Wisconsin Administrative Code

NR 10.15 Horicon national wildlife refuge. (1) PROHIBITED METHODS. (a) Firearm, crossbow, and bow possession. Except as provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or trap any wild animal or have in possession or under control any firearm unless the same…

NR 10.16 Necedah national wildlife refuge, Juneau county. Except as provided in subs. (1), (2), (3), and (4), it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, kill, hunt, trap or pursue any species of wild animal or bird at any time, or have in possession or under control any …

NR 10.22 Sandhill wildlife demonstration area, Wood county. (1) PROHIBITED METHODS. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, kill, hunt, trap or pursue any species of wild animal or bird at any time, or have in possession or under control any firearm unless the same is…

NR 10.24 Bong state recreation area hunting zone. (1) DESCRIPTION. The area described in s. NR 45.13 (17) (a) 1., shall be called the hunting zone. (2) RESTRICTIONS. (a) General prohibition. No person may take, catch, kill, hunt, trap or pursue any species of wild animal at any t…

NR 10.26 Sharp-tailed grouse hunting. (1) PERMITS AND CARCASS TAGS. (a) Authorization to hunt. No person may hunt sharp-tailed grouse unless he or she possesses a valid sharptailed grouse hunting permit and carcass tag issued by the department, in addition to an approval authoriz…

NR 10.275 State park trapping, small game and migratory game bird hunting. No person may hunt game species listed in s. NR 10.01 (1), (2) (a), (c), (e), (g), (3) (a), (bt), (c), (f) or (h) on the state owned or managed portions of Governor Dodge, Mill Bluff, or Mirror Lake state …

NR 10.28 Deer population management units. Deer population management units are established as designated on the following maps: (1) STATEWIDE DEER MANAGEMENT UNITS. the chapter was last published. NR 10.28 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (2) METROPOLITAN DEER MANAGEMENT UNITS. Cro…

NR 10.285 Game management units. Note: Prior to 2015 the game management zones in this section were also used by the department as deer management units. These game management zones continue to serve as the basis for fisher, sharp-tailed grouse, and bear management zones. the cha…

NR 10.29 Wild turkey hunting zones. History: Cr. Register, November, 1982, No. 323, eff. 12-1-82; r. and recr. Register, March, 1984, No. 339, eff. 4-1-84; r. and recr. Register, March, 1985, No. 351, eff. 41-85; r. and recr. Register, October, 1985, No. 358, eff. 11-1-85; r. and…

NR 10.295 Wolf Management Zones. Wolf population management zones are designated on the following maps: (1) STATEWIDE WOLF MANAGEMENT ZONES. Zone 1 includes the frozen surface of Lake Superior within this state. Zone 6 includes the frozen surface of Green Bay under the jurisdicti…

NR 10.30 Black bear hunting zones. Black bear hunting zones are established as designated on the following map: History: Cr. Register, July, 1987, No. 379, eff. 8-1-87; r. and recr. map, Register, December, 1993, No. 456, eff. 1-1-94; r. and recr. Register, August, 1996, No. 488,…

NR 10.31 Canada goose management zones. Canada goose management zones are established by the following maps: (1) STATEWIDE ZONE. The statewide goose zone includes the following subzones: (c) Mississippi river subzone. tro.) and (3) (intro.) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.…

NR 10.33 Ruffed grouse management zones. NR 10.35 54 Beaver management zones. History: Cr. Register, May, 1991, No. 425, eff. 6-1-91; r. and recr. Register, October, 1997, No. 502, eff. 5-1-98. History: Cr. Register, October, 1990, No. 418, eff. 11-1-90; CR 06-012: r. and July 20…

NR 10.34 Bobcat hunting and trapping zones. History: CR 13-067: cr. August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14. the chapter was last published. 55 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES NR 10.37

NR 10.37 Elk management zones. (1) NORTHERN. (2) CENTRAL. the chapter was last published. NR 10.37 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (3) UNIT 15. Elk hunting unit 15 includes the entire state except areas which are part of hunting units 1-14 in subs. (1) and (2).

NR 10.38 Fisher zones. 56 and to establish procedures for conducting special hunts that will encourage greater hunting participation by persons with physical and visual disabilities. (2) DEFINITION. “Special gun deer hunt” means a department authorized local firearm season for de…

NR 10.39 Mink and muskrat zones. (b) Participation limits. No person may participate in more than one special gun deer hunt in the same calendar year and all participants must possess a valid gun deer license and either a valid Class A permit, valid Class B permit which authorize…

NR 10.40 Disabled hunters; special hunt authorizations. (1) PURPOSE. Pursuant to s. 29.053 (3), Stats., the natural resources board establishes this section to provide additional recreational hunting opportunities to the citizens of Wisconsin (g) Authorizations to assistant. The …

NR 10.41 Wildlife disease management. (1) PURPursuant to s. 29.063 (1), Stats., the natural resources board establishes this section to provide guidelines for the department to manage chronic disease in wild cervids in this state. (2) STATE PARKS AND OTHER CLOSED AREAS. State par…

NR 10.42 Official state duties. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or hinder the department and its employees, duly authorized agents, or contractors from performing their official duties relating to control of disease in deer and elk. eff. 9-1-03. Subchapter II — Deer Manage…

NR 10.70 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the structure, procedures, and fees related to the deer management assistance program under s. 29.020, Stats.

NR 10.71 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Authorized representative” means the person a landowner has designated to act and make decisions on the landowner's behalf for purposes of the deer management assistance program, including granting access to the landowner's property …

NR 10.72 Deer management assistance program participants. (1) MEMBERS. Any landowner or, in the case of public lands, property manager may enroll as a DMAP member. Membership in the DMAP is for a period of 3 years beginning on the date of enrollment. A landowner whose term as a D…

NR 10.73 Fees. (1) The fee to enroll as a DMAP member is $50. (2) No DMAP member may receive any elective benefit described in s. NR 10.72 (2) (d) for an enrolled property unless the DMAP member has paid the applicable additional fee based on the acreage of the enrolled property …

NR 10.74 Ineligibility and penalties. Any participant who charges a fee for bonus permits issued under this subchapter in violation of s. NR 10.104 (9m) (b), or who fails to keep records or make reports to the department as required under this chapter, shall be denied any benefit…

NR 100.01 Organic mercury compounds. The discharge of organic mercury compounds to the waters of the state shall not exceed 0.0005 mg/l of mercury as measured in a 24hour composite sample. History: Cr. Register, March, 1971, No. 183, eff. 4-1-71.

NR 100.02 Inorganic mercury compounds and metal mercury. The discharge of inorganic mercury com- NR 100.02 Inorganic mercury compounds and metal mercury. pounds and metallic mercury to the waters of the state shall not exceed the background level by more than 0.05 pound per 1,000…

NR 101.01 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to establish, pursuant to s. 299.15, Stats., requirements for submission of reports and payment of wastewater fees by persons discharging industrial or municipal wastewaters or other discharges requiring a WPDES permit. Note: This…

NR 101.02 Applicability. The provisions of this chapter are applicable to persons required to submit reports to the department as set forth in s. NR 101.11. This section requires reports of discharges of industrial wastes and toxic and hazardous substances which exceed specified …

NR 101.03 Definitions. The following definitions are applicable to terms used in this chapter: (1) XCooling waterY means any water which is used primarily for cooling of raw materials, products, or equipment. (2) XFacilityY means a publicly owned treatment works, or an operating …

NR 101.11 Required wastewater reports. The reporting requirements of the WPDES permit, for discharges to surface or ground waters, or requirements promulgated under s. 283.21 (2), Stats., for discharges to a publicly owned treatment works, shall be used as the reporting requireme…

NR 101.12 WPDES information reporting. The department shall calculate effluent quantities for those pollutants whose discharge is regulated by the WPDES permit: (1) The department shall use the reports submitted under the reporting requirements of the permit for each calendar yea…

NR 101.13 Wastewater fees. An annual wastewater fee shall be assessed to each facility holding a specific WPDES permit and reporting discharges during the calendar year: (1) The annual wastewater fee shall consist of the greater of the base fee under sub. (2) or a discharge fee u…

NR 102.01 Purpose. (1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish, in conjunction with chs. NR 103 to 105, water quality standards for surface waters of the state pursuant to s. 281.15, Stats. This chapter describes the designated use categories for such waters and the water qua…

