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June 2024 Agenda and Meeting Materials

Wisconsin Natural Resources Board

June 2024 Natural Resources Board agenda. This is the official agenda.

SINCE THE POSTING OF THIS AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING HAS CHANGED:

Item 6.a greensheet added (6/14/2024)

View Wisconsin Natural Resources Board agendas, meeting calendar, webcasts, biographies and public participation info online at: http://dnr.wi.gov/about/nrb/overview.html

Public Participation Deadline: NRB Liaison receipt of your request to testify and/or written comment is 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

The Natural Resources Board will meet in person. Remote testimony from the public via Zoom may be accepted for this meeting. In-person public appearances are also welcome. Members of the public can submit their request to testify remotely, in person, or their written comments by the posted deadline date for Board consideration.

The public is encouraged to watch the Board meeting via YouTube:

https://youtube.com/live/AjDuUdazg9Q

WISCONSIN NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD

AGENDA

For the meeting at:
Hotel/Oneida Casino-Conference Center
2040 Airport Drive
Green Bay, WI 54302

Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board will tour and/or receive presentations at the following locations (NOTE: The public must pre-register with Board Liaison to attend scheduled tours. Registration information is located on the last page of the agenda. Exact tour schedule is subject to change): 1) At approximately 10:15 a.m., the Board will travel to the Ken Euers Nature Area, 1701 Military Avenue, Green Bay, WI 54302 for presentations regarding stewardship, Great Lakes, and fisheries. 2) At approximately 11:45 a.m., the Board will travel to the Metro Boat Launch/Jack Day Environmental Education Center, 102 Bay Beach Road, Green Bay, WI 54302, for lunch and presentations regarding fisheries, sturgeon and an introduction to the next stop, New Water. 3) At approximately 1 p.m., the board will travel to NEW Water, 2231 N. Quincy Street, Green Bay, WI 54302 for a tour and presentation regarding adaptive management. The Tuesday tours will end at approximately 3:45 p.m. No action will be taken.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at 6:30 p.m., the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board and member of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress, will have a social and dinner meeting in the Michigan Room at the Hotel/Oneida Casino-Conference Center, 2040 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54302. No action will be taken.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in the Huron/Ontario Rooms at the Hotel/Oneida Casino-Conference Center 2040 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54302. The Board will act on items 1- 4 as listed on the agenda.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that matters concerning natural resource issues or the department’s program responsibilities or operations specified in the Wisconsin Statutes, which arise after publication of this agenda may be added to the agenda and publicly noticed no less than two hours before the scheduled board meeting, if the Board Chair determines that the matter is urgent.

ORDER OF BUSINESS

  1.  ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
    1. Calling the roll
    2. Oneida Tribe welcome remarks
    3. Secretary’s Remarks
    4. Approval of agenda for June 26, 2024
  2. CONSENT
    1. Approval of brief of action from May 22, 2024
    2. Request that the Board authorize a preliminary public hearing and comment period for the Statement of Scope for Board Order DG-04-24, for proposed rules affecting chapter NR 809, related to updating lead and copper requirements for public drinking water in order to be consistent with revised federal requirements
      (Ann Hirekatur, Lead and Copper Section Manager)
    3. Request that the Board authorize a preliminary public hearing and comment period for the Statement of Scope for Board Orders WA-07-24(E) and WA-08-24, for proposed rules affecting chs. NR 500 and 520 to provide an alternative method for a municipality to establish proof of financial responsibility required for a solid waste disposal facility
      (Michael Schmit, Business Support and IT Section Manager)
    4. Acknowledgement of Donation – Andrew F. Bell & Edith M. Bell Charitable Trust donated $33,436.50. This donation will be used to provide $16,718.25 for continued support of endangered resources priorities and will provide $16,718.25 to fund activities associated with wetland habitaty
      (Steven Little, Deputy Secretary)
    5. Acknowledgement of Donation – The Duke and Lisa Uihlein Family Foundation donated $100,000 to be used by the Bureau of Fisheries Management to study the interaction between northern pike and muskellunge to better understand why muskellunge populations have declined in systems where northern pike have been introduced
      (Steven Little, Deputy Secretary)
    6. Approval of Donation - Request that the Board approves the donation of $47,000 from the Rice Foundation to be used for the Office of Applied Science (OAS) research studying the responses of aquatic ecosystems to experimental manipulation of ice phenology
      (Steven Little, Deputy Secretary)
  3. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
  4. ACTION ITEMS
    OTHER APPROVALS (Citizen Testimony and Written Comment Welcome)
    1. Land Exchange – Ferry Bluff State Natural Area – Sauk Co
      (Jim Lemke, Real Estate Section Manager)
    2. Land Exchange – White River Marsh Wildlife Area – Green Lake County
      (Jim Lemke, Real Estate Section Manager)
    3. Land Donation – Upper Wolf River Fishery Area – Langlade County
      (Jim Lemke, Real Estate Section Manager)
    4. Request approval of the 2024 Deer Season Recommendations
      (Jeff Pritzl, State Deer Program Specialist)
  5. OPEN FORUM (Testimony that pertains to topics not on the meeting agenda or not in litigation) – after items 1-4 or following morning break at approximately 10:15 a.m. Please refer to pages 4 and 5 of the agenda for required pre-registration information and protocol.
  6. INFORMATION ITEMS (Written Comment Welcome)
    1. Results of public input on the 2024 Fisheries Management Spring Hearing agenda of advisory questions
      (Justine Hasz, Fisheries Management Bureau Director)
    2. Results of input on the 2024 Wildlife Management Spring Hearing agenda of advisory questions
      (Scott Karel, Wildlife Regulation Policy Specialist)
    3. Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearing Advisory Question Summary and Convention Report
      (Rob Bohmann, WCC Chair)
    4. Overview of WI DNR boating safety program, wake boat briefing and aquatic invasive species considerations
      (Lt. Darren Kuhn, Boating Law Administrator & Michelle Nault, Lakes and Rivers Section Manager, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
  7. DEPARTMENT SECRETARY’S MATTERS
    1. Retirement Recognition
      1. Frederick Peters, Public Safety and Resource Protection 24 years
      2. Kimberly Currie, Customer and Outreach Services, 37 years
    2. Acts of the Department Secretary
      1. Real Estate Transactions
    3. Department Secretary’s Matters
  8. BOARD MEMBERS’ MATTERS
    1. Board Member Matters

The public is welcome to view the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) meeting via YouTube. The NRB also provides opportunities for citizens to testify and to submit written comment about issues that come before the NRB. See complete information on public participation at Board meetings at http://dnr.wi.gov/about/nrb/public.html.

The public is encouraged to watch the Board meeting via YouTube:

https://youtube.com/live/AjDuUdazg9Q

The following meeting resources are also available: Agenda Item Packets (also known as green sheet packages are linked to the corresponding item on the online meeting agenda at https://dnr.wi.gov/about/nrb/ – click on the blue “View agendas” button then scroll down), supporting documents, and public comment. 

Live transcription of the webcast is autogenerated and not a legal record of the Board Meeting. The approved Brief of Action and meeting recording constitute the official Board’s minutes.

Public Appearance Protocol: Remote testimony from the public via Zoom may be accepted for this meeting. In-person public appearances are also welcome. Members of the public can submit their request to testify remotely or their written comments by the posted deadline date for Board consideration. You must be pre-registered to testify. Please include your name, daytime phone number, email address, city of residence, agenda item you request to testify on (include topic for item 5-Open Forum), and name of organization you will represent (if none, state “self”). Confirmed speakers will receive meeting logistics via email. Those confirmed to testify on a specific agenda item will testify on that item prior to vote. Please review: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/about/NRB/public.html.

NOTE: The Board welcomes citizen input on matters of natural resources management and Department programs and policies. Comments concerning any individual’s personal information or personal business are not appropriate and will not be allowed.

The time for item 5. – Open Forum - will be after items 1-4 or immediately following the morning break at approximately 10:15. If you request to testify during Open Forum, please be ready to speak when the Board takes up this item. Each speaker will have three minutes to give their testimony; however, the Board Chair has final discretion on time limit.

The following is from the Board’s meeting guidelines: Only one speaker per organization. Testimony that threatens, intimidates, or includes disparaging comments about Board Members, department staff, and other members of the public will not be allowed. Those that do so may be removed from the meeting or remote location. 

Please contact Ashley Bystol, NRB Liaison, at 608-267-7420 or by email at dnrnrbliaison@wisconsin.gov with NRB-related questions, to request information, submit written comments or to register to testify at a meeting.

Public Participation Deadline: NRB Liaison receipt of your request to testify and/or written comment is 11 a.m. on June 19, 2024.

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