Richland Center
Rock Rock County Health Care Center
Auditorium, 3530 N. Hwy F.
Janesville
Rusk Ladysmith High School Auditorium
Ladysmith
St. Croix American Legion Post 240
410 Maple St.
Baldwin
Sauk UW - Baraboo Campus
A4 Lecture Hall
1006 Connie Rd.
Baraboo
Sawyer Hayward High School Auditorium
Hayward
Shawano Shawano Senior High School
Cafeteria,1050 S. Union St.,
Shawano
Sheboygan Sheboygan Falls High School
Cafeteria, 220 Amherst Ave.
Sheboygan Falls
Taylor Taylor County Fairgrounds
Multi-purpose Bldg.
Medford
Trempealeau Trempealeau County Courthouse
Trempealeau Room, 1720 Main St.
Whitehall
Vernon Vernon County Courthouse
400 Court House Square, 2nd floor
Viroqua
Vilas Plum Lake Community Building
Sayner
Walworth National Guard Armory
401 E. Fair St
Elkhorn
Washburn Experimental Farm
Spooner
Washington UW-Washington County Campus
Room 201 (Big Lecture Hall)
West Bend
Waukesha Waukesha County Expo Center
North Hall
N1 W24848 Northview Rd.
Waukesha
Waupaca Grand Seasons Hotel
110 Grand Seasons Dr.
Waupaca
Waushara Waushara County Courthouse
County Board Room 265
Wautoma
Winnebago Oshkosh North High
School Auditorium
Oshkosh
Wood Pittsville High School Gymnasium
Pittsville
Notice is hereby further given that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations, including the provision of informational material in an alternative format, will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Dawn Rees at (608) 267-3134 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Written comments on the proposed rules may be submitted to Mr. Al Phelan, Conservation Congress Liaison, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than April 18, 1997. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearings.
A copy of the proposed rules [WM-5-97], [FH-10-97] and fiscal estimates may be obtained from Ms. Dawn Rees, Bureau of Legal Services, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 or by calling (608) 267-3134.
Fiscal Estimate
This rule contains ten rule change proposals to be placed on the 1997 spring fish and game hearing questionnaire. Sections 1, 2, 11, 14, and 15 alter special deer hunts at state parks and the Leow Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest. Since permit issuance systems for special state park hunts are already in place, only limited expenses will result from the need to post new signs. Section 3, expanding the area closed to coyote hunting, has no significant new costs. Section 4 extends the muskrat trapping season by two months and has no new costs. Sections 6 and 7 clarify intent of the rule limiting hunters to no more than ten gallons of bait and have no new associated costs. Section 8 eliminates the requirement to hunt geese from blinds in the Horicon Intensive Management Subzone. No new expenses will be associated with this rule. Section 9, eliminating the 75 trap rule, has no anticipated new costs. Section 10 Increases the fisher population goals. No costs are associated with this rule change. Sections 12 and 14 allow hunting during the muzzleloader only season at Newport State Park. Only limited costs associated with new signs will be incurred. Sections 13 and 14 allow deer hunting at Rocky Arbor State Park. Limited costs, associated with law enforcement and new signs will be incurred. Sections 16 and 17 create Wild Turkey Management Unit 77D (Loew Lake Unit - Kettle Moraine State Forest) and allows hunting for disabled hunters. The turkey permit issuance system is already in place and no significant cost increases will be associated with this change. Section 18 includes all of Polk County in the pheasant management zone. Pheasant hunters in this area will be required to purchase a pheasant stamp which may contribute some new money to the pheasant management program. The number of affected numbers cannot be determined. Section 19 modifies beaver management zones to make the northern beaver and otter zone boundaries the same. No new costs are associated with this change. Sections 21 and 22 create or expand refuges in Waushara and Douglas Counties. Though new boundary signs will be needed, no significant costs are associated with this change. These provisions collectively will require and estimated .5 FTE of warden enforcement effort which costs approximately $35,000.
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs. NR 1--)
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to ss. 29.174(3) and 227.11(2)(a), Stats., interpreting ss. 29.174(2), 29.107, 29.1075 and 29.103, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on revisions to ch. NR 10, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to hunting and trapping. The proposed rule changes are minor and involve corrections, removal of archaic regulations, improving hunting opportunities and clarifications of existing rules. The specific changes:
1. Allow the use of muzzleloading handguns with a minimum barrel length of 4 inches in situations, other than deer and bear hunting, where other handguns are permitted.
2. Restore November 3 as the uniform expiration date of the 2:00 p.m. pheasant hunting closure date on stocked public hunting grounds. This change also expands hunting opportunity by changing the starting date of the 2:00 p.m. closure from the second day of season to the third. Pheasants are not stocked on the second day of season, a Sunday.
3. Include bonus and special carcass tags in the definition of carcass tags to make it illegal to possess a validated bonus carcass tag that is not attached to a deer and prevent the re-use of bonus carcass tags.
4. Require validation of carcass tags other than those located on backtags. Currently, only validation of back tags is required by rule.
