
Walworth Delavan/Darien High School, 150 Cummings, Delavan
Washburn WI Ag Research Station, Conference Room, W6646 Hwy 70, Spooner
Washington Washington County Fair Park, Exhibit Hall, 3000 Hwy PV, West Bend
Waukesha Waukesha South High School, Auditorium, 401 E. Roberta Ave., Waukesha
Waupaca Waupaca High School, Auditorium, E2325 King Road, Waupaca
Waushara Waushara County Courthouse, County Board Room, 2nd Floor, Room 265, 209 S. St. Marie St., Wautoma
Winnebago Webster Stanley Middle School, Auditorium, 915 Hazel St., Oshkosh
Wood Pittsville High School, Auditorium, 5459 Elementary Avenue, Pittsville
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Fiscal Estimate
The 2005 - 07 state budget (
2005 Wisconsin Act 25) created a provision to allow the department to issue turkey permits, remaining after the initial permit drawing, over the counter on a first-come, first-served basis at the cost of $10 for residents and $15 for non-residents. The department's intent is to prevent any one individual from hoarding permits, and at the same time make sure that there are a limited number of left over permits that go unused.
The intent of the budget proposal was to make sure permits are issued to those who have the ability and desire to use the permits. Therefore, the department recommends that turkey permits remaining after the initial drawing, be made available to customers at a rate of 1 permit per day, with no limit on the number of permits that an individual hunter may obtain in a given license year. By limiting the permits to one per day per hunter it will avoid hoarding and allow hunters equal opportunities at available permits.
The fiscal impacts associated with this provision were generated by the budget bill, and not the rule itself, but are described here for informational purposes.
Cost of implementing this change will be an estimated $10,000 to change the functionality and logic in the Department's Automated License Issuance System (ALIS) and to update and print new applications.
Additionally, by issuing turkey permits over the counter, the department will see an increase in revenue. Based on 2005 applicant information this could potentially generate on the order of over $347,000 in revenue:
2005 Fall Turkey:
98.6% of the applicants are residents
At $9 and $14 per tag this equals $31,617 for resident tags and $700 for nonresident tags for a total of $32,317.
2005 Spring Turkey:
96.2% of the applicants are residents
3.8% of the applicants are nonresidents
We had 34,250 second permits issued in 2005.
Using those percentages, 32,948 applicants would be residents and 1,302 would be nonresidents.
At $9 and $14 per tag this equals $296,532 for resident tags and $18,228 for nonresident tags for a total of $314,760.
The reason that $9 and $14 was used as the revenue multiplier is because there is a $.15 issuance fee for each tag. ALIS charges us about $.89 per transaction. Some will be issued at DNR locations so the issuance fee would not apply. Some will be sold along with other approvals in the same transaction so the entire transaction fee wouldn't be for just the turkey tag. So it was estimated that the cost would be about $1 per turkey tag.
The costs and revenue described here are not included in the worksheet because they are attributable to the enabling legislation, and not the rule. However, there are two rule change proposals that could have a fiscal impact independent of enabling legislation. The first is a proposed change to require a pheasant stamp of any hunter in the state who hunts pheasants.
The pheasant stamp was created in 1991 to fund pheasant restoration and management. Specifically the department was directed by state statute to use the revenues generated by the sale of the stamp for “developing, managing, preserving, restoring and maintaining the wild pheasant population in the state." To define areas where these funds were primarily utilized, the department created the Pheasant Management Zone (PMZ). The PMZ included counties or portions of counties with a healthy wild pheasant population. Therefore, a pheasant stamp was only required by those hunters who hunted pheasants within the PMZ.
However, as a result of
2005 Wisconsin Act 25 (The 2005 State Budget), a portion of pheasant stamp revenue is now allocated toward pheasant rearing and stocking. This now benefits pheasant hunters even outside the PMZ. As a result, the department recommends that all pheasant hunters in the state be required to purchase the pheasant stamp in addition to their small game license to hunt pheasants in Wisconsin.
In 2005, 29,978 pheasant stamps were sold (does not include the 70,401 Conservation Patron License holders, where a pheasant stamp was included with their Patron License). At a cost of $10 each, this resulted in approximately $300,000 in revenue resulting form the sale of pheasant stamps (excluding the allotment from the Patron License sales) in 2005. From small game hunter surveys, the department estimates that there are approximately 75,000 hunters who annually hunt pheasants in Wisconsin. Based on this information, and that most hunters who hunt pheasants do so within the pheasant management zone where a stamp is required, we assume that 95% of pheasant hunters (71,250) either purchase a pheasant stamp or hunt pheasants under the authority of a Conservation Patron license (which includes the pheasant stamp). Based on these assumptions, if this rule proposal goes forward and the pheasant stamp is required statewide, then the department could anticipate the sale of an additional 3,750 pheasant stamps, which would result in an additional $37,500 in revenue for pheasant habitat restoration and pheasant stocking.
Secondly, establishing a deer hunting season at High Cliff State Park would increase department costs. Costs include signage at the property (one time cost ~$500). Patrolling of the property by Park staff during the season will result in additional costs to the local Park staff in terms of staff time.
One additional conservation warden will be needed to be on staff during this hunt (LTE). Additional hours would be at a minimum 188 hours if the LTE worked 23.5 days of the season with permanent staff working the other 23.5 days. Hours will also be needed to work on dual boundary posting adjacent to private property. The park facility repair worker and other staff can accomplish this in a minimum of 50 hours.
LTE officer =$1,786.00 (wage)
FTE officer =$3,478.00 (wage)
FTE staff =$846.00 (wage) - time spent on boundary work – One time cost.
Materials =$500.00 (signs/posts for boundaries) – One time cost.
Estimated annual expenditures (staff time) - $5,264
One time staff cost - $846
The proposed rules and fiscal estimates may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site: adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed hunting and trapping regulations may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Kurt Thiede, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Written comments on the proposed fishing regulations may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Joe Hennessy, Bureau of Fisheries Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Written comments shall be postmarked not later than April 11, 2006. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will NOT, however, be counted as spring hearing votes.
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
