The Department of Natural Resources announces that it will hold a public hearing on a permanent rule to revise ch.’s NR 10 and NR 45, Wis. Admin. Code related to use of tree stands and blinds on department managed lands and a description of the legal times for hunting at the time and place shown below.
Hearing Information
Time: 7:00 p.m.
The public hearings/meetings will be held on Monday, April 11, 2016 at the following locations:
Adams Adams County Courthouse, County Board Room, 400 Main Street, Friendship, WI 53934
Ashland Ashland High School, Auditorium, 1900 Beaser Avenue, Ashland, WI 54806
Barron Barron County Government Center, 330 E LaSalle Avenue, Barron, WI 54812
Bayfield Drummond High School, Auditorium, 52440 Eastern Avenue, Drummond, WI 54832
Brown Northeast WI Tech. College, Lecture Hall SC132, 2740 W Mason Street, Green Bay, WI 54307
Buffalo Alma High School, S1618 State Road 35, Alma, WI 54610
Burnett Burnett County Government Center, Room 165, 7410 County Highway K, Siren, WI 54872
Calumet Calumet County Courthouse, Room B025, 206 Court Street, Chilton, WI 53014
Chippewa Chippewa Falls Middle School, Cafeteria, 750 Tropicana Blvd, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Clark Greenwood High School, Cafetorium, 306 W Central Avenue, Greenwood, WI 54437
Columbia Portage High School, Auditorium, 301 E Collins Street, Portage, WI 53901
Crawford Prairie du Chien High School, Auditorium, 800 E Crawford Street, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
Dane Waunakee H.S., Performing Arts Center, 301 Community Drive, Waunakee, WI 53597
Dodge Horicon Marsh Education & Visitor Center, N7725 State Highway 28, Horicon, WI 53032
Door Sturgeon Bay High School, Commons, 1230 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Douglas Superior High School, Cafeteria, 2600 Catlin Avenue, Superior, WI 54880
Dunn Dunn County Fish and Game Club, 1600 Pine Avenue, Menomonie, WI 54751
Eau Claire CVTC Business Ed Center, Casper Room 103, 620 W Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701
Florence Florence Natural Resources Center, 5631 Forestry Drive, Florence, WI 54121
Fond du Lac Theisen Middle School, Auditorium, 525 E Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac, WI 54935
Forest Crandon High School, 9750 U.S. Hwy 8, Crandon, WI 54520
Grant Lancaster High School, Hillary Auditorium, 806 E Elm Street, Lancaster, WI 53813
Green Monroe Middle School, Enter via North-side Door, 1510 13th Street, Monroe, WI 53566
Green Lake Green Lake High School, Multi-purpose Room, 612 Mill Street, Green Lake, WI 54941
Iowa Dodgeville High School, Gymnasium, 912 W Chapel Street, Dodgeville, WI 53533
Iron Mercer Community Center, 2648 W Margaret Street, Mercer, WI 54547
Jackson Black River Falls Middle School, LGI Room, 1202 Pierce Street, Black River Falls, WI 54615
Jefferson Jefferson County Fair Park, Activity Center, 503 N Jackson Avenue, Jefferson, WI 53549
Juneau Olson Middle School, Auditorium, 508 Grayside Avenue, Mauston, WI 53948
Kenosha Bristol School District #1, Gymnasium, 20121 83rd Street, Bristol, WI 53104
Kewaunee Kewaunee High School, Little Theater, 911 3rd Street, Kewaunee, WI 54216
La Crosse Onalaska High School, Performing Arts Center, 700 Hilltopper Place, Onalaska, WI 54650
Lafayette Darlington Elementary, Large Group Room, 11630 Center Hill Road, Darlington, WI 53530
Langlade Antigo High School, Volm Theatre, 1900 Tenth Avenue, Antigo, WI 54409
Lincoln Merrill High School, Auditorium, 1201 N Sales Street, Merrill, WI 54452
Manitowoc UW Manitowoc, 705 Viebahn Street, Manitowoc, WI 54220
Marathon DC Everest Middle School, Auditorium, 9302 Schofield Avenue, Weston, WI 54476
Marinette Wausaukee High School, Auditorium, N11941 Highway 141, Wausaukee, WI 54177
Marquette Montello High School, Community Room, 222 Forest Lane, Montello, WI 53949
