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Transferring certain BCPL lands to the DNR(support)
The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL)
is Wisconsin’s oldest state agency, which is responsible for
managing 80,000 acres of Trust Lands and the Trust Funds. The direct
beneficiaries of the Trust are the state’s K-12 public school
libraries.
The purpose of this bill is to further the goal
of improving the management efficiency of state lands through the
transfer of certain BCPL owned lands to the DNR and the granting
of limited “land bank” authority to BCPL for improving
its timber management.
The goal includes structuring and pacing the proposed
acquisition of BCPL lands in a manner which allows the DNR flexibility
to complete other high priority transactions, while ensuring measurable
progress towards the goal of consolidating natural area lands under
a single agency.
The primary purpose of this legislation is to
provide for the realignment of BCPL land holdings into more productive
timber management units, while consolidating natural areas under
the ownership of the DNR.
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