Section 44.05. Land management classification system.

 

(1)  The land management classifications established in this chapter shall be used by the department in developing, revising or amending master plans, unless directed otherwise by the board.

(2)  The land management classifications shall be used in the master plan and on management maps to describe the general management objective for a property or a management area within a property as determined during the master planning process. The department shall assign to each management area on a property the land management classification described in s. NR 44.06 that most accurately describes the management prescribed for the area by the master plan, while being consistent with the standards of the classification. For those land management classifications that also provide for recreational use setting subclassifications, which are described in s. NR 44.07 , the subclassifications shall be applied in the same manner as the land management classifications. The assigned classifications and subclassifications shall be consistent with the purposes of the property as designated by statute or rule.

(3)  Management activities within any land management classification may provide benefits other then those directly sought by the management objective. Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute, rule or the plan, activities and recreational uses may occur within an area to the extent that they are consistent with the management objective for the area.

(4)  Management activities not specifically enumerated in ss. NR 44.06 and 44.07 may be authorized by the master plan if they are compatible with the classification and subclassification of the affected area.

History: Cr. Register, August, 1996, No. 488 , eff. 9-1-96.