28.21 – Management.
28.21 Management. Any municipality, by registering its forest with the department, shall be eligible to receive free planting stock from the state forest nurseries and the services of foresters in preparing and carrying out planting and forest management plans. No trees shall be cut except those marked or designated for cutting by a state forester. […]
28.22 – Timber sales; community forests.
28.22 Timber sales; community forests. Any sale of timber from a community forest shall be based on the scale, measure, or count of the cut products. Any sale of timber with either an estimated volume of at least 500 cord equivalents or an estimated value of at least $10,000 from a community forest shall be […]
28.23 – Income.
28.23 Income. All income from community forests shall be paid into the treasury, but may be assigned to the support of any legally authorized activity.
28.99 – Parties to a violation.
28.99 Parties to a violation. (1) Whoever is concerned in the commission of a violation of this chapter for which a forfeiture is imposed is a principal and may be charged with and convicted of the violation although he or she did not directly commit it and although the person who directly committed it has […]
28.045 – Educational requirements for field foresters.
28.045 Educational requirements for field foresters. (1) Every person hired as a field forester by the department on or after November 20, 2003, shall have received a bachelor’s or higher degree in forestry from a school of forestry with a curriculum accredited by the Society of American Foresters or an equivalent degree, as determined by […]
28.05 – Timber sales; state forests.
28.05 Timber sales; state forests. (1) Limitations. Cutting shall be limited to trees marked or designated for cutting by a forester employed by the department or by an individual determined by the department to be qualified to do such marking or designating and who is under the oversight of a forester employed by the department. […]
28.06 – Forest nurseries.
28.06 Forest nurseries. (1) Limitation. Only planting stock of species and sizes suitable for forest and woodlot planting and for planting by school pupils, including pupils at a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), to celebrate arbor day under s. 118.025 shall be produced in state forest nurseries. The department may employ labor […]
28.07 – Cooperation.
28.07 Cooperation. The department may cooperate with the University of Wisconsin System, with departments and agencies of this or other states, with federal agencies and with counties, towns, corporations and individuals, to promote the best interest of the people and the state in forest surveys, research in forestry and related subjects, forest protection and in […]
28.08 – Income.
28.08 Income. All income from state forest lands shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the conservation fund. History: 1977 c. 418.
28.085 – Timber.
28.085 Timber. The department shall allocate for forest grants under s. 26.38, for the forestry education grant program under s. 26.40, for school forest transportation funding under s. 26.39 (5), for transfer to the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (km) for master logger apprenticeship grants under s. 38.04 (29), or for forestry internships under s. […]