Section 109.08. Prohibitions.  


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  • (1)  No person may distribute an invasive aquatic plant, under s. NR 109.07 .
    (2)  No person may intentionally introduce Eurasian water milfoil, curly leaf pondweed or purple loosestrife into waters of this state without the permission of the department.
    (3)  No person may intentionally cut aquatic plants in public/navigable waters without removing cut vegetation from the body of water.
    (4)
    (a) No person may place equipment used in aquatic plant management in a navigable water if the person has reason to believe that the equipment has any aquatic plants or zebra mussels attached.
    (b) This subsection does not apply to equipment used in aquatic plant management when re-launched on the same body of water without having visited different waters, provided the re-launching will not introduce or encourage the spread of existing aquatic species within that body of water.