Section 51.65. Land management conditions.

 

(1)  The following activities are prohibited on stream bank property acquired under this subchapter unless specifically approved by the department in the management plan:

(a) Alteration of vegetative cover or other natural features.

(b) Planting or production of agricultural crops.

(c) Mowing, grazing or spraying the land with chemicals except to comply with noxious weed control laws in ss. 23.235 and 66.0407 , Stats., or to control pests on an emergency basis when such control is necessary to protect public health.

(2)  Whenever possible, the property shall include land within at least 66 feet from either side of the stream. Riparian wetlands and lands at least 66 feet from the edge of the wetland shall be included whenever possible.

(3)  The department shall purchase and install or pay the cost of purchasing and installing fencing the department determines necessary to protect a stream for which an easement has been acquired.

(4)  A landowner subject to an easement may be required to seed native grass or a grass-legume mixture on the land at rates determined by the department to establish and maintain perennial cover or to plant trees on the land subject to the easement.

(5)  The department may allow installation and maintenance of management practices meeting USDA natural resource conservation service standards, such as cattle stream crossings, riprap and cattle watering areas, if the management practice does not conflict with the purpose of an easement.

(6)  Public access to an eased area may be a condition of an easement if public use does not conflict with the purpose of the easement.

Cr. Register, October, 1990, No. 418 , eff. 11-1-90; r. and recr. Register, June, 1994, No. 462 , eff. 7-1-94; emerg. am. (1) (intro.), (2), (4) and (6), eff. 9-1-00; CR 00-135 : am. (1) (intro.), (2), (4) and (6), Register July 2001, No. 547 eff. 8-1-01; CR 10-127 : am. (intro.), (5), (6) Register February 2012 No. 674 , eff. 3-1-12.