29. Eliminate the following fish refuges: on the Chippewa flowage for 500 feet below Moose lake (Sawyer county), on Spider creek between Spider lake and State highway 77 (Sawyer county), on Island creek between Island and Black Dan lakes (Sawyer county), on Malviney creek (Sawyer county), on the unnamed tributary of Lake Chetac from Lake Chetac to 1000 feet upstream (Sawyer county), on the Brunet River from Lake Winter to 500 feet downstream (Sawyer county), on the Couderay river from the Grimh (Radisson) dam to 500 feet downstream (Sawyer county) and on the Little Turtle river and Turtle-Flambeau flowage 200 feet upstream of Popko's Circle road until 200 feet downstream of Popko's Circle road (Iron county).
30. Replace the current no minimum length limit and 14 to 18 inch protected slot with no minimum length limit but only 1 fish over 14" and increase the daily bag limit from 3 to 5 for walleye on the Three Lakes chain, Oneida County.
31. Replace the no minimum length limit but only 1 fish over 14" with a 15" minimum length limit for walleye on Sevenmile lake, Oneida County.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 12, 2010, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress will hold its election of county delegates in each county. Upon completion of the delegate elections, the joint Spring Hearing/Conservation Congress meeting will convene to take comments on the foregoing rule modifications and Conservation Congress advisory questions.
Hearing Information
The hearings will be held on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the following locations:
Adams Adams County Courthouse
County Board Room, 402 Main Street
Friendship
Ashland Ashland Senior High School
1900 Beaser, Ashland
Barron Old County Courthouse, Auditorium
330 E. LaSalle Avenue, Barron
Bayfield Bayfield County Courthouse
County Board Room
117 E. 5th Street, Washburn
Brown Southwest High School, School Auditorium
1331 Packerland Drive, Green Bay
Buffalo Alma High School, Gymnasium
S1618 STH 35, Alma
Burnett Burnett County Government Center
7410 County Road K, Siren
Calumet Calumet County Courthouse, Rm. B025
206 Court Street, Chilton
Chippewa Chippewa Falls Middle School Auditorium
750 Tropicana Blvd., Chippewa Falls
Clark Greenwood High School, Cafetorium
306 W. Central Avenue, Greenwood
Columbia Portage Junior High School
2505 New Pinery Road, Portage
Crawford Crawford County Courthouse
2nd Floor Courtroom
220 N. Beaumont Road, Prairie du Chien
Dane E.F. Schwan Performing Arts Center
Monona Grove High School
4400 Monona Drive, Monona
Dodge Horicon City Hall, 404 E. Lake Street
Horicon
Door Sturgeon Bay High School, Auditorium
1230 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay
Douglas Superior Senior High School, Cafeteria
2600 Catlin Avenue, Superior
Dunn Dunn County Fish and Game Club
1900 Pioneer Avenue, Menomonie
Eau Claire South Middle School, Auditorium
2115 Mitscher Avenue, Eau Claire
Florence Florence Natural Resource Center
5631 Forestry Drive, Florence
Fond du Lac Theisen Middle School
525 E Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac
Forest Crandon Area School District
9750 US HWY 8 West, Crandon
Grant Lancaster High School, Hillary Auditorium,
806 East Elm Street, Lancaster
Green Monroe Middle School
1220 16th Avenue, Monroe
Green Lake Green Lake High School, Small Gym
612 Mill Street, Green Lake
Iowa Dodgeville High School, Gymnasium
912 Chapel Street, Dodgeville
Iron Mercer Community Center
2648 W Margaret Street, Mercer
Jackson Black River Falls Middle School, LGI Rm.
