NR 46.02(11)(11) “Land” means the property which is being considered for entry under the forest crop law or woodland tax law programs. NR 46.02(12)(12) “Merchantable timber” means standing trees by species and product which are because of size and quality, salable within a reasonable time period from the subject lands. NR 46.02(13)(13) “Non-commercial forest land” means forest land incapable of producing wood products within 100 years. NR 46.02(14)(14) “Non-forest” means farmland (including grazing pastures), water, marsh, muskeg, bog, rock outcrops, sand dunes, recreational land, industrial land, residential land and rights-of-way. NR 46.02(15)(15) “Non-productive area” means lands not producing or incapable of producing wood products. NR 46.02(15m)(15m) “Open areas” means nonproductive areas capable of producing merchantable timber when stocked with suitable forest trees. NR 46.02(16)(16) “Petitioner or applicant” means any or all persons who have an ownership interest either in fee or equity with full control over forest practices on the lands. NR 46.02(17)(17) “Practice forestry”, “sound forestry practices” and “sound forestry” mean sound and commonly accepted timber cutting, transporting and forest cultural methods recommended or approved by a qualified forester of the department for most effective propagation and improvement of the various timber types common to Wisconsin. NR 46.02(18)(18) “Public roads and railroad rights-of-way” means public roads or railroad rights-of-way active or abandoned, in public or railroad ownership. NR 46.02(19)(19) “Qualified forester” means a forester having a bachelor or higher degree from a school of forestry. NR 46.02(20)(20) “Quarter-quarter section” means a regular one-sixteenth part of a section, the boundaries of which are determined by a correctly executed subdivision of the section involved, as determined by U.S. government survey plat. NR 46.02(21)(21) “Renewal” means a continuation of an entry under the laws upon mutual consent of the landowner and department. NR 46.02(22)(a)1.1. “Sawlogs-board feet” means forest products that have the following minimum specifications: NR 46.02(22)(a)2.2. The required scaling method for sawlogs shall be according to the Scribner Decimal C log rule. NR 46.02(22)(b)(b) “Cord” means 128 cubic feet including wood, air and bark assuming careful piling. Forest products described as cords are further defined to include all cut products not meeting the minimum specifications in par. (a) for sawlogs and which are not listed as piece products in par. (c). NR 46.02(22)(c)(c) Piece products. Per piece, post, pole or Christmas tree. NR 46.02(23)(23) “Stumpage” means the quantity of merchantable timber by product and species as listed in s. NR 46.30. NR 46.02(24)(24) “Tree scale” means the measurement of merchantable volume of standing trees. NR 46.02(24m)(24m) “Understocked areas” means forest lands not meeting the minimum medium density classification (source, DNR Manual Code 8625.2) described in the following size classes: NR 46.02 NoteNote: DNR Manual Code is available for inspection at any DNR office.
NR 46.02(25)(25) “Wood products” or “forest products” means those items listed on the current forest crop law stumpage values. NR 46.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, January, 1980, No. 289, eff. 2-1-80; cr. (15m) and (24m), Register, October, 1983, No. 334, eff. 11-1-83; cr. (intro.) and am. (23), Register, October, 1986, No. 370, eff. 11-1-86; r. and recr. (22) (a) and (b), Register, October, 1991, No. 430, eff. 11-1-91; CR 10-031: am. (24m) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10; correction in (intro.) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., stats. Register December 2011 No. 672; CR 18-086: am. (25) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20; correction in (22) (a) 1. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2020 No. 770. NR 46.03NR 46.03 Petitions or applications. NR 46.03(1)(1) The forest cropland program is no longer open for enrollment or renewal.
