NR 45.055(2)(d)(d) The person is not under the influence of an intoxicant or a controlled substance. NR 45.055(2)(e)(e) The person yields the right-of-way to all other vehicular traffic and pedestrians. NR 45.055(2)(f)(f) The golf cart is equipped with, at all times, all of the following: NR 45.055 HistoryHistory: CR 10-131: cr. Register August 2011 No. 668, eff. 9-1-11; CR 23-060: am. (2) (a) 1. to 3. Register July 2024 No. 823, eff. 8-1-24. NR 45.06(1)(a)(a) No person may allow that person’s dog, cat or other pet, or a pet under that person’s supervision, to unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of the area by others. NR 45.06(1)(b)(b) No person may allow a dog, cat, or other pet in any building, yurt, observation tower, area that has been designated as closed to pets in a property master plan, Paradise Springs area in the southern unit – Kettle Moraine state forest, or on any swimming beach or on any Great Lakes shoreline zone that is not designated as a pet swimming beach, or in any picnic area, playground or fish hatchery ground, unless the area is posted as open to pets. NR 45.06(1)(c)(c) Except as provided for in par. (d), dogs, cats, and other pets shall be kept on a physical leash not more than 8 feet long and under control at all times. NR 45.06(1)(d)(d) In areas where allowed in a property master plan and posted by department sign, during the times of year indicated on the department sign, pets may be off leash as long as they are under the verbal control of the person supervising the pet. NR 45.06(2)(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or restrict the use of dogs for hunting purposes in any area which is open to hunting. The use of dogs for dog trials and dog training shall be restricted to areas designated by the property superintendent under permit procedures established in ch. NR 17. NR 45.06(3)(3) No person may allow their dog, cat or other animal on any cross-country ski trails during that period of the year when such trails are groomed or being prepared for grooming for cross-country skiing. NR 45.06(4)(a)(a) Pets are prohibited in Copper Culture and Heritage Hill state parks effective January 1, 1993. NR 45.06(4)(b)(b) Pets are prohibited in the following campgrounds effective January 1, 1993. NR 45.06(4)(b)1.1. Loop 1 of Pinewoods standard and group camp - Southern Unit Kettle Moraine. NR 45.06(5)(5) Persons bringing or allowing pets in designated use areas shall be responsible for proper removal and disposal in sanitary facilities of any waste produced by these animals. NR 45.06(6)(a)(a) Except as otherwise authorized by the department, no person may ride, lead or fail to prevent any ungulate animal from being anywhere not posted open to their use. Ungulate animals are allowed in all areas, except where posted against such use, on the northern state forests or and the Turtle-Flambeau scenic waters area. NR 45.06(6)(b)(b) Equine animals, llamas, and alpacas are prohibited on all other department lands except on public highways, as defined in s. 340.01 (22), Stats., and consistent with ch. 346, Stats., and areas or trails posted for their use, or by permit on field trial areas, in accordance with ch. NR 17. NR 45.06(7)(7) No person may ride or lead an ungulate animal in a careless, negligent, or reckless manner so as to endanger the life, property or persons of others on any lands under the management, supervision and control of the department. NR 45.06(7m)(7m) No person may feed any wild animal in any picnic area, playground, fish hatchery ground, or designated beach. NR 45.06(8)(8) Exception. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, service animals as defined in s. 106.52 (1) (fm), Stats., may accompany persons with disabilities. NR 45.06 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1983, No. 336, eff. 1-1-84; am. (1), Register, December, 1987, No. 384, eff. 1-1-88; am. (5), r. and recr. (6), Register, October, 1991, No. 430, eff. 11-1-91; r. (3), (5) and (6), renum. (4) to be (3), cr. (4) to (6), Register, March, 1992, No. 435, eff. 4-1-92; r. and recr. (6) (a) and (b), r. (6) (c), cr. (8), Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; am. (1) and (6) (a), cr. (4) (f), Register, November, 1995, No. 479, eff. 12-1-95; am. (1) and (6) (a), Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 1-1-98; cr. (3m), Register, December, 1999, No. 528, eff. 1-1-00; CR 01-011: am. (4) (f) Register April 2002 No. 556, eff. 5-1-02; CR 03-035: am. (1) and (6) (a), Register December 2003 No. 576, eff. 1-1-04; CR 04-092: am. (1) and (4) (b) 1. Register April 2005 No. 592, eff. 5-1-05; correction in (8) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2006 No. 606; CR 07-026: am. (1) Register December 2007 No. 624, eff. 1-1-08; CR 23-060: r. and recr. (1), am. (3), r. (3m), am. (4) (b) 1., r. (4) (b) 2., (c) to (f), am. (6), (7), cr. (7m) Register June 2024 No. 823, eff. 8-1-24; correction in (6) (b) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2024 No. 823, eff. 8-1-24. NR 45.07(1)(1) No person may start, tend or maintain any fire on the ground or burn any refuse except in designated fireplaces or fire rings, except for small cooking and warming fires at the following locations: NR 45.07(1)(b)(b) On the northern flowage properties and in non-designated use areas in the northern state forests