Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 51 - Administration Of Stewardship Grants
Subchapter II - Nonprofit Conservation Organizations
Section NR 51.05 - Eligible and ineligible acquisition projects
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง NR 51.05
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. The department may award grants under this chapter to nonprofit conservation organizations for acquisition of all or some of the rights of property for the following:
(a) For natural
areas under subch. III; the Ice Age Trail and state trails under subch. VIII;
stream bank protection under subch. VII; habitat areas and fisheries under
subch. V; bluff protection under subch. IV; wild lakes under subch. VI; the
Baraboo hills under subch. X; aid for local parks under subch. XII; urban green
space under subch. XIII; urban rivers under subch. XIV and acquisition of
development rights under subch. XV.
(b) For the Lower Wisconsin state riverway,
and wild rivers designated under s.
30.26, Stats.,
including lands within or adjacent to their acquisition boundaries.
(c) For the middle kettle moraine.
(d) For state forests or state parks
including lands within or adjacent to a state forest or state park or its
acquisition boundaries.
(e) For
public shooting, trapping or fishing grounds, state wildlife areas, state
recreation areas, lands within or adjacent to their acquisition boundaries, or
for projects that have similar purposes.
(f) For preservation of endangered or
threatened species under s.
29.604,
Stats.
(g) For fish farms as
defined in s.
95.001(1) (aj), Stats., doing cooperative work with the
state.
(h) For acquisition of
development rights to create agricultural, forestry or other buffers on lands
adjacent to properties acquired for the purposes listed in this
subsection.
(2)INELIGIBLE PROJECTS. The department may not award stewardship grants for ineligible acquisition projects including:
(a) Any property that has restrictions or
other covenants that prevent or limit the property from being managed for the
conservation or public recreational purposes of the stewardship program or that
would preempt the department's reversionary interests under s.
23.096(5),
Stats.
(b) Any property that was
acquired more than one year before a grant application is submitted for that
property. Eligible properties not funded in the fiscal year in which an
application is submitted due to insufficient funds may be considered for
funding in subsequent fiscal years.
(c) Any property that is used or may be used
for licensed game farms, fur farms, deer farms, shooting preserves, forest
nurseries or experimental stations.
(d) Any property used for commercial or
industrial purposes, except with prior written approval of the department for
sponsor fundraising and other activities that protect or enhance the
conservation values of the project.
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