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Piers, Piers and More Piers For more than 70 years, some piers have been required to get a state review to assure they don't present a safety hazard, harm critical fish habitat, or interfere with recreation. Two years ago the Wisconsin Legislature passed a statute creating a pier permitting process and directed the DNR to write administrative rules (NR 326) to administer the statute. This past December, after considerable public input, the Natural Resources Board adopted final revisions to NR 326. The adopted rules were awaiting legislative review before they would go into effect, which was expected to be in spring 2006. The State Assembly then introduced legislation called AB 850, which would change the pier regulations in Wisconsin Statutes. This is a separate action from DNR's work on the NR 326 pier rules. This bill may now be considered by the State Senate. In an attempt to better inform YLA members about the latest developments regarding these pier regulations, we are providing the following links: A fact sheet describing the adopted rules, the complete rule language, and other information is available on the DNR's website at: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/fhp/waterway/pierrulesupdates.shtml Assembly Bill 850 can be found at: To learn about the YLA Board of Directors response to AB 850, read this letter. The editorial response to AB 850 from the Wisconsin
State Journal, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the Lakeland Times
can be found at: We encourage you to contact
your State Senator and Assembly Representative with your thoughts
on this bill. It is very important to talk your legislative representatives
about your concerns about Wisconsin's lakes.
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