23.09165(3)(d)
(d) If the stewardship land described under par.
(a) or
(b) has a cumulative acreage of 10 acres or more, the signs under par.
(a) or
(b) shall also include one of the following:
23.09165(3)(d)1.
1. The postal address or telephone number of the owner of the stewardship land.
23.09165(3)(d)2.
2. The postal address or telephone number of a person to contact regarding the stewardship land.
23.09165(3)(d)3.
3. An Internet website address where a person can locate the information listed in subd.
1. or
2. 23.09165(3)(ec)
(ec) Within 24 months after December 21, 2011, the department shall make available to the public a written list of all stewardship land that was acquired before October 27, 2007, and for which public access has been restricted or prohibited and the reasons for that action.
23.09165(3)(f)
(f) If an owner of any stewardship land fails to comply with the requirements of par.
(a), that person is not eligible for any subprogram or grant or other state aid under the stewardship programs until the department determines that the person is in compliance with par.
(a).
23.09165(3)(g)
(g) If the department is notified that a sign required under par.
(a) or
(b) needs replacing, within 28 days after receiving that notification the department shall determine if the sign needs to be replaced. The department shall replace any sign required under par.
(b) within 28 days after determining that the sign needs to be replaced. Within 7 days after determining that a sign required under par.
(a) needs to be replaced, the department shall notify the owner of that determination. The owner of stewardship land that placed signs as required under par.
(a) shall be ineligible for any subprogram or grant or other state aid under the stewardship programs if the sign is not replaced within 3 months after receiving the notice.
23.09165(3)(h)
(h) If the department authorizes a nonprofit conservation organization to charge a fee for hunting on stewardship land, the fee for the hunting season may not exceed the sum of the fee for a daily resident vehicle admission receipt under s.
27.01 (7) (f) 2. and the issuing fee for a daily vehicle admission receipt under s.
27.01 (7) (gr).
23.09165(4)
(4) Contact information. An owner of stewardship land shall provide information requested by the department that will enable the department to contact that owner.
23.09165(5)
(5) Applicability. This section does not apply to the following stewardship land:
23.09165(5)(b)
(b) Easements for which the primary purpose of the easement is not public access.
23.0917
23.0917
Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program. 23.0917(1)(a)
(a) “Annual bonding authority" means the amount that may be obligated under a subprogram for a fiscal year.
23.0917(1)(b)
(b) “Baraboo Hills" means the area that is within the boundaries of the Baraboo Range National Natural Landmark.
23.0917(1)(c)
(c) “Department land" means an area of land that is owned by the state, that is under the jurisdiction of the department and that is used for one of the purposes specified in s.
23.09 (2) (d).
23.0917(1)(d)
(d) “Land" means land in fee simple, conservation easements, other easements in land and development rights in land.
23.0917(1)(e)
(e) “Obligate" means to encumber or otherwise commit or to expend without having previously encumbered or otherwise committed.
23.0917(1)(f)
(f) “Owner's acquisition price" means the amount equal to the price the owner paid for the land or if the owner acquired the land as a gift or devise, the amount equal to the appraised value of the land at the time it was transferred to the owner.
23.0917(1)(g)
(g) “Remaining bonding authority" means the amount of moneys that has not been obligated.
23.0917(1)(i)
(i) “Total bonding authority" means the total amount that may be obligated under a subprogram under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program over the entire duration of the program.
23.0917(2)(a)
(a) The department shall establish the following subprograms under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program:
23.0917(2)(a)1.
1. A subprogram for land acquisition for conservation and recreational purposes.
23.0917(2)(a)2.
2. A subprogram for property development and local assistance.
23.0917(2)(a)4.
4. A subprogram for land acquisition in the Baraboo Hills for conservation purposes.
23.0917(3)(a)
(a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition to acquire land for the purposes specified in s.
23.09 (2) (d) and grants for these purposes under s.
23.096, except as provided under ss.
23.197 (2m),
(3m) (b),
(7m), and
(8) and
23.198 (1) (a).
