Land Conservation Committee

DATE: Thursday, December 17, 2009
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
PLACE:
Room No. 328, UW-Extension ETN
West Square Building
Baraboo, WI

REASON FOR MEETING: Regular

SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:

1. Call to order and certify compliance with open meeting law.
2. Adopt agenda.
3. Adopt minutes of previous meeting.
4. Public comment.
5. Establish 90 percent harvest deadline for Wildlife Damage Program participation.
6. Approval of 2009 crop damage assessments for Wildlife Damage Program participants.
7. Tax-exempt land status and implications - Discussion with representatives of The Nature Conservancy and Department of Revenue.
8. Communications
   1. Thursday Note(s)
9. Legislative Updates
10. Reports
    1. Land Conservation Department (LCD) report
    2. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) report
    3. Farm Service Agency (FSA) report
    4. Foresters' report
    5. Economic Development Committee report
    6. Mirror Lake District report
    7. Lake Virginia Management District report
    8. Lake Redstone Management District report
11. Review and approval of vouchers
12. Consider acceptance of Clark Creek Grant for watershed study
13. Review bids for 1994 Ranger truck and award sale
14. Update on HCC cropland rental, acreage adjustment and 2010 field repair needs.
15. Adjournment

COPIES TO:Linda Borleske Wildlife Damage Service LCD-Stanek Web Liaison Tom Kriegl WDS-Peterson LCD-Bergstrom Prem Shawn Posewitz DNR-Roth LCD-Van Berkel J Sprecher Randy Puttkamer DATCP-Presser FSA-Norgard Cons. Congress-Vertein Lester Wiese Sen. Kohl-Cates UWEX-Nagelkerk P&Z-Steward Kathy Zowin NRCS-Brereton Ho-Chunk-Gunderson LCD-Vosberg County Clerk NRCS-Jackson-Kelly Forester-Livingston/Kloppenburg

DATE NOTICE MAILED: December 8, 2009

PREPARED BY: Land Conservation Department