29.885(6)
(6) Owner liability for beaver damage. A person who owns, leases or occupies property on which a beaver or a beaver structure is causing damage and who fails or refuses to give consent to the department to remove the beaver or the structure is liable for any damage caused by the beaver or the structure to public property or the property of others.
29.885(7)
(7) No duty; immunity from liability. 29.885(7)(a)(a) Except as provided in par.
(d), no private property holder and no officer, employee or agent of a property holder owes any of the following duties to any person who enters the private property holder's property solely to engage in a removal activity:
29.885(7)(a)1.
1. A duty to keep the property safe for removal activities.
29.885(7)(a)3.
3. A duty to give warning of an unsafe condition, use or activity on the property.
29.885(7)(b)
(b) Except as provided in par.
(d), no private property holder and no officer, employee or agent of a private property holder is liable for any of the following injuries that occur on the private property holder's property:
29.885(7)(b)1.
1. An injury to a person engaging in a removal activity.
29.885(7)(b)2.
2. An injury caused by a person engaging in a removal activity.
29.885(7)(c)
(c) Except as provided in par.
(d), nothing in this subsection, s.
101.11 or in the common law attractive nuisance doctrine creates any duty of care or ground of liability toward any person who uses private property holder's property for a removal activity.
29.885(7)(d)
(d) Paragraphs
(a) to
(c) do not apply if any of the following conditions exist:
29.885(7)(d)1.
1. An injury is caused by the malicious failure of the private property holder or an officer, employee or agent of the private property holder to warn against an unsafe condition on the property, of which the private property holder has knowledge.
29.885(7)(d)2.
2. An injury is caused by a malicious act of a private property holder or of an officer, employee or agent of a private property holder.
29.885(7)(d)3.
3. An injury is sustained by an employee of a private property holder acting within the scope of his or her duties.
29.885 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
NR 12 and ss.
NR 19.03, and
19.75, Wis. adm. code.
29.886
29.886
Management of double-crested cormorants. 29.886(1)(a)
(a) “U.S. depredation order" means the depredation order for double-crested cormorants to protect public resources that was issued by the U.S. department of interior, fish and wildlife service, in
50 CFR 21.48, to reduce or minimize the wildlife damage caused by double-crested cormorants.
29.886(1)(b)
(b) “Wildlife damage" means adverse impacts on fish, including fish hatchery stock, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.
29.886(2)
(2) The department shall, in cooperation with federal agencies, administer a program in a manner that complies with the U.S. depredation order to control and manage double-crested cormorants in order to reduce wildlife damage caused by double-crested cormorants.
29.886 History
History: 2005 a. 287.
29.887
29.887
Wildlife control in urban communities. 29.887(1)(1)
The department shall establish a program to award matching grants to urban communities for up to 50 percent of the costs for projects to plan wildlife abatement measures or to engage in wildlife control efforts or both.
29.887(2)
(2) A grant awarded under this section may not exceed $5,000.
29.887(3)
(3) The department shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for awarding grants under this section.
29.887 History
History: 1997 a. 27;
1997 a. 248 s.
643; Stats. 1997 s. 29.887.
29.887 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
NR 12 and s.
NR 19.75, Wis. adm. code.
29.888
29.888
Wolf depredation program; wolf damage claims.