Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.563 (11) (b) 1. and
29.591 (3), Stats., interpreting ss.
29.563 (11) (b) 1. and
29.591 (3), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on the amendment of s.
NR 19.50, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to establishing hunter education fees. Language in the recent budget bill requires hunter education instructors to charge a fee for the hunter education course and that the Department promulgate rules to implement this fee. Instructors will be allowed to charge students $10.00 and keep up to $5 of that amount to offset their expenses. The remainder of the fee is to be returned to the Department.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have an economic impact on small businesses. The Department's Small Business Regulatory Coordinator may be contacted at:
SmallBusinessReg.Coordinator@dnr.state.wi.us or by calling (608)266-1959.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch.
NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.563 (11) (b) 1.,
29.591 (3) and
227.24, Stats., interpreting ss.
29.563 (11) (b) 1. and
29.591 (3), Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing Natural Resources Board Emergency Order No. LE-40-05(E) relating to establishing hunter education fees. The emergency rule allows instructors to charge students $10.00 and keep up to $5 of that amount to offset their expenses. The remainder of the fee is to be returned to the Department.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearing will be held on:
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 8:00 a.m.
Room 717, GEF #2
101 South Webster Street
Madison
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that 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 Tim Lawhern at (608) 266-1317 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Fiscal Estimate
A possible increase in state revenues of up to $150,000 is anticipated and will be returned to the hunter education program budget.
The proposed rule, emergency rule and fiscal estimate may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site: adminrules.wisconsin.gov. Written comments on the proposed rule may be submitted via U.S. mail to Mr. Tim Lawhern, Bureau of Law Enforcement, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707. Comments may be submitted until October 14, 2005. Written comments whether submitted electronically or by U.S. mail will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearings. A personal copy of the proposed rule and fiscal estimate may be obtained from Mr. Lawhern.
Notice of Hearing
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014,
29.041,
29.197 and
227.24, Stats., interpreting ss.
29.04,
29.041 and
29.197, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing on Natural Resources Board Emergency Order No. WM-20-05(E) pertaining to the 2005 migratory game bird season. This emergency order took effect on August 31, 2005. The significant regulations are:
Ducks: The state is divided into two zones each with 60-day seasons. The season begins at noon September 24 and continues for 60 consecutive days in the north, closing on November 22. In the south, the season begins at noon on October 1 and continues through October 9, followed by a 5-day split. It reopens on October 15 and continues through December 4. The daily bag limit is 6 ducks including no more than 4 mallards, of which only one may be a hen, one black duck, one pintail, one canvasback (from October 15 – November 13 statewide), 2 wood ducks, 2 redheads and 2 scaup.
Geese: The state is apportioned into 3 goose hunting zones: Horicon, Collins and Exterior. Other special goose management subzones within the Exterior Zone include Brown County, Burnett County, Rock Prairie and the Mississippi River. Season lengths are: Collins Zone – 64 days; Horicon Zone – 92 days; Exterior Zone – 92 days; and Mississippi River Subzone – 70 days. The Burnett County Subzone is closed to Canada goose hunting. The statewide daily bag limit for Canada geese in the Horicon and Collins Zones is 2 birds per day during the open seasons within each zone. In the Exterior Zones and its subzones, the daily bag limit will be on bird per day from September 17 – October 2 and 2 birds per day for the remainder of the season.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearing will be held on:
Monday, October 17, 2005 at 1:00 p.m.
Room 405, GEF #2 101
South Webster Street
Madison
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that 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 Kent VanHorn at (608) 266-8841 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.
Written comments on the emergency rule may be submitted to Mr. Kent VanHorn, Bureau of Wildlife Management, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707 no later than October 19, 2005. Written comments will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the hearing. A copy of the emergency rule may be obtained from Mr. VanHorn. The emergency rule may be reviewed and comments electronically submitted at the following Internet site:
http://adminrules.wisconsin.gov.
Notice of Hearings
Natural Resources
(Fish, Game, etc.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to ss.
29.014,
29.089 (3) and
29.177 (3m), Stats., interpreting ss.
