29.604(6r)(f)
(f) In addition to any requirements under
s. 1.11, the department may give public notice of and hold public hearings on the activities of state agencies or the department under this subsection.
29.604(7)(a)(a) The department shall conduct research on the endangered and threatened species of this state and shall implement programs directed at conserving, protecting, restoring and propagating selected state-endangered and threatened species to the maximum extent practicable.
29.604(7)(b)
(b) The department may enter into agreements with federal agencies, other states, political subdivisions of this state or private persons with respect to programs designed to conserve endangered or threatened species of wild animals or wild plants. Agreements with private persons under this paragraph may include providing for the movement of an endangered or threatened species to another appropriate habitat, preferably to a habitat located on state-owned or state-leased land.
29.604(7m)
(7m) Bulk sampling activities. A person may take, transport, or possess a wild animal on the department's endangered and threatened species list without a permit under this section if the person avoids and minimizes adverse impacts to the wild animal to the extent practicable, if the taking, transporting, or possession does not result in wounding or killing the wild animal, and if the person takes, transports, or possesses the wild animal for the purpose of bulk sampling activities under
s. 295.45.
29.604(8)
(8) Exemptions. This section does not apply to zoological societies or municipal zoos, or to their officers or employees.
29.604 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
NR 27 and s.
NR 10.02, Wis. adm. code.
29.604 Annotation
This section does not form a basis for seeking injunctive relief against the proposed relocation of a county highway. Robinson v. Kunach,
76 Wis. 2d 436,
251 N.W.2d 449 (1977).
29.604 Annotation
Department of natural resources refusal to engage in rulemaking to add bobcats to the endangered species list was proper when the scientific evidence presented was inconclusive. Barnes v. Department of Natural Resources,
184 Wis. 2d 645,
560 N.W.2d 730 (1994).
29.604 Annotation
The effect and constitutionality of the law broadening endangered species protection to include threatened species is discussed. 68 Atty. Gen. 9.
29.604 Annotation
Sub. (4) applies to state-listed endangered and threatened plants growing on public property.
OAG 3-00.
29.605
29.605
Sporting heritage grants. 29.605(1)(a)(a) The department shall provide one grant during each fiscal biennium to a nonprofit organization to provide education to persons who engage in hunting, fishing, and trapping, to establish and operate programs to recruit persons to engage in these activities, and to encourage continued engagement in these activities.
29.605(1)(b)
(b) During fiscal biennium 2013-15, the department shall provide a grant under
par. (a) in the amount of $500,000. The department shall provide $200,000 of the grant in fiscal year 2013-14 from the appropriation under
s. 20.370 (1) (ma). The department shall provide the remaining $300,000 of the grant in fiscal year 2014-15.
29.605(1)(c)
(c) During fiscal biennium 2015-17, and during each fiscal biennium thereafter, the department shall provide a grant under
par. (a) in the amount of $450,000.
29.605(2)
(2) A nonprofit organization is eligible to receive a grant under
sub. (1) if it meets all of the following requirements:
29.605(2)(a)
(a) It has a principal place of business in this state.
29.605(2)(am)
(am) It has a relationship with a nationally recognized organization that provides proven and successful firearms safety education and is able to use that relationship to host shooting events.
29.605(2)(b)
(b) It teaches courses on firearm safety and training, shooting skills, and outdoor education and uses a nationally recognized curriculum to teach those courses.
29.605(2)(c)
(c) It has a relationship with a nationally recognized shooting expert.
29.605(2)(d)
(d) It is able to provide mentors for new hunters by recruiting volunteers and maintaining a database of volunteers.
29.605(2)(e)
(e) It is not an affiliate of a national federation or organization.
29.605(2)(f)
(f) It is able to ensure the maintenance or improvement of this state's position among all of the states in the areas of outdoor sporting heritage and recruitment by providing sporting education and programming to persons throughout this state.
29.605(2)(g)
(g) Beginning with grants awarded during fiscal biennium 2015-17, it contributes $150,000 in funds to be used with a grant awarded under this section.
29.605(3)
(3) A nonprofit organization that receives a grant under
sub. (1) shall use the grant to provide programs and education designed to preserve and protect this state's hunting, fishing, trapping, and shooting traditions.
29.605(4)
(4) During fiscal biennium 2015-17, and during each fiscal biennium thereafter, the department shall award a grant under this section not later than 30 days after the biennial budget bill for that fiscal biennium is enacted.
29.605 History
History: 2013 a. 20.
29.607(1)(a)(a) The legal title to all wild rice growing in any lake of the state, whether meandered or not, is vested in the state for the purpose of regulating harvest, use, disposition and conservation of wild rice.