except the Coulee Experimental state forest. NR 45.07(1)(c)(c) Authorized camping areas without designated fireplaces or fire rings, in wildlife areas, the Pine-Popple wild river, state forests, and the Menominee River natural resources area. NR 45.07(2)(2) No person may leave any fire unattended, or throw away any matches, cigarettes, cigars or pipe ashes or any embers without first extinguishing them, or start, tend or use in any manner any fire contrary to posted notice on any lands or property under the management, supervision and control of the department. NR 45.07(3)(3) The department, in the event of threat to natural resources by the presence of forest fire hazards, may establish emergency use and burning regulations by posted notice. NR 45.07(4)(4) No person may leave unattended or release a sky lantern, airborne paper lantern, balloon, or similar device with a candle or other flame inside. NR 45.07 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1983, No. 336, eff. 1-1-84; am. (1), cr. (3), Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; am. (1), Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 1-1-98; CR 07-026: r. and recr. (1) Register December 2007 No. 624, eff. 1-1-08; CR 10-042: am. (1) (b) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; CR 23-060: cr. (4) Register July 2024 No. 823, eff. 8-1-24. NR 45.075(1)(1) The chief state forester may declare, and shall manage, emergencies that threaten forested lands owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the department. When declaring and responding to an emergency, the chief state forester shall consider the purpose of and management plan for the affected property in his or her decisions. Emergencies include unforeseen damage or threat of damage to trees from various causes including: NR 45.075(1)(b)(b) Invasive species including insects, plants, animals and disease-causing organisms. NR 45.075(2)(2) The declaration of a forest health emergency by the chief state forester, including findings of fact supporting it, shall become effective upon the publication of the declaration in the official state newspaper. As soon after the effective date as is feasible and reasonable, the department shall publish the order in one newspaper in the area affected which is likely to give notice to residents in that area, file copies of the emergency declaration within one week of its effective date with clerks of all counties affected by the declaration and take other steps as it deems necessary to convey effective notice to persons who are likely to have an interest in the declaration. The same procedure shall be followed to cancel or modify the declaration or any part thereof. This rule does not apply to a state of emergency declared by the governor under s. 323.10, Stats., and does not supersede the authority of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection under ch. 94, Stats. NR 45.075(3)(a)(a) “Disease” includes any disturbance of a plant that interferes with its normal structure or function. NR 45.075(3)(b)(b) “Pest” includes any living stage of insects, mites, nematodes, slugs, snails or other invertebrate animals injurious to plants, plant products, animals and humans; any bacteria, fungi, other parasitic plants or their reproductive parts, viruses, mycoplasma, protozoans or infectious substances which cause disease in or damage to plants or plant products; and any host upon which a plant pest is dependent for the completion of all or a portion of its life cycle. NR 45.075 HistoryHistory: CR 07-013: cr. Register July 2008 No. 631, eff. 8-1-08; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register May 2010 No. 653. NR 45.08(1)(1) No person may possess or consume any food or beverage, or use any soap, detergent or shampoo on any swimming beach or in the water adjacent to any swimming beach in any state park, state recreation area or state forest. NR 45.08(2)(2) No person may swim beyond or disturb or molest a swimming beach boundary buoy or marker in any beach in any state park, state recreation area or state forest. NR 45.08(3)(3) No floating device, except coast guard approved life jackets and vests of proper size, properly worn and secured, is permitted in or upon the water at any designated beach or pool in any state park, state recreation area or state forest when a lifeguard is on duty. NR 45.08(4)(4) The department may prohibit swimming in areas adjacent to water access sites by posted notice. No person may swim within the area delineated by the posted notice. NR 45.08(5)(5) No person may fish in any marked swimming beach in any state park, state recreation area or state forest. NR 45.08 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1983, No. 336, eff. 1-1-84; cr. (4), Register, March, 1992, No. 435, eff. 4-1-92; am. (3), Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; am. (1) and (2), Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 1-1-97; CR 01-011: cr. (5) Register April 2002 No. 556, eff. 5-1-02. NR 45.085(1)(1) No person may possess any glass beverage container or other glass product on any Great Lakes shoreline zone. NR 45.085(2)(2) No person may use any soap, detergent or shampoo in waters adjacent to any Great Lakes shoreline zone. NR 45.085(3)(3) No person may light a fire or use a grill on any Great Lakes shoreline zone or on docks or