Element: Land Use
What is this element and how is forestry connected to it?
This element allows for the opportunity to evaluate the
types of forest uses there are in your community
as well as planning for what types of land uses
your community would like to see in the future.
Mixed use of forests and recreational demands for
forests should also be evaluated and discussed in
this element. More forests are being used and managed
for multiple economic and other benefits. For example,
many forest areas can support both timber removal
and recreation. There are, however, trade-offs that
are made when choosing what benefits to use a forest
for. Some uses-like wilderness-preclude other uses-like
timber harvest. Because these activities rely on
the same resource base, it will become increasingly
important to coordinate activities in a way that
will allow many uses of the forest as well as plans
for potential land use conflicts.
Use the tools below to develop goals, objectives, and policies that address this element.
Consider Related Issues
Fire in the Wildland Urban Interface
Forest Health
Forest Fragmentation
Forest Ownership and Parcelization
Forest-based Recreation
Strong Forest Economy
Statutory Language
Wis. Stats. s. 66.1001(2)(h) Land Use
A compilation of objectives, policies, goals, maps
and programs to guide the future development and
redevelopment of public and private property. The
element shall contain a listing of the amount, type,
intensity and net density of existing uses of land
in the local governmental unit, such as agricultural,
residential, commercial, industrial and other public
and private uses. The element shall analyze trends
in the supply, demand and price of land, opportunities
for redevelopment and existing and potential land-use
conflicts. The element shall contain projections,
based on the background information specified in
par. (a), for 20 years, in 5-year increments, of
future residential, agricultural, commercial and
industrial land uses including the assumptions of
net densities or other spatial assumptions upon
which the projections are based. The element shall
also include a series of maps that shows current
land uses and future land uses that indicate productive
agricultural soils, natural limitations for building
site development, floodplains, wetlands and other
environmentally sensitive lands, the boundaries
of areas to which services of public utilities and
community facilities, as those terms are used in
par. (d), will be provided in the future, consistent
with the timetable described in par. (d), and the
general location of future land uses by net density
or other classifications.
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