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.
Related rule or statute
There are no state rules or statutes that directly relate to the provisions that are proposed in this administrative order.
Plain language analysis
The department has recommended modifications to chapters NR 10, 11, 12 and 19, Wis. Adm. Code, relating to hunting, trapping, closed areas and game refuges. These rule changes are proposed for inclusion in the 2010 Spring Hearing Questionnaire. Specifically, these proposals do the following:
Sections 1 and 23 establish a definition and allow the use of atlatls for small game hunting.
Sections 2, 29 and 30 allow the use of colony traps for muskrats and establish size standards and regulations.
Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 32 and 33 eliminate the Burnett County and Rock Prairie Canada Goose Management Subzones.
Sections 4, 21, 36 and 39 establish and clarify definitions of a normal “agricultural or gardening practice" and “manipulation" for the purposes of enforcing existing prohibitions of baiting and feeding wild animals.
Section 9 allows participation in the youth turkey hunting season by 16 and 17 year olds.
Sections 10 and 31 establish turkey hunting seasons and zones at Hartman Creek, Straight Lake, and the Glacial Heritage Area State Parks.
Sections 11 and 12 establish a single, consistent raccoon season opener for residents and non-residents.
Section 13 allows firearm deer hunting at Nelson Dewey state park during the traditional season in November.
Section 14 allows deer hunting on newly acquired lands at Buckhorn state park during all normal firearm deer hunting seasons.
Section 15 allows muzzleloader deer hunting at Big Bay state park during the normal statewide muzzleloader season that follows the traditional November firearm season.
Section 16 Establishes firearm and archery deer hunting seasons at proposed Glacial Heritage Area state parks that are consistent with other CWD Management Zone state park hunting seasons.
Section 17 allows participation in the youth deer hunting season by 16 and 17 year olds.
Section 18 and 19 establish a single, consistent statewide opening date for fox hunting and trapping and coyote trapping.
Section 21 eliminates the 2:00 p.m. pheasant hunting closure at Scuppernong River Habitat Management Area in Waukesha County and allows pheasant hunting all day.
Section 22 allows the use of scopes on muzzleloading firearms during the muzzleloader-only deer hunting season.
Section 24 provides that all deer hunting licenses which are issued to 10 year-olds to 17 year-olds will include a carcass tag that is valid for an antlerless deer in any unit statewide.
Sections 25 and 26 allow the transportation of whole deer carcasses from the CWD zone to other areas if the whole carcass is taken directly to a licensed meat processor or taxidermist.
Section 27 and 28 allow dividing a deer into five parts prior to registration in order to facilitate removal from the field. These sections also repeal, recreate and amend provisions which allow quartering bear and elk so that they may be divided into five parts in order to more easily facilitate removal from the field.
Sections 34 and 35 increases the penalty for violation animal damage abatement program requirements by clarifying that program participation can be denied for the following program year in addition to the current year.
Sections 37 and 38 clarify the definition of “novice participant" for learn to hunt programs.
Comparison with federal regulations