1202 Pierce Street, Black River Falls
Jefferson Jefferson County Fair Park Activity Center
503 N. Jackson, Jefferson
Juneau Olson Middle School, Auditorium
508 Grayside Avenue, Mauston
Kenosha Bristol Elementary School
20121 83rd Street, Bristol
Kewaunee Kewaunee High School, Auditorium
911 Third Street, Kewaunee
La Crosse Onalaska High School
700 Hilltopper Pl., Onalaska
Lafayette Darlington High School, Auditorium
11838 Center Hill Road, Darlington
Langlade Antigo High School
1900 10th Avenue, Antigo
Lincoln Tomahawk Elementary School
1048 East King Road, Tomahawk
Manitowoc UW-Manitowoc, Theatre/Auditorium
705 Viebahn Street, Manitowoc
Marathon D.C. Everest Middle School, Auditorium
9302 Schofield Avenue, Schofield
Marinette Crivitz High School, Auditorium
400 South Avenue, Crivitz
Marquette Montello High School, Community Room
222 Forest Lane, Montello
Menominee Menominee County Courthouse
Courthouse Lane, Keshena
Milwaukee Nathan Hale High School
11601 W. Lincoln Avenue, West Allis
Monroe Sparta Meadowview School
A103 Cafetorium
1225 North Water Street, Sparta
Oconto Suring High School, Cafeteria
411 E Algoma Street, Suring
Oneida James Williams Middle School, Auditorium
915 Acacia Lane, Rhinelander
Outagamie Riverview Middle School, Auditorium
101 Oak Street, Kaukauna
Ozaukee Webster Middle School, Commons
W75 N624 Wauwatosa Road, Cedarburg
Pepin Pepin County Government Center
County Board Room
740 7th Avenue West, Durand
Pierce Ellsworth Senior High School, Auditorium
323 Hillcrest, Ellsworth
Polk Unity High School
1908 150th Street, Balsam Lake
Portage Ben Franklin Junior High School
Auditorium - Room 1208
2000 Polk Street, Stevens Point
Price Price County Courthouse
126 Cherry Street, Phillips
Racine Union Grove High School
3433 S. Colony Avenue, Union Grove
Richland Richland County Courthouse, Courtroom
181 West Seminary, Richland Center
Rock Pontiac Convention Center
2809 N. Pontiac Drive, Janesville
Rusk Ladysmith High School
1700 Edgewood, Ladysmith
Saint Croix St Croix Central High School, Commons
1751 Broadway Street, Hammond
Sauk UW Baraboo Campus, A4 Lecture Hall
1006 Connie Road, Baraboo
Sawyer Winter High School Cafeteria
6585W Grove Street, Winter
Shawano Shawano Middle School, LGI Room
1050 S. Union Street, Shawano
Sheboygan Sheboygan Falls High School, Auditorium
220 Amherst Avenue, Sheboygan Falls
Taylor Fair Grounds, Multi Purpose Building
Hwy 64/ Hwy 13, Medford
Trempealeau City Center Gym
36245 Park Street, Whitehall
Vernon Viroqua High School, Commons
100 Blackhawk Drive, Viroqua
Vilas Saint Germain Elementary School
8234 Hwy 70, Saint Germain
Walworth Delavan-Darien High School
150 Cummings Street, Delavan
Washburn Spooner Ag Research Station
W6646 Highway 70, Spooner
Washington Washington County Fairgrounds
3000 Cty Hwy PV, West Bend
Waukesha Waukesha Expo Center, North Hall
1000 Northview Road, Waukesha
Waupaca Waupaca High School, Auditorium
E 2325 King Road, Waupaca
Waushara Waushara County Court House
2nd Floor Old Court Room
209 S. St. Marie Street, Wautoma
Winnebago Webster Stanley Middle School
Auditorium, 915 Hazel Street, Oshkosh
Wood Pittsville High School, Auditorium
5459 Elementary Avenue, Pittsville
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of information material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Kari Lee-Zimmermann at (608) 266-2952 with specific information on your request by April 5, 2010.
Copies of Proposed Rules and Submittal of Written Comments
The proposed rules and fiscal estimates may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed hunting and trapping regulations may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Scott Loomans, 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 13, 2010. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will be summarized for the Natural Resources Board, however, they will not be tallied along with the responses received at the county hearings.
CR 10-020 — Analysis Prepared by Department of Natural Resources
Statutes interpreted
Statutory authority
Explanation of agency authority
The statutes listed above specifically provide the department with authority to establish game refuges, maintain open and closed seasons and other regulations to conserve fish and game and ensure opportunities for hunting and trapping, provide additional hunting opportunities for persons who are physically disabled, report the number and kind of animal taken by hunters and trappers and authorize and regulate hunting on land in state parks. All rules promulgated under this authority are subject to review under ch.
227, Stats.
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