Menominee Menominee County Courthouse, W3269 Courthouse Lane, Keshena, WI 54135
Milwaukee Greenfield High School, Performing Arts Center, 4800 S 60th Street, Greenfield, WI 53220
Monroe Meadowview Middle School, Cafetorium, 1225 N Water Street, Sparta, WI 54656
Oconto Suring High School, Cafeteria, 411 E Algoma Street, Suring, WI 54174
Oneida James Williams Middle School, 915 Acacia Lane, Rhinelander, WI 54501
Outagamie Appleton North High School, Auditorium, 5000 North Ballard Road, Appleton, WI 54913
Ozaukee Webster Transitional School, Commons, W75 N624 Wauwatosa Road, Cedarburg, WI 53012
Pepin Pepin County Government Center, 740 7th Avenue West, Durand, WI 54736
Pierce Ellsworth High School, Cafeteria, 323 Hillcrest Street, Ellsworth, WI 54011
Polk Unity High School, Auditorium, 1908 State Hwy 46, Balsam Lake, WI 54810
Portage Ben Franklin Junior High, Auditorium, 2000 Polk Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
Price Price County Courthouse, Room 101, 126 Cherry Street, Phillips, WI 54555
Racine Union Grove High School, Auditorium, 3433 S Colony Avenue, Union Grove, WI 53182
Richland Richland County Courthouse, Courtroom, 181 W Seminary Street, Richland Center, WI 53581
Rock Blackhawk Tech College, LL North Commons 1400B, 6004 S Cty Road G, Janesville, WI 53546
Rusk Ladysmith High School, Auditorium, 1700 Edgewood Avenue East, Ladysmith, WI 54848
Saint Croix Saint Croix Central High School, Commons, 1751 Broadway Street, Hammond, WI 54015
Sauk UW Baraboo - Sauk County, Giese Lecture Hall A4, 1006 Connie Road, Baraboo, WI 53913
Sawyer Winter High School, Auditorium, 6585 W Grove Street, Winter, WI 54896
Shawano Shawano Middle School, Room LGI, 1050 S Union Street, Shawano, WI 54166
Sheboygan Plymouth High School, Auditorium, 125 Highland Avenue, Plymouth, WI 53073
Taylor Taylor County Fairgrounds, Multipurpose Building, Hwy 64/Hwy 13, Medford, WI 54451
Trempealeau Arcadia High School, Commons, 756 Raider Drive, Arcadia, WI 54612
Vernon Viroqua High School, Commons, 100 Blackhawk Drive, Viroqua, WI 54665
Vilas Saint Germain Elementary School, 8234 Hwy 70 West, Saint Germain, WI 54558
Walworth Delavan-Darien High School, Large Meeting Room, 150 Cummings Street, Delavan, WI 53115
Washburn Spooner High School, Auditorium, 801 County Highway A, Spooner, WI 54801
Washington Washington County Fair Park, 3000 Pleasant Valley Road, West Bend, WI 53095
Waukesha Waukesha Co. Tech. College, Richard Anderson Center, 800 Main Street, Pewaukee, WI 53072
Waupaca Waupaca High School, Auditorium, E2325 King Road, Waupaca, WI 54981
Waushara Waushara County Courthouse, Board Room 265, 209 S Saint Marie Street, Wautoma, WI 54982
Winnebago Webster Stanley Middle School, Auditorium, 915 Hazel Street, Oshkosh, WI 54901
Wood Pittsville School District Admin. Building, Auditorium, 5459 Elementary Ave, Pittsville, 54466
Additionally, informational meetings will be held by the department at the same time and place. The purpose of this portion of the meeting will be to conduct voting on fisheries and wildlife management related advisory questions which are being asked in order to gauge public opinion.
Rule Information
This rule proposal would allow the overnight placement of tree stands and ground blinds on lands which are managed by the Department of Natural Resources and located North of State Highway 64. For clarity of meaning, these rules would also change the way the department describes the times of day when hunting is allowed for certain species, potentially identifying them as “shooting hours” rather than “hunting hours”.
Additionally, the department is asking the public to vote on a variety of questions which are advisory only and asked in order to gauge public opinion. Those questions can be found on the department’s website and by searching for the key word, “spring hearings.”
