(1) PURPOSE.
Section
823.075(1) (d), Stats., requires the department to
define generally accepted forestry management practices.
(2) DEFINITIONS. In this section:
(a) "Department" means the Wisconsin
department of natural resources.
(b) "Generally accepted forestry management
practices" means forestry management practices that promote sound management of
a forest. "Generally accepted forestry management practices" include those
practices contained in the most recent version of the department publication
known as Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines and identified as PUB
FR-226.
(c) "Sound management of a
forest" means sustainably managing a forest with the application of ecological,
physical, quantitative, managerial, economic, and social principles to the
regeneration, management, utilization, protection and conservation of forest
ecosystems to meet specified wildlife habitat, watershed, aesthetics, cultural
and biological goals and objectives while maintaining the productivity of the
forest.
(3) DEPARTMENT
DUTIES.
(a) The department-developed
Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines, PUB FR-226, shall contain forestry
management practices that are recommended and approved by the department to
promote sound management of a forest.
Note: Copies of Wisconsin Forest Management
Guidelines, PUB FR-226, are available for inspection at the offices of the
Department of Natural Resources and the Legislative Reference Bureau. Copies
may be obtained from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of
Forestry, 101 S. Webster Street, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI, 53707-7921.
Property owners may seek advice on implementation of generally accepted
forestry management practices from department foresters, county foresters and
cooperating foresters.
(b)
The department shall periodically update Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines
so that a person may readily determine what forestry management practices are
recommended and approved by the department. The department shall update
Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines a minimum of every 5 years.
(c) The department shall use a process that
incorporates public participation and public comments when updating Wisconsin
Forest Management Guidelines.
