NR 51.002(6d)(6d) “Department appraisal guidelines” means the department procedures by which contracted appraisers are required to assess the fair market value of a property where the title is to be acquired in fee simple or easement with funds under this chapter.

NR 51.002(7)(7) “Development project” means the construction, renovation, or modification of structures, utilities, facilities, landscaping, or restoration or enhancement of natural communities and other department-approved improvements for the purposes of nature-based outdoor recreation.

NR 51.002(7d)(7d) “Development rights” means the rights of a landowner to develop their property as allowed under state and local laws and ordinances.

NR 51.002(8)(8) “Easement” means a conservation easement as defined in s. 700.40 (1) (a), Stats.

NR 51.002(8m)(8m) “Fair market value” means the dollar value assigned to a property by a department-approved appraisal conducted in accordance with department appraisal guidelines for grants issued under this chapter.

NR 51.002(9)(9) “Fiscal year” means the period beginning on July 1 of one year and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year.

NR 51.002(10)(10) “Fringe benefits” means an employer’s costs for an employee’s social security, life and health insurance, unemployment insurance, worker’s compensation insurance, retirement and authorized absences such as annual, sick, court or military leave. These costs must be equitably distributed to all employee labor activities.

NR 51.002(11)(11) “Governmental unit” means a town, village, city, county, tribe, or the Kickapoo reserve management board.

NR 51.002(12)(12) “Grant agreement” means an unrecorded contract between a sponsor and the department setting forth the obligations of each.

NR 51.002(13)(13) “Grant contract” means a recorded contract between a sponsor and the department setting forth the obligations of each party.

NR 51.002(13m)(13m) “Habitat area” or “HA” means a project that addresses the important habitat needs of wildlife in the state as specified in s. NR 51.45 (1) (a).

NR 51.002(14)(14) “Habitat restoration project” means the implementation of a specific activity or set of activities to restore or enhance wildlife or fish habitat, natural communities or shorelines.

NR 51.002(15)(15) “Indirect costs” are those ordinary operating expenses of the sponsor not directly related to a specific stewardship project.

NR 51.002 NoteNote: Indirect costs are generally administrative in nature, and are typically incurred for multiple purposes. Examples of indirect costs include, but are not limited to, utilities, administrative salaries, postage and other expenses that are not supported by time reports or other documentation that identifies the expenditure as directly assignable to a stewardship project.

NR 51.002(16)(16) “IRS” means the United States internal revenue service.

NR 51.002(17)(17) “Land management plan” means a plan approved by the department detailing how property acquired by a nonprofit conservation organization or a conservation organization with grants under this chapter shall be managed, maintained, and used by the public.

NR 51.002(17d)(17d) “Land management practice” means a practice, technique or measure approved by the department that is determined to be an effective, practicable means of protecting, restoring or enhancing wildlife or fish habitat.

NR 51.002(17m)(17m) “Landowner” means any individual, partnership, corporation, city, village, town, county, tribe, nonprofit organization, taxing authority or other person holding title to the land by title in fee simple.

NR 51.002(18)(18) “Middle kettle moraine” means a corridor of land in southeastern Wisconsin between the northern and southern units of the Kettle Moraine state forest that is within the kettle interlobate moraine physiographic or geologic region. This corridor includes a northeast-to-southwest diagonal set of linear features composed of sand and gravel from 2 glacial lobes. It is characterized by distinctive glacially-formed features including kettle holes, kames, eskers, crevasse fills and glacial spillways. The corridor includes natural areas, wildlife habitat, aquatic systems, environmental corridors, outdoor recreation areas and connecting trails.

NR 51.002 NoteNote: Information pertaining to the location of the kettle interlobate moraine physiographic region may be found in A Regional Natural Areas and Critical Species Habitat Protection and Management Plan for Southeastern Wisconsin, page 84, by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, or The Quaternary Geology of Ozaukee and Washington Counties, Wisconsin, Bulletin 19, pages 17-18 by the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. These publications are available from the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, W239 N1812 Rockwood Drive, Box 1607, Waukesha, Wisconsin 53187.

NR 51.002(19)(19) “Nature-based outdoor recreation” means activities where the primary focus or purpose is the appreciation or enjoyment of nature. These activities may include but are not limited to hiking, bicycling, wildlife or nature observation, camping, nature study, fishing, hunting, trapping, public shooting range, boating, picnicking, cross-country skiing, canoeing, and multi-use trail activities. Eligible support facilities for these activities may include but are not limited to access roads, parking areas, utility and sanitation systems, sanitary and shelter building, signs, interpretive items, and other features that enhance nature-based outdoor recreation or improved disabled accessibility. Playgrounds and playground facilities that supplement the appreciation of nature, occupy a minor portion of the grant property, and do not distract from the primary purpose of the grant project may be considered an eligible support facility. Ineligible activities include but are not limited to sports that require extensively developed open space such as dedicated sports fields, swimming pools and tennis courts.

NR 51.002(20)(20) “Natural heritage inventory database” means a database containing the location and biological status of each natural community and rare species that has been inventoried and evaluated by the natural heritage inventory program.

NR 51.002(21)(21) “Nonprofit conservation organization” has the meaning in s. 23.0955 (1), Stats., and whose bylaws, charter or incorporation papers reflect as a purpose of the organization the acquisition of property for conservation purposes.