Public Notice: Notice of Public Meeting

Notice of Meeting

The Department of Natural Resources announces that it will hold a public meeting on an emergency rule, WM-07-17(E), relating to the revision of white-tailed deer 3-year population objectives and deer management unit boundaries. This rule revises Ch. NR 10, Wis. Admin. Code. The meeting will be held at the time and place shown below.

Hearing Information

Date: January 9, 2018

Time: 2 p.m.

Location: Wisconsin State Natural Resources Bldg., Room 613, 101 S. Webster St., Madison, WI 53703

Rule Information

The Department of Natural Resources is required to review Deer Management Unit (DMU) boundaries and deer population objectives (increase, maintain or decrease the deer population) at three-year intervals. Population objectives and DMUs serve as the foundation for managing the deer herd and determining annual deer hunting season structures and antlerless deer permit availability. To form population objectives and revise DMU boundaries, County Deer Advisory Councils (CDACs) review deer herd metrics and public input. Each year, CDACs recommend antlerless deer harvest quotas, carcass tag levels and deer season structure within each DMU to work toward that DMU’s 3-year population objective.

This rule will revise Wisconsin Administrative Code (Ch. NR 10) to reflect updated DMUs and population objectives. Implementing this rule will allow CDACs to form annual deer season recommendations based on these updated DMUs and objectives.

Accessibility

1. Hearing impaired persons may request an interpreter for this meeting. Please make reservations for a hearing interpreter at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing, by writing to e-mail

2. Alternatively, you may contact the Department of Natural Resources TDD at [phone]. The hearing facility is accessible to disabled users.

3. 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 with specific information on your request at least 10 days before the date of the scheduled hearing.

4. Handicap access is available at the hearing location.

Appearances at the Hearing and Submittal of Written Comments

Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before January 9, 2018. Written comments may be submitted by U.S. mail, fax, E-mail, or through the internet and will have the same weight and effect as oral statements presented at the public hearing. Written comments and any questions on the proposed rules should be submitted to:

Department of Natural Resources

Attn: Meredith Penthorn

P.O. Box 7921

101 S. Webster Street,

Madison, WI 53707-7921

Or email Meredith Penthorn at [e-mail]

Email comments may also be made at [e-mail]

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis: These rules are applicable to individual sportspersons and impose no compliance or reporting requirements for small businesses, nor are any design or operational standards contained in the rule.

Agency Small Business Regulatory Coordinator:

Linda Haddix [phone]

[e-mail]