29.607(1)(b)
(b) The legal title to wild rice taken or reduced to possession in violation of this chapter remains in the state. Title to wild rice lawfully acquired is subject to the condition that upon the violation of this section by the holder of title to the wild rice, the title shall revert, as a result of the violation, to the state.
29.607(2)(a)(a) The secretary may designate the opening date for harvesting wild rice in any navigable lake or stream by posting notice of the opening date on the shores of and at places of public access to the lake at least 24 hours before the opening date, unless the department promulgates by rule a different time period required for notice. Posting is sufficient notice of the opening date and no other publication is required.
29.607(2)(b)
(b) The department shall obtain the advice and recommendations of the tribal council before promulgating any rules governing the harvest, use and disposition of wild rice growing within the bounds of an Indian reservation.
29.607(3)
(3) License required; exceptions; wild rice identification card. Every person over the age of 16 and under the age of 65 shall obtain the appropriate wild rice license to harvest or deal in wild rice but no license to harvest is required of the members of the immediate family of a licensee or of a recipient of old-age assistance or members of their immediate families. The department, subject to
s. 29.024 (2g) and
(2r), shall issue a wild rice identification card to each member of a licensee's immediate family, to a recipient of old-age assistance and to each member of the recipient's family. The term "immediate family" includes husband and wife and minor children having their abode and domicile with the parent or legal guardian.
29.607(4)(a)(a)
Wild rice harvest license. No wild rice harvest license is required of helpers of a licensee who participate only in shore operations. Wild rice harvest licenses may be issued only to residents.
29.607(4)(b)
(b)
Wild rice dealer license. A wild rice dealer license is required to buy wild rice within the state for resale to anyone except consumers, or to sell wild rice imported from outside of the state to anyone within the state except consumers, or to process wild rice not harvested by the processor himself or herself for resale by the processor to any other person. The license is required to be a class D wild rice dealer license if the amount of wild rice bought, sold or processed by the licensee within the year covered by the license exceeds 50,000 pounds. The license is required to be a class C wild rice dealer license if this amount exceeds 25,000 pounds but does not exceed 50,000 pounds. The license is required to be a class B wild rice dealer license if this amount exceeds 5,000 pounds but does not exceed 25,000 pounds. The license is required to be a class A wild rice dealer license if this amount does not exceed 5,000 pounds. For the purposes of this section, 2.5 pounds of raw rice is equivalent to one pound of processed rice.
29.607(5)
(5) Records and reports. Each wild rice dealer shall keep a record in the form required by the department of all wild rice bought, sold or processed by the dealer during the period covered by the dealer's license showing the date of each transaction, the names and addresses of all other parties to the transaction, and the amount of wild rice involved, whether raw or processed. The record shall be open for inspection by the department at all reasonable times. All licensed wild rice dealers shall file reports on their operations as wild rice dealers as required by the department.
29.607(6)(a)(a) Nothing in this section shall be construed as giving this state or the department the right to control, regulate, manage or harvest wild rice growing on privately owned beds of flowages or ponds.
29.607(6)(b)
(b) No person may use or cause to be used any mechanical device of any nature in the harvesting or gathering of wild rice.
29.607 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ss.
NR 19.001 and
NR 19.09, Wis. adm. code.
29.611(1)(a)
(a) "Dealer" means a person who purchases for purposes of resale at least 8 ounces of wild ginseng in a license year.
29.611(1)(am)
(am) "License year" means the period beginning on July 1 of a given year and ending on the following June 30.
29.611(1)(b)
(b) "Wild ginseng" means an unprocessed plant, dry root or live root of the species Panax quinquefolius that is not grown or nurtured by a person.
29.611(2)
(2) Cutting. No person may, between November 1 and the following September 1, cut, root up, gather or destroy wild ginseng.
29.611(3)
(3) Evidence. The purchase or sale of wild green ginseng between November 1 and the following September 1 is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
29.611(4)
(4) Purchase with knowledge. No person may purchase wild ginseng if the person knows the ginseng was cut, rooted up or gathered between November 1 and the following September 1. No dealer may purchase wild ginseng if any of the following applies:
29.611(4)(a)
(a) The dealer fails to inspect the vendor's wild ginseng harvest license or wild ginseng dealer license.
29.611(4)(b)
(b) The dealer knows that the vendor has violated this section.
29.611(5)
(5) Evidence. In any prosecution under this section proof that any wild ginseng which was purchased had been illegally obtained by the vendor is prima facie evidence of a violation of this section by the purchaser.