23.0917(3)(b)
(b) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside in each fiscal year $1,000,000 that may be obligated only for the department to acquire land for the ice age trail. The period of time during which the moneys shall be set aside in each fiscal year shall begin on the July 1 of the fiscal year and end on the June 30 of the same fiscal year.
23.0917(3)(bm)
(bm) During the period beginning with fiscal year 2001-02 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, in obligating money under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside not less than a total of $ 2,000,000 that may be obligated only to provide matching funds for grants awarded to the department for the purchase of land or easements under
16 USC 2103c.
23.0917(3)(br)
(br) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside the following amounts that may be obligated only to provide for grants awarded to nonprofit conservation organizations under s.
23.096:
23.0917(3)(br)1.
1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2010-11 and ending with 2014-15, $12,000,000.
23.0917(3)(br)2.
2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20, $7,000,000.
23.0917(3)(bt)
(bt) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside the following amounts to be obligated only for the department to acquire land and to provide grants to counties under s.
23.0953:
23.0917(3)(bt)1.
1. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2014-15, $20,000,000.
23.0917(3)(bt)2.
2. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $9,000,000.
23.0917(3)(bw)
(bw) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall set aside $5,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with 2019-20 to be obligated only to provide grants to counties under s.
23.0953.
23.0917(3)(c)
(c) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for land acquisition, the department shall give priority to all of the following purposes and to awarding grants under s.
23.096 for all the following purposes:
23.0917(3)(c)1.
1. Acquisition of land that preserves or enhances the state's water resources, including land in and for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway; land abutting wild rivers designated under s.
30.26, wild lakes and land along the shores of the Great Lakes.
23.0917(3)(dm)
(dm) Except as provided in subs.
(4g) (b),
(4m) (k),
(5) and
(5m), the department may not obligate under the subprogram for land acquisition more than the following amounts:
23.0917(3)(dm)2.
2. For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2006-07, $45,000,000.
23.0917(3)(dm)3m.
3m. For fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10, $42,500,000 for each fiscal year.
23.0917(3)(dm)6g.
6g. For each fiscal year beginning with 2013-14 and ending with fiscal year 2014-15, $32,000,000.
23.0917(3)(dm)7.
7. For each fiscal year beginning with 2015-16 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, $21,000,000.
23.0917(3)(e)
(e) For purposes of this subsection, the department by rule shall define “wild lake".
23.0917(4)
(4) Property development and local assistance subprogram. 23.0917(4)(a)(a) Beginning with fiscal year 2000-01 and ending with fiscal year 2019-20, the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance. Moneys obligated under this subprogram may be only used for nature-based outdoor recreation, except as provided under par.
(cm).
23.0917(4)(b)
(b) The purposes for which moneys may be obligated for local assistance under the subprogram for property development and local assistance are the following:
23.0917(4)(c)
(c) The purposes for which moneys may be obligated for property development under the subprogram for property development and local assistance are the following:
23.0917(4)(c)2.
2. Property development on conservation easements adjacent to department lands.
23.0917(4)(cm)
(cm) Notwithstanding the purposes for which the department is authorized to obligate moneys under pars.
(a),
(b), and
(c), the department may obligate moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance for any of the following purposes:
23.0917(4)(cm)4.
4. Infrastructure improvements to the Kettle Moraine Springs fish hatchery. This subdivision does not apply after June 30, 2018.
23.0917(4)(cm)5.
5. Repair or replacement of the Little Falls Dam at Willow River State Park in St. Croix County.
23.0917(4)(cm)6.
6. Restoration of an area on the exposed bed of the former flowage on the Prairie River.
23.0917(4)(d)
(d) In obligating moneys under the subprogram for property development and local assistance, all of the following shall apply:
23.0917(4)(d)1.
1. The department may obligate not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2000-01 and not more than $11,500,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 under the subprogram except as provided in sub.
(5). For each fiscal year beginning with 2002-03 and ending with fiscal year 2009-10, the department may obligate not more than $15,000,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub.
(5). For fiscal year 2010-11 the department may obligate not more than $21,500,000 under the subprogram except as provided in sub.
(5).
23.0917(4)(d)1m.
1m. Except as provided in sub.
(5), the department may not obligate under the subprogram more than the following amounts:
