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Clear-cutting of trees and shrubs is not allowed in the strip of land from the ordinary high water mark to 35 feet inland unless you are performing the following: Routine maintenance of vegetation. Removal of trees and shrubs to create an access or viewing corridor that may not exceed 30 percent of the shoreline frontage or feet. Any material you cut should be removed from the waterway and be properly disposed of in an upland location.

Trees and other materials in waterways are important habitat and should remain in the system whenever possible. “A tree has washed downstream and is blocking a culvert or bridge, can I remove it?” Yes, go out and remove the debris. Oct 08, Trees and shrubs provide wildlife habitat, shade for fish and privacy for your county’s shoreland zoning rules.

Contact the local zoning office.

If the public authority maintaining the highway is a county, the town may request approval under this paragraph from the county on behalf of the person to be authorized.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. October Subject: What the Landowner Needs to Know - File Size: 1MB. Rules for state properties. To prevent the spread of emerald ash borer and other invasive insects, the DNR developed a permanent rule [exit DNR] which prohibits visitors from bringing firewood into Wisconsin state parks and other state-managed lands from locations further than 10 miles away from the property (effective June 1). Sep 26, Posted by Therese Oldenburg, 9/26/ There have been questions recently about cutting and removing trees from the creek.

I called the DNR to see if they could provide information and they sent me to this brochure “Paddling among Fish and Wildlife”. Below are the important take aways and the link to the brochure and the website page related to it is stumpcut.barted Reading Time: 3 mins. If you will be removing vegetation in an area wider than 30 feet, you will need a permit.

To learn more about mechanical removal of vegetation and what permits are required, please visit the department's Wisconsin Aquatic Plant Management and Protection Program. Visit Water Permits to apply for a general or individual aquatic plant management permit.

(1) Removal of fallen trees. If any tree falls from adjacent land into any highway, the owner or occupant of the land shall immediately remove the tree from the highway.

If any tree falls from adjacent land into any highway, the owner or occupant of the land shall immediately remove the tree from the highway.

It shall be the duty of every highway patrolman, street commissioner, or other officer in charge of the maintenance of streets or highways, to remove from any highway any fallen tree or trees therein.

Trees must be planted in Wisconsin and used only for conservation purposes such as forest products, wildlife habitat and erosion control.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources S. Webster Street PO Box Madison, WI Call (TTY Access via relay. Aug 23, - The EPA requires an annual IUP describing the policies, goals, and administration of Wisconsin’s EIF. DNR writes the IUP, in cooperation with DOA.

When possible, DOA puts policies in the annual IUP, which can be adapt ed more frequently than statutes and administrative code. However, the IUP cannot be used to change or remove text of ADM Nov 27, Property Lines and Tree Trimming in Wisconsin. Issues related to trees are another area that can cause neighbor disputes. When applied to common trees, Wisconsin law states that owners can trim on their side of the boundary line so long as the trimming does not cause"unreasonable injury" to the neighbors' trees.

This includes limbs and trunks.