23.0912(1b) (1b) In this section:

23.0912(1b)(a) (a) “Department land” has the meaning given in s. 23.0917 (1) (c).

23.0912(1b)(b) (b) “Nonprofit conservation organization” has the meaning given in s. 23.0955 (1).

23.0912(1g) (1g) The department may contract with nonprofit conservation organizations and other 3rd parties to perform land management, maintenance, and improvement activities on department land.

23.0912(1m) (1m) The department may receive gifts, grants, and bequests of money, materials, or services from nonprofit conservation organizations and other donors for the performance of land management, maintenance, and improvement activities on department land.

23.0912(1r) (1r) The department may acknowledge the performance of activities pursuant to contracts under sub. (1g) and the receipt of moneys, materials, and services under sub. (1m) by the use of signs or by bulletins, pamphlets, or other communications that are published or electronically transmitted by the department.

23.0912(2) (2) The department shall prepare, for the joint committee on finance, an annual report concerning any contracts into which the department enters under sub. (1g) during each fiscal year. For each contract entered, the report shall include information concerning the cost of the contract, the activities performed under the contract, and an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of the contract. The department shall submit the report to the committee no later than November 15 for the preceding fiscal year, and shall submit the first report no later than November 15, 2008.

23.0912 History History: 2007 a. 20; 2011 a. 32.

23.0913 23.0913 Report on land acquisitions.

23.0913(1) (1) In this section, “land” has the meaning given in s. 23.0917 (1) (d).

23.0913(2) (2) On or before November 15 of each odd-numbered year, the department of natural resources shall submit to the joint committee on finance and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) a report regarding the total number of acres of land that the department plans to acquire for any of the purposes specified in s. 23.09 (2) (d).

23.0913 History History: 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 166 s. 77.

23.0915 23.0915 Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program.

23.0915(1) (1) Designated amounts. The legislature intends that the department will expend the following designated amounts under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program from the appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (tz) for the following purposes in each fiscal year, the expenditures beginning with fiscal year 1990-91 and ending in fiscal year 1999-2000, except as provided in sub. (2c): 

23.0915(1)(a) (a) General land acquisition, urban river grants and the Frank Lloyd Wright Monona terrace project, $8,600,000.

23.0915(1)(b) (b) General property development, $3,500,000.

23.0915(1)(c) (c) Local park aids, $2,250,000.

23.0915(1)(d) (d) Lower Wisconsin state riverway acquisition, $2,000,000.

23.0915(1)(e) (e) Habitat areas and fisheries, $1,500,000.

23.0915(1)(f) (f) Stream bank protection, $1,000,000.

23.0915(1)(g) (g) Trails, $1,000,000.

23.0915(1)(h) (h) Natural areas acquisition, $1,500,000.

23.0915(1)(i) (i) Urban green spaces, $750,000.

23.0915(1)(j) (j) Natural areas heritage program, $500,000.

23.0915(1)(k) (k) Ice age trail, $500,000.

23.0915(1)(Lg) (Lg) Hank Aaron State Trail, a total of $1,360,000.

23.0915(1)(Lr) (Lr) Flambeau Mine Trail, a total of $100,000, to be expended beginning in fiscal year 1997-98.

23.0915(1)(m) (m) Horicon Marsh interpretative center, a total of $250,000, to be expended beginning in fiscal year 1991-92.

23.0915(1)(n) (n) Crex Meadows Wildlife Area education center, a total of $250,000, to be expended beginning in fiscal year 1997-98.