23.10 Conservation wardens.
(1) The department of natural resources shall secure the enforcement of all laws which it is required to administer and bring, or cause to be brought, actions and proceedings in the name of the state for that purpose. The persons appointed by said department to exercise and perform the powers and duties heretofore conferred and imposed upon deputy fish and game wardens, shall be known as conservation wardens and shall be subject to ch. 230.
(2) Whenever the county board of any county by resolution authorizes the appointment of county conservation wardens, and fixes the number of the same, the chairperson of the county board, district attorney and county clerk, acting as a board of appointment, shall select the persons for such positions and certify their names to the department of natural resources which shall, if in its judgment such persons are competent and efficient, issue to them commissions as county conservation wardens. Such wardens have, within their county, all the powers and duties of conservation wardens. Their compensation shall be fixed by the county board in the resolution authorizing their appointment and be paid out of the county treasury.
(4) All conservation wardens shall, before exercising any of their powers, be provided with a commission issued by the department of natural resources under its seal, substantially as follows:
State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources.
To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity and ability of ...., of the county of ...., we do hereby appoint and constitute .... a conservation warden (or county, or special conservation warden) for the (county of ....), state of Wisconsin, and do authorize and empower .... to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to law, during good behavior and the faithful performance of the duties of that office.
In testimony whereof, the secretary has hereunto affixed the secretary's signature and the official seal of the department, at its office in the city of Madison, Wisconsin, this .... day of ...., .... (year)
(Seal) State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources.
By .... ....
(5) The department of natural resources shall furnish to each conservation warden at the time of the warden's appointment, a pocket identification folder in form and substance as follows: A leather-covered folder, size when folded, 3 by 4 inches; on one of the inner sides thereof shall be securely fastened a photograph of such appointee to be furnished by the appointee, and partly on the photograph and partly on the margin of such folder shall be an impression of the seal of the department of natural resources; such appointee shall also affix the appointee's signature below the photograph on such folder; on the other inner side of such folder shall be securely fastened a miniature true copy of the commission issued to such appointee, which shall be signed by the secretary. The appointee shall carry the identification folder on his or her person at all times that the appointee is on official duty, and the appointee shall on demand exhibit the same to any person to whom the appointee may represent himself or herself as a conservation warden. The cost of such identification folder shall be charged to the appropriation for the department.
(6) All conservation wardens shall make full and complete reports of their transactions as such, according to the demand of the department and shall at all times be subject to its direction and control in the performance of their duties. They shall also gather and transmit all statistical information relative to such matters within their charge as the department directs. In its report under s. 15.04 (1) (d) the department shall include information covering all its work and such other information as is valuable to the state in relation thereto and an itemized statement of receipts and disbursements.
History: 1971 c. 164; 1977 c. 196 s. 131; 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (2); 1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 250.
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23.0912 - Land management, maintenance, and improvement activities.
23.0913 - Report on land acquisitions.
23.0915 - Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program.
23.0916 - Stewardship land access.
23.09165 - Stewardship programs information and public access notice.
23.0917 - Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program.
23.0918 - Natural resources land endowment fund.
23.0919 - Wisconsin outdoor wildlife heritage trust fund.
23.093 - Carp control research.
23.094 - Stream bank protection program.
23.095 - Protection of natural resources.
23.0951 - Wildlife action plan.
23.0953 - Grants to counties for land acquisition.
23.0955 - Assistance to nonprofit conservation organizations.
23.0956 - Assistance for private conservation activities.
23.0957 - Annual grants to a nonstock, nonprofit corporation; urban land conservation.
23.096 - Grants to nonprofit conservation organizations.
23.0962 - Grant to a nonprofit conservation organization for Black Point Estate.
23.0963 - Acquisition of the Canadian Pacific Railway corridor.
23.0965 - Payments to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
23.097 - Urban forestry grants.
23.098 - Grants for property development on properties owned by the department.
23.099 - Grants for property development relating to wetland mitigation.
23.113 - Designation of chief state forester.
23.114 - Duties of the chief state forester.
23.115 - Designation of trails, etc.
23.116 - Department property; mapping and access to roads.
23.1165 - Sale of insect repellant.
23.117 - Use of trails by bicycles and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
23.1185 - Lyme disease awareness.
23.119 - Consent to use certain off-highway vehicles.
23.125 - Natural resources board member conflicts of interest.
23.13 - Governor to be informed.
23.135 - Forest land inventory and report.
23.14 - Approval required before new lands acquired.
23.145 - Certain land sales required.
23.146 - Installation of telecommunications systems.
23.15 - Sale of state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources.
23.165 - Promotional activities; other publications.
23.167 - Goals and accountability measures for economic development programs.
23.169 - Economic development assistance coordination and reporting.
23.173 - Richard A. Grobschmidt Memorial Bridge.
23.177 - Nonmotorized recreation and transportation trails council.
23.178 - Off-road vehicle council.
23.179 - Off-highway motorcycle council.
23.19 - Menomonee River conservation project.
23.195 - Monona terrace project in Madison.
23.196 - Willow flowage project.
23.197 - Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship programs; specific projects or activities.
23.198 - Milwaukee Lakeshore State Park.
23.1987 - Fish hatchery infrastructure project.
23.20 - Use of department gravel pits.
23.2355 - Weed management grants.
23.25 - Geographic powers and duties.
23.26 - Natural areas preservation council.
23.27 - Natural areas; definitions; importance; inventory; acquisition; sales.
23.28 - State natural areas; designated state natural areas.
23.29 - Wisconsin natural areas heritage program.
23.293 - State ice age trail area dedication.
23.295 - Ice age trail area grants.
23.30 - Outdoor recreation program.
23.305 - Leasing of department land for recreational purposes.
23.31 - Recreation resources facilities.
23.321 - Wetland identification and confirmation.
23.322 - Fees for computer accessible water resource management information.
23.323 - Wetlands informational brochure.
23.325 - Aerial photographic survey.
23.33 - All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
23.335 - Off-highway motorcycles.
23.38 - Natural resources law violation hotline.
23.39 - Placement of wind turbines.
23.40 - Environmental impact statement.
23.41 - Construction and service contracts.
23.42 - Environmental consulting costs for federal licensing of power projects.
23.425 - Environmental education.
23.426 - Programs at the Horicon Marsh education and visitor center.
23.43 - Entities qualified to evaluate the safety of sport shooting ranges.
23.45 - Nondisclosure of certain personal information.
23.47 - Forms of proof; electronic retrieval of information; reprints.
23.49 - Credit card use charges.
23.50 - Procedure in forfeiture actions.
23.51 - Words and phrases defined.
23.55 - Complaint and summons forms.
23.56 - Arrest with a warrant.
23.57 - Arrest without a warrant.
23.58 - Temporary questioning without arrest.
23.59 - Search during temporary questioning.
23.60 - Search incident to the issuance of a lawfully issued citation.
23.61 - Search and seizure; when authorized.
23.62 - Issuance of a citation.
23.63 - Officer's action after issuance of citation.
23.64 - Deposit after release.
23.65 - Issuance of complaint and summons.
23.67 - Deposit and stipulation of no contest.
23.71 - Not guilty plea; immediate trial.
23.795 - Nonpayment of judgments.
23.80 - Judgment against a corporation or municipality.
23.81 - Effect of plea of no contest.
23.84 - Forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges collected; to whom paid.