28.15(3)(3) As permitted by federal law, the department may contract with a county, private forester, or private contractor for the purpose of conducting forest management activities on federal land under a cooperative agreement.

28.15(4)(4) The department shall pay the initial costs of administering and implementing a cooperative agreement and any contracts entered into under sub. (3) from the appropriation under s. 20.370 (2) (mv).

28.15(5)(5) On June 30 of each fiscal year, 10 percent of the revenues received by the department in that fiscal year from the sale of timber from federal land under a cooperative agreement under this section shall lapse from the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (2) (cz) to the conservation fund. These amounts shall be lapsed until the total amount lapsed equals $750,000.

28.2028.20 Community forests. Any city, village, town or school district may acquire land, engage in forestry and appropriate funds for such purpose. The forest property may be located outside the city, village, town or school district limits.

28.2128.21 Management. Any municipality, by registering its forest with the department, shall be eligible to receive free planting stock from the state forest nurseries and the services of foresters in preparing and carrying out planting and forest management plans. No trees shall be cut except those marked or designated for cutting by a state forester. Products of the forest may be devoted to public use.

28.2228.22 Timber sales; community forests. Any sale of timber from a community forest shall be based on the scale, measure, or count of the cut products. Any sale of timber with either an estimated volume of at least 500 cord equivalents or an estimated value of at least $10,000 from a community forest shall be by public sale. Before a city, village, town, or school district may sell timber from a community forest that meets the volume or value threshold under this section, it shall announce the sale through 2 publications of a classified advertisement announcing the sale in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the timber to be sold is located.

28.2328.23 Income. All income from community forests shall be paid into the treasury, but may be assigned to the support of any legally authorized activity.

28.9928.99 Parties to a violation.

28.99(1)(1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has not been convicted of the violation.

28.99(2)(c)(c) Is a party to a conspiracy with another to commit it or advises, hires or counsels or otherwise procures another to commit it.