29.611(6)(a)(a)
Requirement. No person may cut, root up, gather or destroy wild ginseng unless the person has a valid wild ginseng harvest license issued by the department. The department shall promulgate rules for issuing wild ginseng harvest licenses. The department may promulgate rules on the quantity of wild ginseng that each person may harvest and restrictions on areas where wild ginseng may be harvested and on the methods which may be used to harvest wild ginseng.
29.611(6)(b)
(b)
Exception. Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person who cuts, roots up, gathers or destroys wild ginseng growing on the person's own land if the ginseng is not sold.
29.611(7)(a)(a)
License required. No resident may act as a dealer in this state unless he or she has one of the following valid wild ginseng dealer licenses issued by the department:
29.611(7)(a)1.
1. A class A resident wild ginseng dealer license authorizes the purchase for purposes of resale of not more than 100 pounds dry weight of wild ginseng in a license year.
29.611(7)(a)2.
2. A class B resident wild ginseng dealer license authorizes the purchase for purposes of resale of not more than 1,000 pounds dry weight of wild ginseng in a license year.
29.611(7)(a)3.
3. A class C resident wild ginseng dealer license authorizes the purchase for purposes of resale of any amount of wild ginseng in a license year.
29.611(7)(b)
(b)
Nonresident wild ginseng dealer license. A person who is not a resident may not act as a dealer in this state unless he or she has a valid nonresident wild ginseng dealer license issued by the department.
29.611(7)(c)
(c)
Rules. The department may establish by rule the procedure for issuing wild ginseng dealer licenses.
29.611(8)
(8) Shipment and certification of origin of wild ginseng. 29.611(8)(a)(a)
Wild ginseng originating in this state. No person may ship out of this state wild ginseng that originates in this state unless the wild ginseng is accompanied by a valid certificate of origin issued under this subsection.
29.611(8)(bn)1.1. No person may ship out of this state to a foreign country wild ginseng that originates in another state unless the wild ginseng is accompanied by a valid certificate of origin issued by that other state. No person may ship out of this state wild ginseng that originates in another state under a certificate of origin issued under this subsection.
29.611(8)(bn)2.
2. No resident may purchase for purposes of resale wild ginseng that originates in another state unless the wild ginseng is accompanied by a valid certificate of origin from the other state.
29.611(8)(bn)3.
3. If a dealer who is a resident receives wild ginseng that originated in another state and if a certificate of origin issued by that state does not accompany the wild ginseng, the dealer shall return the wild ginseng to the sender within 30 days after its receipt.
29.611(8)(c)
(c)
Issuance of certificates. The department shall promulgate a rule establishing the procedure for issuing certificates of origin. The department may issue certificates of origin only to a person who has a valid wild ginseng harvest license or a valid wild ginseng dealer license.
29.611(8)(d)
(d)
Effective period; cancellations; return. Unless canceled, a certificate of origin is valid for the period indicated on the certificate's face. The department may cancel a certificate of origin at any time.
29.611(8)(e)
(e)
Validity. A certificate of origin is valid only if it has not expired or been canceled by the department, is fully completed and contains no false information. A certificate of origin issued under this subsection is valid only for wild ginseng originating in this state.
29.611(8)(f)
(f)
Prohibitions. No person may use an expired or canceled certificate of origin, falsify information on a certificate of origin, maintain false records of certificates of origin or fail to maintain records or comply with rules promulgated by the department concerning certificates of origin.
29.611(9)(a)(a)
Purchases. A dealer shall maintain records of the quantity purchased, the name and wild ginseng license number of the vendor and other information required by the department.
29.611(9)(b)
(b)
Sales and shipments. A dealer shall maintain records required under this section and shall keep records and reports of sales, shipments and transactions as required by the department.
29.611(9)(c)
(c)
Records; retention. A dealer shall retain records required under this section for 3 years after the date of the transaction recorded.
29.611(9)(d)
(d)
Submission of records. A dealer shall submit records required under this section or legible copies of those records to the department within 10 days after the department requests submission of those records by mailing a request to the dealer at the address listed on the wild ginseng dealer license application.
29.611(9)(e)
(e)
Reports. A dealer shall submit reports required by the department under this section upon request.
29.611(9)(f)
(f)
Inspections. Upon request, a dealer shall make all records required under this section and all of the inventory of wild ginseng under the dealer's control available to the department for inspection.
29.611(9)(g)1.1. Notwithstanding
s. 19.21, wild ginseng harvest license and wild ginseng dealer license records, records required under
sub. (7) or this subsection and reports required under this subsection which relate to transactions in ginseng dry root are not public records and shall not be released or used by the department for any purpose except investigation and enforcement of this section.
29.611(9)(g)2.
2. All records and reports which relate to transactions in wild ginseng live root and seed shall be open to public inspection under
subch. II of ch. 19.
