28.02 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also s. NR 1.42, Wis. adm. code. 28.02528.025 Annual allowable timber harvests. 28.025(1)(1) In this section, “forested property” means forested property owned by this state and under the jurisdiction of the department from which timber is harvested. 28.025(2)(2) The department shall establish annual allowable timber harvests for each forested property. The department may establish a single annual allowable timber harvest that applies to 2 or more forested properties in a particular region of this state, as determined by the department, if each one of those forested properties is smaller than 5,000 forested acres and if all of the proceeds from the sale of timber harvested on those combined forested properties are credited to appropriations under s. 20.370 that provide funding for the same purpose, as determined by the department. 28.025(3)(a)1.1. By January 1, 2007, and biennially thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the council on forestry specifying the total timber harvest on each forested property for the previous biennium, except as provided under par. (b). 28.025(3)(a)2.2. Notwithstanding subd. 1, the department shall submit its report to the council on forestry as required under subd. 1. by January 1, 2009, and biennially thereafter, if the forested property that is the subject of the report has not been inventoried by the department under s. 23.135. 28.025(3)(b)(b) If, under sub. (2), the department establishes an annual allowable timber harvest for combined forest properties, the department may submit a report that specifies the total timber harvest for these combined properties. 28.025(3)(c)(c) If the department submits a report under this section that states that the timber harvest for forested property in any biennium is less than 90 percent, or more than 110 percent, of the allowable timber harvest established under sub. (2), the council on forestry shall prepare a report containing the reasons for noncompliance and recommendations on methods of ensuring that the timber harvest is consistent with the annual allowable timber harvest established by the department under sub. (2). The council on forestry shall submit the report to the governor, to the department, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). 28.025 HistoryHistory: 2005 a. 166; 2007 a. 97. 28.0328.03 State forests. 28.03(1)(1) Defined. State forests shall consist of well blocked areas of state owned lands which have been established as state forests by the department. 28.03(2)(2) Named. The state forests are designated as follows: 28.03(2)(a)(a) “American Legion State Forest” in Oneida County. 28.03(2)(b)(b) “Brule River State Forest” in Douglas County. 28.03(2)(c)(c) “Flambeau River State Forest” in Sawyer, Rusk and Price counties. 28.03(2)(d)(d) “Kettle Moraine State Forest” in Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Washington, Waukesha, Jefferson, Ozaukee and Walworth counties. 28.03(2)(e)(e) “Northern Highland State Forest” in Vilas and Iron counties. 28.03(2)(f)(f) “Point Beach State Forest” in Manitowoc County. 28.03(3)(3) Department may name. The department may designate by appropriate name any state forest not expressly named by the legislature. 28.03528.035 American Legion State Forest. 28.035(1)(1) The state forest located in townships 38 and 39 north, ranges 7, 8 and 9 east, Oneida County, shall be named the American Legion State Forest. 28.035(2)(2) The department shall enter into an agreement with the Wisconsin department of the American Legion for hunting in the state forest lands described as lots 3, 4, 6 and 7 of section 8 and lots 2 and 3 of section 17, township 38 north, range 7 east, Oneida County, which are used in connection with Camp American Legion and which the Legion is now maintaining on this location as a restoration camp for sick and disabled veterans and their dependents. 28.035(3)(a)(a) The written lease entered into between the Wisconsin state department of the American Legion and the department of natural resources dated June 15, 1944, which leases Camp American Legion for a period of 10 years commencing June 1, 1944, shall continue in full force for an additional 10 years, and may be renewed for additional 10-year periods, notwithstanding the expiration of the term expressed in the lease, so long as the Wisconsin state department of the American Legion or any of the American Legion posts organized under s. 188.08 maintains on the property structures which were constructed prior to May 31, 1956, at the expense of the Wisconsin state department of the American Legion or any post, for the purpose of the rehabilitation, restoration, or recreation of veterans and their dependents of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Mexican border service, World Wars I and II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and service in a crisis zone, as defined in s. 45.01 (11). 28.035(3)(b)(b) The ownership of all of the buildings and equipment of the camp shall revert to the state upon the discontinuance of the use thereof for such purposes. On or before January 15 of each year the department of the American Legion shall file with the governor, the department of veterans affairs and the department of natural resources a written report of the operations and the financial status of the camp. 28.0428.04 Management of state forests.