29.014,
29.024 (6),
29.089 (3),
29.173 (3),
29.177,
29.181 and
29.559, Stats., the Department of Natural Resources will hold public hearings on revisions to ch.
NR 10, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to deer hunting season and permit issuance regulation changes. The revisions include:
1. There will be a 2-day youth either sex gun hunt in September (opening 7 days after the bow season opens). A mentor will be required to accompany a youth (only the youth will be allowed to carry a gun) and the youth hunter will be required to place their regular buck deer carcass tag on an antlered buck (only one buck per youth hunter). Youth hunters would be allowed to harvest as many antlerless deer as they have valid tags for.
2. The late archery season will close the Sunday nearest January 6. This change will ensure that the late bow season will be open during the New Year's holiday every year.
3. There will be a statewide 4-day antlerless gun hunt beginning on the 2nd Thursday following the Thanksgiving holiday. The hunt will be open in all units to anyone with a valid antlerless deer permit.
4. In herd control units (currently Zone T and EAB units) antlerless tags will be unrestricted. The first antlerless tag is free with the purchase of a gun or archery license. Additional tags will be available for a minimal handling fee ($2 unless purchased on-line or over the phone in which case the standard processing fee ($3) will be applied in addition to the $2).
5. The archery license would come with two tags valid statewide: one valid for one antlered deer only and the other valid for antlerless only. This change will retain the either sex hunt option for archery while simplifying tagging options. There will be only two types of tags: buck and antlerless. There will be no more either sex tags – except for two very limited exceptions.
6. The Hunter's Choice program would be replaced by the sale of antlerless tags valid in limited quota (regular) units as additional deer. Antlerless permits would be sold first-come, first-serve for $12 each ($20 for nonresidents). Tags would be available on August 1 for purchase at a rate of one per hunter per day.
7. There would be no October 4-day antlerless only hunt outside CWD zones in 2006 and 2007. (In the event that the average antlerless:antlered harvest ratio in herd control units statewide is below 1.4 in 2006, the rule may immediately sunset.) In the event that inadequate herd control is realized as a result of this trial, the 4-day October antlerless deer gun hunt would return in 2008. The start date would be the Thursday nearest October 15 and it would occur in DMUs where a regular season of buck plus quota will not bring the population to within 20% of the over-winter goal.
8. The Earn-A-Buck season structure would be an available tool (in 2006 and 2007) for recommendation to the Natural Resources Board based on the criteria currently used (EAB pre-qualification will be implemented).
9. A first-come, first-serve system to sell bonus tags for deer hunting access in state parks open to hunting.
None of these proposed changes apply to the CWD Zones or season structures.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to s.
227.114, Stats., it is not anticipated that the proposed rule will have an economic impact on small businesses. The Department's Small Business Regulatory Coordinator may be contacted at:
SmallBusinessReg.Coordinator@dnr.state.wi.us or by calling (608)266-1959.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department has made a preliminary determination that this action does not involve significant adverse environmental effects and does not need an environmental analysis under ch.
NR 150, Wis. Adm. Code. However, based on the comments received, the Department may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the proposal. This environmental review document would summarize the Department's consideration of the impacts of the proposal and reasonable alternatives.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that in addition to comments on the proposed rules, the Department is seeking public input on a proposal to prohibit all deer baiting and feeding during the 9-day November gun deer season and during the 10 days before the season.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Department will provide an information session on the proposed rules to begin at 6:30 p.m., with testimony on the proposals to begin at 7:00 p.m..
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the hearings will be held at 7:00 p.m. on:
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Room M103 (Auditorium)
Chippewa Valley Tech. College
620 W. Clairemont Ave.
Eau Claire
Cooperative Extension Bldg.
1150 Bellevue Street
Green Bay
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Auditorium, Theisen Middle School
525 E. Pioneer Road
Fond du Lac
Room 151, Dreyfus State Office Bldg.
141 NW Barstow Street
Waukesha
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Omni Center
255 Riders Club
Onalaska
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Alumni Room, University Center
UW-Stevens Point
1015 Reserve Street
Stevens Point
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
WITC
2100 Beaser Avenue
Ashland
American Family Insurance NHQ
6000 American Parkway