NR 102.02 Applicability. The provisions of this chapter are applicable to surface waters of Wisconsin. History: Cr. Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89. NR 102.245 NR 102.25 NR 102.26 NR 102.27 NR 102.28 NR 102.29 NR 102.30 Temperature criteria for limited aquatic life…

NR 102.03 Definitions. In this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Ambient temperature” means the typical existing temperature of a surface water outside the direct influence of any point source discharge, which may include daily and seasonal changes. (1c) “Benthic” me…

NR 102.04 Categories of surface water uses and criteria. (1) GENERAL. To preserve and enhance the quality of waters, surface water uses and criteria are established to govern water management decisions. Practices attributable to municipal, industrial, commercial, domestic, agricu…

NR 102.045 Antidegradation policy. NR 102.05 Application of standards. NR 102.06 Phosphorus. NR 102.07 Assessing phosphorus concentration. NR 102.10 Outstanding resource waters. NR 102.11 Exceptional resource waters. NR 102.12 Great Lakes system. NR 102.13 Fish and aquatic life w…

NR 102.06 Phosphorus. (1) GENERAL. This section identifies the water quality criteria for total phosphorus that shall be met in surface waters. Assessment procedures for waterbodies are specified in ss. NR 102.07 and 102.60. (2) DEFINITIONS. In this section, the following definit…

NR 102.07 Assessing phosphorus concentration. (1) DATA REQUIREMENTS. (a) Lakes and reservoirs. The total phosphorus criteria specified in s. NR 102.06 (4) apply to samples taken near a lake or reservoir’s deepest point, within 2 meters of the surface. For assessment purposes samp…

NR 102.10 Outstanding resource waters. (1) The following surface waters are designated as outstanding resource waters: (a) National wild and scenic rivers. All rivers designated under the national wild and scenic rivers act, as amended, 16 USC 1271 to 1287, except those portions …

NR 102.11 Exceptional resource waters. (1) Surface waters which provide valuable fisheries, hydrologically or geologically unique features, outstanding recreational opportunities, unique environmental settings, and which are not significantly impacted by human activities may be c…

NR 102.12 Great Lakes system. (1) The Great Lakes system includes all the surface waters within the drainage basin of the Great Lakes. Note: Sub. (1) is renumbered NR 102.03 (1pr) and amended eff. 7-1-26 by CR 23-010. (2) For the purpose of administering ch. NR 207 and consistent…

NR 102.13 Fish and aquatic life waters. All surface waters not included in s. NR 102.05 (1) (b) 1., 2., 3. or 5. are fish and aquatic life waters. Note: This section is repealed eff. 7-1-26 by CR 23-010. 18 part undesirable taste or odor to water or aquatic organisms ingested by …

NR 102.14 Taste and odor criteria. (1) At certain concentrations, substances may not be toxic to humans, but may im- A threshold concentration expressed in micrograms per liter (ug/L) can be converted to milligrams per liter (mg/L) by dividing the threshold concentration by 1000.…

NR 102.20 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish water quality standards for temperature pursuant to s. 281.15 (1), Stats. Water quality standards for temperature shall protect fish and other aquatic life from mortality, immobilization, loss of equilibrium, impai…

NR 102.22 Definitions. In this subchapter, the following definitions are applicable to terms used: (1) “Acute effects” means any effect resulting in death or immobilization. For temperature, the acute criteria of this subchapter are based on Upper Incipient Lethal Temperature (UI…

NR 102.23 Categories of standards applicable to temperature. The department shall establish water quality standards for temperature to protect the following: (1) Public health and welfare uses, as established in s. NR 102.04 (7) and (8). (2) Fish and other aquatic life uses as es…

NR 102.24 General water quality criteria for temperature. (1) There may be no temperature changes that may adversely affect aquatic life. (2) Natural daily and seasonal temperature fluctuations shall be maintained.

NR 102.245 Temperature criteria for limited aquatic life communities. (1) For the purposes of temperature criteria, all surface waters classified as diffused surface waters, wetlands and wastewater effluent channels, as defined in s. NR 104.02 (1), shall be characterized as limit…