piers in waters adjacent to any Great Lakes shoreline zone, except in designated fire rings or grills provided by the department. NR 45.085 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; CR 23-060: am. (3) Register July 2024 No. 823, eff. 8-1-24. NR 45.09(1)(1) No person may take, catch, kill, hunt, trap, or pursue any wild animal or bird in any fish hatchery, state campground, picnic area, or other area not open to hunting or trapping. NR 45.09 NoteNote: State park hunting and trapping closures authorized under s. 29.089, Stats. are established on property maps that may be obtained on the DNR website (dnr.wi.gov) keyword “hunting state parks”. Additional closures of designated use areas may also be established by posted notice. Hunting and trapping closures may be limited to certain species and seasons. See also s. NR 10.275. NR 45.09(2)(2) Except for blinds used exclusively for waterfowl hunting as provided in s. 29.327 (2), Stats., and s. NR 10.12 (12), and except for blinds constructed entirely of dead vegetation found on the property, no person may do any of the following: NR 45.09(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in subds. 1. to 4., construct, occupy, place, or use any elevated or ground blind or other elevated device except: NR 45.09(2)(a)1.1. On any land open to hunting not identified in subds. 2. or 3., portable tree stands and blinds may remain placed only during the daily timeframe beginning one hour prior to, and ending one hour after, the shooting hours established in s. NR 10.06. NR 45.09(2)(a)2.2. On any land not part of the state park system, open to hunting and located north of State Highway 64, portable tree stands and blinds may remain placed throughout the timeframe beginning September 1 and ending January 31. NR 45.09(2)(a)3.3. On any land that is part of the state park system, open to hunting, and located north of State Highway 64, portable tree stands and blinds may remain placed throughout the timeframe beginning seven days prior to, and ending seven days after, an established fall hunting period. NR 45.09(2)(a)4.4. Portable tree stands and blinds may be occupied and used while lawfully placed under subds. 1. to 3. NR 45.09(2)(b)(b) Cause damage to trees by the placement or erection of portable tree stands or by any other manner while climbing or hunting from a tree. Careful pruning, flush with the trunk of the tree, of limbs less than 1 inch in diameter on a tree in which a tree stand is used shall not be considered causing damage to the tree. NR 45.09(2)(c)(c) Hunt from any ground blind during any open season or special hunt for hunting deer with firearms unless the outside of the blind displays a minimum of 144 square inches of material that is a solid highly visible color commonly referred to as blaze orange, florescent orange, or florescent blaze orange, or commonly referred to as bright pink or fluorescent pink and is visible 360 degrees around the blind. Blinds that are left unoccupied shall have the owner’s customer identification number or name and address written in the English language attached to the outside of the blind in a conspicuous location near the entrance to the blind and be kept legible at all times. NR 45.09(2)(d)(d) Place, use, or own an unoccupied tree stand unless the owner’s department customer identification number, or the owner’s name and address, is written in the English language, attached to the tree stand in a manner so it is clearly visible to a person standing on the ground, and kept legible at all times. NR 45.09(2)(e)(e) Place more than two portable tree stands or blinds on department lands located in the same county. NR 45.09 NoteNote: Section NR 45.04 (3) (g) prohibits any person from destroying, molesting, possessing without permission, removing or attempting to remove the property of another. NR 45.09(3)(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of these weapons on designated target ranges within the areas listed in sub. (1). NR 45.09(4)(b)(b) Hunting in state parks as established in s. NR 10.275 or as otherwise specifically established by rule. NR 45.09(4)(c)(c) Possession of uncased or loaded firearms, bows, crossbows or air guns while on foot and in route to a state park area where hunting is allowed. This paragraph does not allow the discharge of a firearm, bow, crossbow, or air gun from or across state park areas where hunting is not allowed. NR 45.09(4)(d)(d) The use of a firearm for the purposes of killing an animal lawfully trapped in a state park. NR 45.09(5)(5) No person may discharge any firearm or air gun while within the exterior boundary of state-owned lands posted with department signs in Brown, Dane, Dodge, Columbia, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha and Winnebago counties, or on state forest lands in the Kettle Moraine or Point Beach state forests, fish hatcheries, state parks, state recreation areas, state natural areas, from or across a state campground, picnic area or other special use area designated by the department which is not open to hunting, or on state trails established on railroad grades, except as follows: NR 45.09(5)(a)(a) While engaged in hunting or dispatching a lawfully trapped animal in compliance with sub. (1) and the open seasons established in s. NR 10.01.
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