92.03   Definitions.

92.04   Land and water conservation board.

92.05   Department.

92.06   Land conservation committees.

92.07   Land conservation committee; powers.

92.09   Land conservation committee staff.

92.10   Land and water resource management planning program.

92.11   Regulation of local soil and water resource management practices.

92.115   Municipal soil conservation on private lands.

92.12   Intergovernmental cooperation.

92.13   State and local agencies to cooperate.

92.14   Soil and water resource management program.

92.15   Local regulation of livestock operations.

92.16   Manure storage facilities.

92.17   Shoreland management.

92.18   Training and certification.

Ch. 92 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. ATCP 50, Wis. adm. code.

92.02 92.02 Legislative intent.

92.02(1) (1) The legislature finds that the soil resources of this state are being depleted by wind and water erosion and that the waters of this state are being polluted by nonpoint sources of pollution. The legislature further finds that these are statewide problems endangering the health and welfare of the state’s citizens, its recreational resources, agricultural productivity and industrial base.

92.02(2) (2) The legislature declares it to be the policy of this state to halt and reverse the depletion of the state’s soil resources and pollution of its waters.

92.02(3) (3) It is the intent of the legislature to implement this policy by enacting this soil and water conservation law to:

92.02(3)(a) (a) Establish goals and standards for conservation of soil and water resources;

92.02(3)(b) (b) Provide for cost sharing, technical assistance, educational programs and other programs to conserve soil and water resources;

92.02(3)(c) (c) Encourage coordinated soil and water conservation planning and program implementation; and

92.02(3)(d) (d) Enable the regulation of harmful land use and land management practices by county ordinance where necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.

92.02 History History: 1981 c. 346; 1983 a. 410 s. 2200 (2); 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (8).

92.025 92.025 State soil erosion control goals. It is the intent of the legislature that:

92.025(1) (1) Statutory goal. The soil erosion rate on each individual cropland field in the state does not exceed the tolerable erosion level on or after January 1, 2000.