23.293(20)
(20) Injunctive relief. The department, or the department of justice on its own initiative or at the request of the department, may initiate an action seeking injunctive relief against any person violating the articles of dedication of a dedicated ice age trail area.
23.295
23.295
Ice age trail area grants. 23.295(1)(b)
(b) "Local governmental unit" means a political subdivision of this state, a special purpose district in this state, an instrumentality or corporation of the political subdivision or special purpose district or a combination or subunit of any of the foregoing.
23.295(2)
(2) The department shall provide one grant of $75,000 in each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 1999-2000, to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation that meets all of the following requirements:
23.295(2)(a)
(a) The corporation is organized in this state.
23.295(2)(b)
(b) The corporation is described under section
501 (c) (3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from taxation under section
501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
23.295(2)(c)
(c) The corporation has a board of directors or an advisory council or both whose members represent different geographic areas of the ice age trail area, and at least one-third of whom are current or former ice age trail volunteers.
23.295(2)(d)
(d) The board of directors or an advisory council of the corporation or both collectively have an interest or expertise in all of the following:
23.295(2)(e)
(e) The corporation contributes $25,000 in funds annually to be used with the grant under this section.
23.295(3)
(3) A corporation receiving a grant under
sub. (2) may use the grant for activities related to the development, maintenance, protection and promotion of the ice age trail area and shall do all of the following with the grant:
23.295(3)(a)
(a) Support the work of volunteers who develop, maintain and promote the ice age trail area.
23.295(3)(b)
(b) Build partnerships for the ice age trail area with local governmental units and nonprofit organizations.
23.295(3)(c)
(c) Promote the protection of a corridor for the ice age trail area by providing information about acquiring land, or an interest in land, in that corridor.
23.295(3)(d)
(d) Strengthen community support for the ice age trail area by recruiting and training volunteers and by coordinating the activities of interest groups.
23.295(3)(f)
(f) For each fiscal year, prepare a report detailing the activities for which a grant under
sub. (2) is expended. Copies of the report shall be submitted to the department and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, as determined by the speaker of the assembly or the president of the senate.
23.295 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
23.30
23.30
Outdoor recreation program. 23.30(1)
(1)
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote, encourage, coordinate and implement a comprehensive long-range plan to acquire, maintain and develop for public use those areas of the state best adapted to the development of a comprehensive system of state and local outdoor recreation facilities and services in all fields, including, without limitation because of enumeration, parks, forests, camping grounds, fishing and hunting grounds, trails, trail-side campsites and shelters, cross-country ski trails, bridle trails, related historical sites, highway scenic easements, the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in
s. 30.40 (15), natural areas and local recreation programs, except spectator sports, and to facilitate and encourage the fullest beneficial public use of these areas.
23.30(2)
(2) Established. The outdoor recreation program is established as a continuing program to financially assist the state and local agency outdoor recreation program, including, without limitation because of enumeration, lake rehabilitation, coho salmon production, wildlife management on county forests, public access, state park and forest recreation areas, fish and game habitat areas, youth conservation camps, creation of new lakes, lake and stream classification, the lower Wisconsin state riverway as defined in
s. 30.40 (15), highway scenic easements, natural areas, state aids for local governmental parks and other outdoor recreational facilities, acquisition and development, state aids for county forest recreation areas development, related historic sites, tourist information sites; recreational planning; scenic or wild river preservation and use; and conservation work program.