NR 10.41(2)(2) State parks and other closed areas. State parks, refuges and closed areas identified in chs. NR 11 and 45 may be opened to deer hunting to assist in the control of CWD. NR 10.41(3)(a)(a) Establishment. The department may establish a CWD-affected area around the location of known positive cases of CWD. NR 10.41(3)(b)(b) Population objectives. Entire counties, or portions of counties, located within the boundaries of a CWD affected area shall be managed toward a population objective established after seeking comment from county deer management advisory councils under s. NR 10.104 (5). NR 10.41(3)(c)(c) CWD affected area. The CWD-affected area consists of the counties identified on the department’s website after following the procedures established in par. (f). NR 10.41(3)(d)(d) Population monitoring. The department shall monitor deer populations in a CWD-affected area with information obtained by surveys that may include registration data and aerial surveys. NR 10.41(3)(e)(e) Harvest authorizations. Pursuant to s. NR 12.06, the department may issue free deer hunting permits or harvest authorizations to hunters or landowners, lessees, occupants or their duly authorized agents of a single parcel of land at least 5 acres in size, all within the CWD-affected area, which authorizes the individual to hunt deer in the CWD-affected area or a portion of the area. NR 10.41(3)(f)1.1. The department may include additional counties or portions of counties in the CWD affected area where and when additional CWD-positive deer are found. The department may add adjacent counties or portions of counties if they are within a 10-mile radius of the known location of a captive or free-roaming domestic or wild animal that has been tested and confirmed to be positive for CWD. NR 10.41(3)(f)2.2. Affected area expansion under this subsection shall become effective upon issuance of an order by the secretary of the department and publication in the official state newspaper. In addition, a notice of the order shall be provided to newspapers, legislators, and hunting license outlets in the area affected. NR 10.41 HistoryHistory: CR 03-016: cr. Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03; CR 04-020: r. and recr. Register August 2004 No. 584, eff. 9-1-04; correction in (3) (e) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2004 No. 585; CR 08-013: am. (1) (b) and (3), cr. (3) (b) and (f), r. (4) Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08; CR 09-024: am. (3) (b) 1. Register May 2010 No. 653, eff. 6-1-10; CR 13-071: r. and recr. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; EmR1902: emerg. am. (3) (e) eff. 1-18-19; CR 19-005: am. Register September 2019 No. 765, eff. 10-1-19; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2022 No. 796. NR 10.42NR 10.42 Official state duties. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or hinder the department and its employees, duly authorized agents, or contractors from performing their official duties relating to control of disease in deer and elk. NR 10.42 HistoryHistory: Emerg. cr. eff. 7-3-02; CR 03-016: cr. Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03. NR 10.70NR 10.70 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the structure, procedures, and fees related to the deer management assistance program under s. 29.020, Stats. NR 10.70 HistoryHistory: CR 13-071: cr. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; CR 24-061: r. and recr. Register April 2025 No. 832, eff. 5-1-25. NR 10.71NR 10.71 Definitions. In this subchapter: NR 10.71(1)(1) “Authorized representative” means the person a landowner has designated to act and make decisions on the landowner's behalf for purposes of the deer management assistance program, including granting access to the landowner's property for department staff to conduct on-site consultation visits. NR 10.71(2)(2) “DMAP” means the deer management assistance program established by s. 29.020, Stats. NR 10.71(3)(3) “DMAP member” means the landowner or the landowner’s authorized representative, or in the case of public lands, the property manager associated with an enrolled property. NR 10.71(4)(4) “Enrolled property” means an individual property with one or multiple owners or a group cooperative that has a DMAP membership. NR 10.71(5)(5) “Group cooperative” means an association of individual property owners or their representatives who are not organized as a business entity but are organized for the purposes of managing deer and other wildlife resources. Properties involved in a group cooperative must be adjoining and may not include more than 3 individual properties. NR 10.71 HistoryHistory: CR 13-071: cr. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; CR 24-061: r. and recr. Register April 2025 No. 832, eff. 5-1-25. NR 10.72NR 10.72 Deer management assistance program participants. NR 10.72(1)(1) Members. Any landowner or, in the case of public lands, property manager may enroll as a DMAP member. Membership in the DMAP is for a period of 3 years beginning on the date of enrollment. A landowner whose term as a DMAP member is ending or has ended may reenroll as a DMAP member using a form provided by the department. The department shall provide all of the following to members: NR 10.72(1)(b)(b) Opportunities for assistance from department employees including wildlife biologists and foresters. NR 10.72(1)(d)(d) Opportunities to attend workshops organized by the department or its partners.