Outstate head disposal costs 28,000 $ 35,000.00
Total $285,000.00
Anticipated Intensive Harvest Zone and Eradiscation Zone Disposal Costs based on 10,000 deer
Shipping Cost $314,050.00
Storage Cost $440,000.00
Cremation Cost $29,700.00
Landfill Cost $26,675.00
Misc. Disposal Cost 1 $433,500.00
Other Misc. Costs 2 $65,000.00
Total $1,308,925.00
1) Anticipated grand total for statewide carcass disposal $1,593,925
Aerial Operations: The costs associated with supplies, staff and flight time if the department contracts with USDA -wildlife services to conduct aerial shooting and herding of deer in the eradication zone and the cost associated with the aerial surveys to estimate remaining deer populations in the CWD zones.
Aerail Gunning and Herding:
APHIS Staff: $206,774
Aircraft (20 hours/week for 12 weeks x 2 helicopters x $700 / hr.): $336,000
Materials and supplies: $254,548
Total: $797,322
Aerial Surveys:
DNR Staff (6 FTE's x $21.63/hour x 3 weeks) $15,574
Aircraft (35 hours/week for 3 weeks x $600/hr.) $63,000
Materials: $10,000
Total: $88,574
2) Anticipated totals for aerial operations
Salary and Fringe: $15,575
Materials and Expences: $870,322
CWD Deer Hunts: The costs associated with the implementation of the expanded deer hunt in the CWD intensive harvest and herd reduction zones assuming only the current zones are affected and new zones are not created:
Law Enforcement: The additional hunts will require 8 additional hours per pay period for each of the 26 wardens in the South Central Region. Added to this would be any necessary meals, miles, etc.
With an average salary of about $25, with an additional $10 for benefits and fringe, this works out as follows:
26 Wardens x 8 hours/pay period = 208 hrs/pay period x 10 pay periods = 2080/hrs x $35/hr salary and fringe = $72,800 salary and fringe. In addition, there will be the added cost of approximately
$8,840 meals and $9,486 in mileage (meals and miles based upon previous cost estimates for CWD efforts).
Wildlife Management: The costs associated with the implementation of the new CWD deer herd control hunts including the testing and permit issuance during the extended season at registration stations will result in an additional staff time including the use of an LTE's, as well as mileage and other equipment expences.
10 LTE's x 20 hours/week = 200 hours x 10 pay periods = 2000 hours x $10/hour = $20,000
10 hours of overtime / pay period x 75 (50% of the wildlife staff) = 750 hours x 10 pay periods = 7, 500 hours x $28/hour (salary and fringe) = $210,000
Meals, mileage and other 1614 appropriations based on the first 14 weeks of CWD operation expenditures (~ $12,000 / wk): 20 weeks x $12,000 = $240,000
An additional cost will be the production of a regulation pamphlet to explain the CWD special hunt framework regulations and requirements.
Regulation Pamphlet 550,000 x $ .02 = $11,000
Customer Service and Licensing: The production of special permits associated with the implementation of the special CWD hunts.
Est # Special Carcass Tags
(200k EAB, 100k Antlered, 15k Disease Replacement) 315,000
Cost per form $0.075
$ 23,625
An additional cost will be the time required by staff to answer CWD related questions and issue the special permits.
Equivalent FTE positions
(Assuming SCR&CO staff @15% & NOR,WCR,NER,SER staff @ 5%) 10.1
Average Annual CS Salary (not including benefits) $ 29,200.00
$294,920.00
Parks and Recreation: Signage and maps will need to be produced for the 8 state park properties where expanded herd control measures will be in effect.
Supplies and Services: Printing or updating Maps, Signs, Permits and Instructions:
$500.00 for 8 other parks which have previously been open to deer hunting ($500x 8) = $4,000
Supplies and Services: Vehicle Maintenance and Expenses for Increased Patrol
$1,000 per park x 8 = $8,000
Salaries and Fringes - $30 per hour: Determination of Hunting Boundaries, Preparing/Revising Maps and Signs, Posting Signs
16 hours 8 parks which have previously been open to deer hunting (16 x 8 x $30) = $3,840
Salaries and Fringes - $30 per hour: Distributing Permits, Law Enforcement, Admitting Hunters to Park and/or Documenting Permits
4 hours per park per day x $30 per hour x 8 x 38 days (based on the average number of days all 8 parks will be open to hunting) = $36,480
3) Anticipated grand total for hunting season implementation
Salary and Fringe: $637,240
Materials and Expences: $304,951
Eradication Zone Efforts: The printing and issuance of permits, sharp shooting, carcass collection and registration are all areas where staff time and resources will be required.
Permit issuance and landowner contacts = 10 perm. employees x 10 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 400 x $28 / hour = $11,200 salary and fringe.
Sharp shooting = 12 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 14 pay periods = 3,360 x $28 / hour = $94,080 salary and fringe.
Carcass pick-up crews = 8 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 640 x $28 / hour = $17,920 salary and fringe.
Baiting crews =
180 tons of bait @ $200/ton $36,000
Vehicle Mileage - 100,000 miles @ $0.30/mile $30,000
Salary and Fringe - 20 FTEs x $21.63/hr. in salary and fringe x 8 weeks $138,432
Registration Stations = 16 perm. employees x 20 additional hours/pay period x 4 pay periods = 1,280 x $28 / hour = $35,840 salary and fringe.
Meals, mileage and other 1614 appropriations based on the first 14 weeks of CWD operation expenditures (~ $12,000 / wk): 11 weeks x $12,000 = $132,000
Baiting and Feeding Enforcement: Respond to and investigate violations pertaining to the statewide ban on baiting and feeding. The new regulations will require approximately 8 FTE worth of effort statewide for Law Enforcement wardens.
2080 hours (1 FTE) x 8 x $35/ hour (salary and fringe): $582,400
Miscellaneous materials including ammunition, office supplies and field equipment: $40,000
4) Anticipated grand total for eradication zone activities
Salary and Fringe: $879,872
Materials and Expences: $238,000
Decreased Revenue Details:
There will be a loss in revenue stemming from the absence of bonus permit sales in the CWD zones.
Est # of OTC Bonus Sales lost (assumed 50% loss in split units) 24,048
Dollar figure assumes 4:1 ratio of Resident:Non-resident sales
$13.60
$327,052.80
Est # of Bonus Sales lost thru mail (assumed 50% loss in split units) 22,570
Dollar figure assumes 4:1 ratio of Resident:Non-resident sales
$13.60
$306,952.00
We assume that the loss in hunters was a product of some apprehension on behalf of our hunters who chose to sit out the year until statewide test results are returned. If CWD is confined to the south central part of the state we can assume that license sales will return to pre CWD levels. Even if we do not recover the lost hunters, we do anticipate the loss to stabilize and the hunters that purchased a license in 2002 will again purchase licenses into the future.
1) Anticipated total loss in revenue $634,004.80
Written comments on the proposed rule and Environmental Impact Statement may be submitted to Mr. Kurt Thiede, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than March 31, 2003. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearings. A copy of the proposed rule [WM-05-03 and WM-09-03], fiscal estimate and Environmental Impact Statement may be obtained from Mr. Thiede.
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc., Chs.
NR 1—)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
23.09 (2) (c),
29.014 (1),
29.041,
29.614 and
227.11 (2), Stats., interpreting ss.
29.014 (1) and
29.041, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to ch.
NR 20, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to fishing on the inland and outlying waters of Wisconsin. The proposed rule will:
